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XjlOvp7M54T | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/12/texas-measles-outbreak-spread | Texas
CDC expects measles outbreak in west Texas to ‘expand rapidly’
Two people have died in outbreak in Gaines county, and doctors fear the spread of the extremely contagious disease
Texas
CDC expects measles outbreak in west Texas to ‘expand rapidly’
Two people have died in outbreak in Gaines county, and doctors fear the spread of the extremely contagious disease
A health workers fills a syringe with the MMR vaccine
A health worker prepares the MMR vaccine at a clinic put in Lubbock, Texas, on 1 March 2025.
A health worker prepares the MMR vaccine at a clinic put in Lubbock, Texas, on 1 March 2025.
A health worker prepares the MMR vaccine at a clinic put in Lubbock, Texas, on 1 March 2025.
A vaccine information packet from the health department in Lubbock, Texas, on 1 March 2025.
The deaths are the first from measles in nearly a decade – and come as a test for the Trump administration’s new health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, a longtime critic of vaccines.
Cook said an outbreak curve, familiar to those who watched infections rise and fall during the Covid-19 pandemic, that is still on the “incline”.
His concerns are shared by other local physicians, such as Dr Philip Huang, director of the Dallas county’s department of health and human services, who told local CBS news affiliate: “There’s concern that some of the people in west Texas are going to spread across the country. It’s not slowing down. This is not over, and there will be more cases.”
“Any child dying for a pediatrician is difficult, it’s tough,” said Camp, about how her residents have reacted to treating children with a largely avoidable disease. “Watching them have difficulty breathing, watching them have a rash, seeing them feel very irritable and fussy – and knowing it could be prevented – is hard and disheartening.”
The overwhelming majority of Americans still vaccinate their children, and many are calling Camp to vaccinate early, she said. The measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is recommended for children ages 12 to 15 months old. However, measles is so infectious that vaccination coverage lower than 95% can allow its spread. That can make a place like Lubbock vulnerable, even when it is not the center of the outbreak.
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“When you have people who have never seen the disease,” she said, “it becomes easier to become fearful of the vaccine.”
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wK1z4xMlkzg | https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/establishment-of-the-strategic-bitcoin-reserveand-united-states-digital-asset-stockpile/ | # ESTABLISHMENT OF THE STRATEGIC BITCOIN RESERVE AND UNITED STATES DIGITAL ASSET STOCKPILE
**The White House**
**March 6, 2025**
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:
## Section 1. Background
Bitcoin is the original cryptocurrency. The Bitcoin protocol permanently caps the total supply of bitcoin (BTC) at 21 million coins, and has never been hacked. As a result of its scarcity and security, Bitcoin is often referred to as “digital gold”. Because there is a fixed supply of BTC, there is a strategic advantage to being among the first nations to create a strategic bitcoin reserve. The United States Government currently holds a significant amount of BTC, but has not implemented a policy to maximize BTC’s strategic position as a unique store of value in the global financial system. Just as it is in our country’s interest to thoughtfully manage national ownership and control of any other resource, our Nation must harness, not limit, the power of digital assets for our prosperity.
## Sec. 2. Policy
It is the policy of the United States to establish a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. It is further the policy of the United States to establish a United States Digital Asset Stockpile that can serve as a secure account for orderly and strategic management of the United States’ other digital asset holdings.
## Sec. 3. Creation and Administration of the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile.
(a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an office to administer and maintain control of custodial accounts collectively known as the “Strategic Bitcoin Reserve,” capitalized with all BTC held by the Department of the Treasury that was finally forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings or in satisfaction of any civil money penalty imposed by any executive department or agency (agency) and that is not needed to satisfy requirements under 31 U.S.C. 9705 or released pursuant to subsection (d) of this section (Government BTC). Within 30 days of the date of this order, each agency shall review its authorities to transfer any Government BTC held by it to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and shall submit a report reflecting the result of that review to the Secretary of the Treasury. Government BTC deposited into the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve shall not be sold and shall be maintained as reserve assets of the United States utilized to meet governmental objectives in accordance with applicable law.
(b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish an office to administer and maintain control of custodial accounts collectively known as the “United States Digital Asset Stockpile,” capitalized with all digital assets owned by the Department of the Treasury, other than BTC, that were finally forfeited as part of criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings and that are not needed to satisfy requirements under 31 U.S.C. 9705 or released pursuant to subsection (d) of this section (Stockpile Assets). Within 30 days of the date of this order, each agency shall review its authorities to transfer any Stockpile Assets held by it to the United States Digital Asset Stockpile and shall submit a report reflecting the result of that review to the Secretary of the Treasury. The Secretary of the Treasury shall determine strategies for responsible stewardship of the United States Digital Asset Stockpile in accordance with applicable law.
(c) The Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of Commerce shall develop strategies for acquiring additional Government BTC provided that such strategies are budget neutral and do not impose incremental costs on United States taxpayers. However, the United States Government shall not acquire additional Stockpile Assets other than in connection with criminal or civil asset forfeiture proceedings or in satisfaction of any civil money penalty imposed by any agency without further executive or legislative action.
(d) “Government Digital Assets” means all Government BTC and all Stockpile Assets. The head of each agency shall not sell or otherwise dispose of any Government Digital Assets, except in connection with the Secretary of the Treasury’s exercise of his lawful authority and responsible stewardship of the United States Digital Asset Stockpile pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, or pursuant to an order from a court of competent jurisdiction, as required by law, or in cases where the Attorney General or other relevant agency head determines that the Government Digital Assets (or the proceeds from the sale or disposition thereof) can and should:
- (i) be returned to identifiable and verifiable victims of crime;
- (ii) be used for law enforcement operations;
- (iii) be equitably shared with State and local law enforcement partners; or
- (iv) be released to satisfy requirements under 31 U.S.C. 9705, 28 U.S.C. 524(c), 18 U.S.C. 981, or 21 U.S.C. 881.
(e) Within 60 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of the Treasury shall deliver an evaluation of the legal and investment considerations for establishing and managing the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile going forward, including the accounts in which the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and United States Digital Asset Stockpile should be located and the need for any legislation to operationalize any aspect of this order or the proper management and administration of such accounts.
## Sec. 4. Accounting
Within 30 days of the date of this order, the head of each agency shall provide the Secretary of the Treasury and the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets with a full accounting of all Government Digital Assets in such agency’s possession, including any information regarding the custodial accounts in which such Government Digital Assets are currently held that would be necessary to facilitate a transfer of the Government Digital Assets to the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve or the United States Digital Asset Stockpile. If such agency holds no Government Digital Assets, such agency shall confirm such fact to the Secretary of the Treasury and the President’s Working Group on Digital Asset Markets within 30 days of the date of this order.
## Sec. 5. General Provisions
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
- (i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
- (ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 6, 2025
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Canadians feel "frustrated" with the U.S. over President talk of annexing the country along with his tariffs on Canadian goods, Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kirsten Hillman said Sunday.
Hillman detailed the frustration that with their neighbor during an appearance on CBS’ "Face the Nation," saying its citizens "don’t really appreciate it."
"They're getting a little bit frustrated with that kind of rhetoric," Hillman said, referring to Trump’s talk of making Canada the 51st state. "But more importantly, Canadians are frustrated with our neighbors."
Canadians feel under attack – under economic attack," Hillman said about Trump’s tariffs. "And that is causing some challenges for sure across Canadian society."
President Donald Trump pumps his fist before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House on Friday, March 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
The U.S. began imposing a from Canada and Mexico on Tuesday, and an additional 10% levy on Chinese imports as Trump looks to curtail drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
By Thursday, on most goods from Canada and Mexico covered under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) for one month.
Trump’s on-again, off-again tariffs come as Canada is set to elect a new leader who will succeed Prime Minister , who has recently had a contentious relationship with Trump.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to step down as the country's leader after nearly 10 years. (AP/Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press, File)
Hillman said Canada’s new leader will "prioritize trying to have a good and healthy and productive relationship" with Trump.
"I am sure that that's going to be possible," she said. "Relationships go both ways, but I know that on our side, that's going to be a priority."
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lTvR-pg8B9Q | https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/12/australian-man-survives-100-days-with-artificial-heart-in-world-first-success | # Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart in world-first success
By Natasha May, Health Reporter
Tue 11 Mar 2025 19.11 EDT
Last modified on Wed 12 Mar 2025 09.33 EDT
An Australian man with heart failure has become the first person in the world to walk out of a hospital with a total artificial heart implant.
The Australian researchers and doctors behind the operation announced on Wednesday that the implant had been an “unmitigated clinical success” after the man lived with the device for more than 100 days before receiving a donor heart transplant in early March.
The BiVACOR total artificial heart, invented by Queensland-born Dr Daniel Timms, is the world’s first implantable rotary blood pump that can act as a complete replacement for a human heart, using magnetic levitation technology to replicate the natural blood flow of a healthy heart.
Every year more than 23 million people around the world suffer from heart failure but only 6,000 will receive a donor heart, according to the Australian government, which provided $50m to develop and commercialise the BiVACOR device as part of the artificial heart frontiers program.
The implant is designed as a bridge to keep patients alive until a donor heart transplant becomes available, but BiVACOR’s long-term ambition is for implant recipients to be able to live with their device without needing a heart transplant.
The patient, a man in his 40s from New South Wales who was experiencing severe heart failure, volunteered to become the first recipient of the total artificial heart in Australia and the sixth in the world.
The first five implants took place last year in the US and all received donor hearts before being discharged from hospital, with the longest time in between implant and transplant 27 days.
The Australian patient received the device on 22 November at St Vincent’s hospital in Sydney in a six-hour procedure led by the cardiothoracic and transplant surgeon Paul Jansz.
The patient, who declined to be identified, was discharged from the hospital with the implant in February. A donor heart became available to be transplanted in March.
Jansz said it was a privilege to be part of such an historic and pioneering Australian medical milestone.
“We’ve worked towards this moment for years and we’re enormously proud to have been the first team in Australia to carry out this procedure,” Jansz said.
Prof Chris Hayward, a cardiologist at St Vincent’s who led the observation of the man in after a few weeks in the intensive care unit, said the BiVACOR heart would transform heart failure treatment internationally.
“The BiVACOR Total Artificial Heart ushers in a whole new ball game for heart transplants, both in Australia and internationally,” he said. “Within the next decade we will see the artificial heart becoming the alternative for patients who are unable to wait for a donor heart or when a donor heart is simply not available.”
Prof David Colquhoun from the University of Queensland and board member of the Heart Foundation, who was not involved in the trial, said the success was a “great technological step forward for artificial hearts – bridging hearts – before transplant”.
But Colquhoun cautioned that the functioning time span of the artificial heart – more than 100 days – was still significantly less than that of a donor heart, which is more than 10 years (or 3,000 days).
Colquhoun said for that reason it was still “a long way to go” before the artificial heart could be considered a replacement for a heart transplant.
He emphasised however the numbers per population experiencing heart failure are far less because of the heart medications now available – the peak of death rate from heart disease was around 1967-68 with 47,000 Australians dying from heart disease out of a then population of 11 million, compared with 45,000 of 26 million Australians in 2022.
The implant is the first in a series of procedures planned in Australia as part of the Monash University-led Artificial Heart Frontiers Program, which is developing three key devices to treat the most common forms of heart failure.
This article was amended on 12 March 2025. An earlier version incorrectly stated the Australian population in 2022 was 22 million. It was 26 million.
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BtzElEzKbxa | https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/mar/04/eating-disorder-essay-sucker-punch-book | # ‘I had fantasies about how it would eventually serve me’: my struggle with disordered eating
Even during the apocalypse, I was calorie counting.
While the pandemic raged on, I was still following The Rules, a set of requirements around my eating that I’ve had since I was 12. The Rules have changed over the course of my life, but there are always Rules.
In the early days of the lockdown – already anxious enough about my parents being trapped in India, my inability to return home to Canada and the government building a hospital in Central Park _just in case_ – I was still counting my 1,200 daily calories, refusing myself bread and rice, sneaking a cookie and then thinking about it for the rest of the day.
I couldn’t stop myself: I’d wander out of my house after days of being stuck inside, buy a coffee and a croissant with the anxiety of someone being hunted for sport and then weigh myself after I devoured its crumbs, surprised that I could gain a few pounds during the day. I felt like I would surely die before the end of the year, along with everyone else I had ever known, our lungs collapsing from Covid-19, but first, it was very important that I feel bad about carbohydrates.
I’m 34 now, hopefully beyond my years of dietary self-flagellation. But in my late 20s, I had fantasies about how my eating disorder would eventually serve me. Maybe I’d get run down with some illness that sapped my appetite and I’d lose weight that way. Maybe I’d become bedridden and incapable of consuming more than clear broths and blanched carrots. Or, _ooooh_, maybe I’d get a tapeworm, and the tapeworm would eat all my food, and then I would become thin and have a gross but fascinating story to tell at dinner parties (where I would never eat much, of course).
While we all huddled indoors for what ended up being nearly two very surreal years, I thought about how I could emerge from my personal pandemic a little bit better, a little bit more beautiful, a little bit more desirable.
Maybe if I worked out really hard and made healthy lunches and cut down on my after-work drinking, I’d emerge skinnier than I’d ever been in my life. This was my time to pupate, if only I could stop the stress of the pandemic from making the rest of my body rebel against me. My eyes started twitching, my muscles ached every day, my teeth chipped, my nails peeled, and my hair fell out. But was I getting thinner? That’s all that mattered.
I hadn’t made myself purge since I was in my early 20s, but now I had all the time in the world to inspect myself, to criticize every morsel I let enter my body, to work out a way to make sure it would be a demon exorcised before the next mealtime came around.
I have yet to meet another woman who doesn’t eventually admit to having the same insecurities, the same anxieties about their size and shape, how much space they take up in a room, how they feel if a chair creaks under them. I’m mad at myself for being mad at myself, mostly because it’s such a jejune affliction to have. Couldn’t I instead have one of the more interesting entries of the DSM-5? A compulsion to eat dishwasher pods like the women of My Strange Addiction? Or maybe they could name a brand new disorder after me. I’m open to suggestions.
There’s something despicable about the conspiratorial way women talk to each other about food. “Should we get dessert?” we ask each other, looking coy, as if we’re asking if we should both do heroin in the streets. “Oh, let’s be bad!” we might say when ordering queso. “We’ve earned it!” is another one, as if food is something you’re allowed to have only if you put in the requisite work beforehand. It’s a language I fell into naturally, imprinted from the start.
“I have yet to meet another woman who doesn’t eventually admit to having the same insecurities, the same anxieties about their size and shape … ” Composite: The Guardian/Scaachi Koul
It’s rote for a woman to blame her issues with food on her mother, but cliches exist for a reason. One Saturday, when I was 12 and my mother didn’t yet trust me enough to leave me home alone for an afternoon, she took me to her Tops Club meeting. Tops stood for “Take Off Pounds Sensibly,” a support group originally founded in 1948 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. There was a diet plan, but there was also a focus on not letting idle hands be the devil’s workshop – my mother started doing childish arts and crafts as an attempt to avoid snacking after dinner. I used to admire this rainbow she fashioned with a plastic frame and multicolored ribbons, little plastic beads hanging from the ends, which I was told decidedly was _not_ a toy.
For a year, my mom attended weekly meetings at the Cedarbrae Community Center, where she’d sit in a circle with other middle-aged women to talk about her week. “This week, I _turtled_,” she said, which I later found out meant she had neither lost nor gained, a victory unto itself. The women clapped modestly. I went to that meeting at a time of my childhood where I knew inherently my weight was a “problem” for a lot of people, but I didn’t yet feel like it was a problem for me. I was uncomfortable with my body but only because everyone around me kept reacting to how much it was changing. As soon as I had a handle on it, a new cup size would pop up, a new dimple of cellulite, a new inch of soft flesh around my midsection.
My mother dragged herself through every diet conceivable. She did Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig (she contests the latter but the guidebooks that littered our home tell a different story). She went low carb and high fat. She increased her protein and then cut down her sugars. One particularly restrictive meal plan left her so nutrient deficient she had to go to the doctor for weekly shots to make sure she didn’t succumb to scurvy. I hated that diet the most: her moodiness became sharp and sudden. At my brother’s wedding, she ate so little, trying to winnow herself down to a smaller size, that she fainted during one of the ceremonies. No one stopped the events; they just fanned her and offered her orange juice until she came back to the surface.
“You know how your mom is,” one of my cousins told me, as if self-torture is more acceptable if it is routine. I was at my thinnest at that wedding; I knew, because my mom told me I was. She was proud. I was hungry.
Growing older means finding out you’re fucking things up in brand new ways. When I was 16, I was a failure because I thought I was fat. In my late 20s, I became a failure because I thought I was fat and because I knew better than to think being fat was a problem in the first place.
I read books by women with active eating disorders and ones by women who claimed to be long healed. I read books by fat-positive nutritionists and body-neutrality activists. I read about real fatphobia – how it prevents fat people from getting work or boarding an airplane with a modicum of dignity – and about how mid-sized and thin women perpetrate a war against all our bodies through our anxiety about becoming fat ourselves. I read about disability and health and diabetes and heart disease and the racist history of the body mass index.
It is much easier to hate your body when you refuse to see it within a continuum of oppression. For so long, hating our bodies was viewed as a private, necessary act of self-loathing. It was important to keep yourself in check, as if inwardly directed contempt could protect you from weight gain. But if you view fatphobia as a larger societal failure – like anti-Blackness or littering or literally anything that happens in an American post office – then it behooves you to adjust your thinking. You are no longer ruining your own life, you’re ruining someone else’s. Your ideology is contagious. Self-loathing is transmissible through the air. We can’t truly hate our bodies without hating someone in a body larger than ours. The older I get – and the older my mother gets – the less interested I am in causing harm through my own low self-esteem.
Any attempt to lose weight purely for aesthetic reasons is, ultimately, fatphobia weaponized. Just because you point a gun to your own head doesn’t make it less of a gun; it doesn’t mean someone else can’t pick it up and then use it on themselves. You have to accept that you’re not uglier than anyone, but you’re not more beautiful. That your body isn’t just something to be admired – though it can be, if you want – but a tool that lifts, moves, twists, breaks, folds and dies. It requires the radical act of no longer comparing yourself to your friends, the radical act of loving yourself so you can love everyone who doesn’t look like you, too. It means you have to think beyond your own pain and the cruelty you learned to dig at yourself with.
My mom’s attitude about weight and diet has changed drastically in the last decade. When I texted her about Tops recently, she didn’t dwell on the year she spent picking at herself in her meetings and instead asked: “What’s the name of that frozen treat at Dairy Queen?”
“A Blizzard?” I said. “Why? Do you want one?”
“Yes,” she said, in the way that I remember my mom talking about sugar: conspiratorial and giddy. “Badly.”
I’ve been losing the fight with my own body for a deceptively simple reason: I treat it as a fight in the first place. My body has either been something to fight, like an unruly animal needing discipline, or something to shirk from. But what if instead of fight or flight, I treated my body like someone I trusted? What else could I possibly lose?
Extracted from by Scaachi Koul, published by St Martin’s Press on 4 March.
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kWJzMYDo2pD | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/12/new-manchester-united-stadium-risk-team-competitiveness-ceo-omar-berrada | # New Manchester United stadium a ‘risk’ to team’s competitiveness, admits CEO
Omar Berrada has admitted it is a “risk” for Manchester United to try to build a world-class team and venue at the same time. The club announced on Tuesday they planned to on land adjacent to Old Trafford.
Berrada hopes United can move into the £2bn stadium by the start of the 2030-31 season but said the cost of building it could have an impact, acknowledging that Arsenal and Tottenham struggled to juggle building a ground and fighting at the top.
“That is a risk,” United’s CEO said. “Clearly it’s something we want to avoid. We don’t want to inhibit our ability to invest in the team, for us to continue being competitive while we are building a new stadium.
“There’s various ways around that and one of the things we are looking at is to shorten the construction timelines so we can have a new stadium within five years. That’s our ambition.
“In the meantime, by getting our finances back in order and becoming profitable, we believe that we can be very competitive. The big, big benefit that this club has is that it has the biggest fanbase in the world and therefore the ability to be the No 1 in terms of revenues that it generates.”
Berrada said he hoped Ruben Amorim would be in the dugout when United move ground. “We’d love to open the new stadium with Ruben as head coach,” he said. The Portuguese has a contract to June 2027 with a club option of an additional year.
“‘Zippos circus is in town!’ Can Man Utd really raise £2bn for a throbbing big top?”
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QTmli2H1XOh | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj679nk6endo | # Final ruling bars far-right Georgescu from Romanian vote
## By Sarah Rainsford & Laura Gozzi
### In Bucharest and London
Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has lost his appeal against a ruling barring him from participating in May's presidential election.
The Constitutional Court issued the final ruling on Tuesday afternoon after deliberating for two hours. It said the decision was unanimous.
The Central Electoral Bureau had earlier rejected Georgescu's candidacy for a rerun of the presidential election in May.
## Background
Georgescu had won the first round of last year's presidential vote, but it was annulled after intelligence revealed Russia had been involved in setting up almost 800 TikTok accounts backing him.
On Sunday, the election bureau said Georgescu's candidacy did not "meet the conditions of legality", as he "violated the very obligation to defend democracy".
Georgescu appealed that verdict the following day.
In a Facebook video on Tuesday night, Georgescu did not call for further protests - but instead suggested supporters could choose another candidate to back in the re-run election in May.
"If you want to support anyone by signing new lists for the presidential campaign, please do as your conscience tells you," he said. "It seems democracy and freedom are taking their last breath these days.
"But we need to show now, more than any other time, that our choice matters in a peaceful and democratic way," Georgescu added.
Earlier in the evening, many of the protesters outside the court had Romanian flags draped around their shoulders. Some held up Orthodox Christian icons and one clutched a large wooden crucifix.
A man dressed in a traditional peasant smock scaled a lamppost with a giant Romanian flag and waved it enthusiastically over the crowd.
They chanted "Calin Georgescu is president" and "freedom", and condemned the judges as traitors. One woman had a sign that read "Stop dictatorship".
It took a while for news of the ruling upholding the ban to reach the crowd. When it did, there were loud "boos" directed at the judges inside.
## International Reaction
The crowd soon became noisy and angry, saying they had come to the streets to defend democracy.
Calin Georgescu, the man they support, has come from the far-right fringes of Romanian politics, but he is now at the forefront and promises to make Romania great again.
On 26 February, for the May election, prompting tens of thousands of Romanians to take to the streets of Bucharest in protest.
Many Romanians believe he is being blocked by a political elite that is corrupt and remote from the people.
George Simion, an ally of Georgescu and the leader of the far-right opposition Alliance for Uniting Romanians (AUR) wrote on Facebook: "Shame! You will not defeat us. The people of Romania have awoken. They will win."
The presidential election was annulled after Georgescu won the first round in November 2024, when intelligence was released suggesting a giant TikTok promotion campaign for Georgescu had been backed by Russia.
To European leaders and many in Romania it looked like Russia was trying to weaken Europe and undermine its liberal values.
That is still the opinion of many Romanians who fear a man who admires Vladimir Putin and dislikes Nato.
The Kremlin press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that suggestions that Russia had links to Georgescu were "absolutely baseless", and protesters out in Bucharest on Tuesday evening called the claims "fake news".
"I don't care who you vote for, I just want to be able to vote," Anna told the BBC.
Soon after Georgescu's video statement, people began to leave the area.
Several supporters told the BBC they were disappointed more people had not come out in protest.
One man said there should have been hundreds of thousands on the streets.
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a_3fzUbvRSs | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/09/everything-is-a-blank-canvas-to-a-toddler-with-a-thick-felt-tip | # Everything is a blank canvas to a toddler with a thick felt tip
**Séamas O’Reilly**
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ot for the first time, I’m examining a picture my daughter has drawn. It’s an expressive piece, formed from purple marker, but presented in a larger format than her usual efforts. The effect is multiplying; there is a feral freeness in her strokes, a sense of passion at play, of creativity unbridled.
We are at my sister Maeve’s house, where she and her brother have been happily ensconced in a drawing session with their cousins all afternoon. Paper and markers and crayons are scattered in every direction, and each child’s own style is on display. For my son, the endless Minecraft characters and dinosaurs he can now reproduce with frightening speed and accuracy; for his older cousins Nora and Ardal, a menagerie of beautifully rendered characters from their favourite books and games. My daughter, however, has eschewed such figurative works, preferring to rely on pure expression.
Hers are a riot of thick lines and scribbled curves, born from a relatively recent conversion to creativity. She was slow to get the bug for drawing that my son has had since he was a toddler. I, too, was an inveterate scribbler and greatly regret I never really continued with the passion into adulthood. ‘Every child is an artist,’ Pablo Picasso once said. ‘The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.’ A philistine might say that task was made slightly easier in his case, once he decided he was allowed to put eyes and ears wherever he liked on a human face, but I abhor such cynicism and am bravely willing to state I think he was pretty good.
My own little Picasso is only starting out on her journey, but is definitely making up for lost time. Every nursery pickup is now accompanied by a bulging bag of art projects she’s undertaken and what were once tentative experiments now seem to be cohering into more ambitious, intentional works. Where once she might have idly daubed for a minute or two before getting bored, she now throws herself into the practice with obsession, her tongue sticking out of her tiny mouth as she conjures a riot of shapes and colours with her pen.
And this, her largest work yet, may be her masterpiece. I’m loath to ascribe genius to either of my children – save for when pride, or a deadline, demands it. But there is something about her unshowy brio, her effortless panache, that a less circumspect parent might term ‘casual brilliance’.
My sister, however, is unimpressed. To my shock, she regards it with scorn. ‘Dear God,’ she says, with something approaching disgust. I’ll admit to being mildly offended, since my sister is a lovely person and, moreover, a particularly fond auntie to my daughter. I accept I’m biased, but her complete lack of appreciation seems wildly insensitive.
‘How will I even wash it off?’ she says, examining the 5ft purple scrawl which, I might have mentioned before, has been applied directly to Maeve’s bedroom wall, extending from the skirting boards by the door all the way to the bookshelves facing her window. I sigh to myself, more in pity than in anger. As every art-lover knows, some people just don’t get it.
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7ynwamr36rg | https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2025/mar/14/navajo-nation-missing-murdered-relatives | # ‘They shouldn’t have to fight alone’: the families on the frontline of the Navajo Nation missing people crisis – photo essay
The disproportionate violence against Indigenous people is deeply felt on and around the reservation, where families must become their own investigators. Words and photography by Wayan Barre
Vangie Shortie sits in front of the grave of her sons Zachariah, who was murdered, and Cameron, who died in a car accident. Despite compelling evidence in the case, Zachariah’s investigation has stalled. A lack of communication from authorities has compounded Shortie’s frustration and sense of powerlessness. Photograph: Wayan Barre
## On a cold January evening in 2021, Joey Apachee, a Navajo father of two, set out to meet a friend near the water tower in Steamboat, Arizona. Hours later, he was found beaten to death. However, despite a confession from a suspect, no trial has taken place. Joey’s father Jesse Apachee, a retired police officer, says the family feels abandoned by the Navajo Nation’s justice system.
Indigenous people experience violence at alarmingly high rates. According to the Urban Indian Health Institute, in some parts of the US, Indigenous women are murdered at a rate 10 times higher than the national average. Additionally, 10,123 Native American people were recorded as missing in 2022, though the real tally is probably higher due to inconsistencies in reporting and data collection. In recent years the crisis has expanded to affect more men and boys, who now account for 46% of missing person cases.
Navajo police meet about a missing person’s case in Kayenta, Arizona, on 19 November 2024. Photograph: Wayan Barre
“Mom, I’m going home.” Those were the last words Calvin Willie Martinez spoke to his mother, Aldeena Lopez, when he called her from a truck stop on his way back from Albuquerque, New Mexico, in May 2019. He never made it.
The years leading up to Calvin’s disappearance were marked by profound loss: his girlfriend and youngest son perished in a house fire in 2014, a tragedy that weighed heavily on him though he remained close with his family. Jurisdictional challenges have impeded the investigation into his disappearance: Albuquerque police initially refused to take the case because Calvin was from Farmington, a border town near the Navajo reservation, and Farmington’s police pushed the case to yet another jurisdiction.
Top: Joe Apachee’s family. Bottom left: Julian and Ashton Apachee inside their father’s house. Ashton says she feels ‘anger, frustration, and disappointment’ toward the Navajo administration. Bottom right: Joe Apachee started building the house before his death. Photograph: Wayan Barre
As the investigation drags on, Aldeena makes repeated trips to retrace her son’s last known steps, clinging to the hope that she might uncover a lead. “I went to all the stops from Farmington to Albuquerque. I think I am doing the right thing,” she said.
Darlene Gomez, the only lawyer in the US providing pro bono representation for MMIR cases, has seen first-hand the slow, indifferent response from various law enforcement agencies. “There is a lack of resources, training, accountability, transparency and emergency response,” she said. “Families have to become their own investigators. They’re the ones putting up posters, following leads, demanding accountability.” Many families rely on grassroots networks, online campaigns and advocacy groups to keep their cases alive.
Top: Calvin Martinez’s relatives at the family house. Bottom: Aldeena Lopez, Calvin Martinez’s mother. ‘Every evening, I walk around the house and think he’s coming back.’ Photograph: Wayan Barre
The Navajo police department’s Missing Person Unit, one of the few dedicated MMIR law enforcement teams in the region, is tasked with partnering with search-and-rescue teams and working closely with families to document and track cases. But with just one sergeant, four patrol officers and three civilian staff members, it faces an overwhelming caseload. Overall, the Navajo police department has approximately 210 officers to patrol the entire Navajo Nation – a vast area roughly the size of West Virginia. With limited personnel and funding, they struggle to respond effectively to the MMIR crisis.
Navajo police meet about a missing person’s case in Kayenta, Arizona, on 19 November 2024. Photograph: Wayan Barre
“Mom, I’m going home.” Those were the last words Calvin Willie Martinez spoke to his mother, Aldeena Lopez, when he called her from a truck stop on his way back from Albuquerque, New Mexico, in May 2019. He never made it.
The years leading up to Calvin’s disappearance were marked by profound loss: his girlfriend and youngest son perished in a house fire in 2014, a tragedy that weighed heavily on him though he remained close with his family. Jurisdictional challenges have impeded the investigation into his disappearance: Albuquerque police initially refused to take the case because Calvin was from Farmington, a border town near the Navajo reservation, and Farmington’s police pushed the case to yet another jurisdiction.
Top: The Navajo police department in Kayenta, Arizona. Bottom: Darlene Gomez in her office in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Photograph: Wayan Barre
Border towns near the reservation, where many Navajo residents travel or move to for work, have also long been sites of violence and disappearances. But law enforcement coordination between tribal, state and federal agencies remains fractured, leading to cases that fall through the cracks. Families often find themselves shuttled between jurisdictions, each unwilling or unable to take full responsibility for an investigation.
The Navajo Nation president, Buu Nygren, acknowledges the severity of the crisis, saying that it would be “a very difficult task to guarantee the safety of the Navajo Nation” while individuals continue to go missing. Meanwhile, Richelle Montoya, the first woman elected vice-president of the Navajo Nation, has made MMIR a priority, advocating for policy changes and increased resources to keep Navajo residents safe.
Road sign on US Highway 64 between Shiprock (Navajo Nation) and Farmington, New Mexico. Photograph: Wayan Barre
“These families shouldn’t have to fight alone,” she said. “We need real, structural change – better coordination, better funding and more accountability.”
In the absence of meaningful administrative action, the families have become the frontline in the crisis as they try to bring their missing relatives home. For them, there is no option but to keep searching.
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Businesses today are navigating volatility and uncertainty on multiple fronts: persistently high inflation, geopolitical unrest, supply chain disruptions, worker shortages, technological changes and the lingering pandemic. We believe that when companies are faced with such challenges, those that are clear-headed and focused in deploying resources and think more boldly on growth can outperform their peers.
This view is based on PwC’s analysis of the performance of 5,700 companies over the past three years—a period of rapid change. Among those companies, we identified a set of “focused investors” who achieved exceptional returns. These focused investors delivered an average of 10% higher enterprise value to revenue multiple (the ratio of a company's total value, including market capitalization, cash and debt, to the revenue it generates in a certain period) and an 18% higher EBITDA margin compared to their industry peers.
As waves of disruption currently confront all sectors of the economy, focused investors can create tremendous value through the ways they deploy every dollar to work their strategy and growth agenda. Here are five things such companies do well that could help others navigate the future with more confidence.
### Radically rethink the full cost base by measuring productivity against strategy
A global pharmaceutical company deployed a value-based planning approach to reallocate all of its costs and investments. Tying operational, financial and strategic data together, it created new analytical lenses to measure the productivity of the internal, organizational and external spend. The analytics were a catalyst to challenge the norm, and the company wasn’t afraid to move away from historical approaches. While freeing up capacity and dollars for reinvestment, the pharma company also built lasting value by upskilling people and enhancing processes and technology to embed the philosophy of measuring value on total spend. They used a non-traditional, bottom-up approach toward cost management: empowering budget owners to control and tier their spend, applying value judgment and creating flexibility in budgets for agile investment planning. The effort created 15-20% additional flexibility in existing budgets globally.
### Orchestrate bolder adoption of digital technologies
A global food and beverage company used artificial intelligence (AI), natural language processing, intelligent process automation and machine learning—on top of its large legacy technology and data platforms—to help deliver outcomes faster, resulting in more than $100 million dollar increase in value in efficiencies and revenue growth. Instead of creating small pilot projects or making large investments in big tech platforms, the company applied new digital capabilities to underlying fragmented data and systems of records to transform the way it works and improve the outcomes. And the company achieved results much sooner, with sprints of 12 to 16 weeks—as opposed to the typical six to 12 months—that reimagined how to achieve the critical outcomes it needed now, instead of aiming for the perfect solution in the future.
### Reconsider how and where work gets done proactively
A global technology company unlocked up to 25% productivity gains by rethinking its constraints on where people within their core operations were located. It set up technology hubs in a few countries that offer talent with the necessary skills at lower costs who could help strengthen the organization’s resiliency. Physical offices are located in major hub cities, but employees can be located anywhere in the country, giving the company access to the talent with lower overhead. The company is helping its people work in these new ways by providing training and technologies that have unlocked innovation.
### Strike the right balance in managing growth ideas
As economic pressure mounts, it’s vital for companies to have a balanced growth portfolio that drives near-term performance without sacrificing business model innovations for future growth. One global logistics leader is investing billions in a short-term growth portfolio that involves building solutions for the health industry to transport and track new drugs that have specific storage and temperature requirements. It’s also investing in AI to reduce the number of manual touches of a package, increasing productivity and speed to market. To secure its business for the future, the company is exploring asset-light business models that may allow it to double revenue growth and reduce the need to invest in additional physical assets.
### Unify toward a focused strategy and vision
Today’s uncertain world has escalated the need for executives to unify their companies with a compelling purpose-based vision and strategy. One example is a large financial services company that evaluated adjacencies to its core business in the trillion-dollar US mortgage ecosystem and crafted a strategy with new ways to deliver on its environmental, social and governance (ESG) goal of increasing affordable housing. This strategy includes opportunities to leverage the company’s ecosystem positioning to increase the availability of green housing by aligning consumer, agent, lender, construction and capital markets incentives. The company is also extending its reach to educate consumers on the economic benefits of home ownership, while also providing them with tools to help build and maintain their financial readiness.
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MNJW2A_yUNw | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/02/newcastle-brighton-fa-cup-match-report | # Welbeck fires Brighton into quarter-finals as Gordon red hurts Newcastle
When the dust finally settled on a tie featuring two red cards and an incessant stream of high calibre drama crowned by Danny Welbeck’s extra time winner, Brighton were in the quarter-finals.
By then Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon was out of this month’s Carabao Cup final against Liverpool at Wembley after being shown a straight red card in the 83rd minute.
When Harvey Barnes, the otherwise underwhelming, lofted a clever cross across the face of goal, the Sweden striker, starting unexpectedly after recovering from a groin problem, saw his initial header blocked by Adam Webster. Although Isak could merely blaze the rebound over the bar he had emphasised his game-changing potential.
Brighton’s counterattacking ability can prove similarly transformative and Tariq Lamptey, in particular, used his change of pace to good effect as he initiated a series of breaks from right-back. Lamptey’s duel with the generally disappointing Gordon would become one of the more engrossing subplots. Who could have guessed that both would ultimately be sent off?
With much of their passing far too slapdash for Howe’s liking, Newcastle struggled to control an extremely open tie and could not quite believe their luck when Yankuba Minteh panicked before flinging himself into a late challenge and needlessly felled Tino Livramento in the area.
Isak stepped up to the penalty spot and, despite Bart Verbruggen diving the right way, the Swede’s kick was far too good for Hürzeler’s goalkeeper to keep out as it rose into the top corner.
It was Isak’s 22nd goal of the season and shortly afterwards he thought he had increased that tally only for his fine right-footed finish to be disallowed for a tight offside. According to Howe general “tightness” led to his replacement late on by Callum Wilson and the manager did not look too worried.
Howe, though, appeared distinctly rueful as Minteh drew Brighton level. The winger, by Newcastle last summer in order to meet Premier League spending rules, had perhaps been trying too hard when he conceded the penalty but now the 20-year-old showed off some serious poise under pressure.
After a slick, smart, exchange of passes with João Pedro, Minteh highlighted the reason why Howe was so disappointed to lose a player who spent last season on loan at Feyenoord as he unleashed a composed shot that was helped on its way beyond the recalled Martin Dubravka by a deflection off Kieran Trippier.
As the second half unravelled and the impressive yet ultimately cramp-ridden João Pedro ran through the pain barrier, Dubravka enhanced his chances of starting ahead of Nick Pope in the final thanks to a brilliant save from Diego Gómez. Yet even Dubravka was confounded as Brighton broke and put through by Solly March, Welbeck expertly dinked the ball over the goalkeeper. With a swipe of a boot Newcastle’s hopes of lifting their first FA Cup since 1955 were extinguished.
Gordon’s mounting frustration boiled over when the England winger felt he should have been awarded a penalty after some shirt tugging on Brajan Gruda’s part. Unwisely, he proceeded to take his anger out on Jan Paul van Hecke, forcibly shoving the defender in the back of the head with both hands as the pair tussled for the ball after Brighton had been awarded a free-kick for offside.
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As extra time unfolded and the impressive yet ultimately cramp-ridden João Pedro ran through the pain barrier, Dubravka enhanced his chances of starting ahead of Nick Pope in the final thanks to a brilliant save from Diego Gómez. Yet even Dubravka was confounded as Brighton broke and put through by Solly March, Welbeck expertly dinked the ball over the goalkeeper. With a swipe of a boot Newcastle’s hopes of lifting their first FA Cup since 1955 were extinguished.
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5U7mBy32PfF | https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/mar/05/two-point-museum-review-keep-a-cultural-institution-afloat-with-the-joy-of-curation | # Two Point Museum review – curate your own fun in this museum management game
**PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox; Two Point Studios/Sega
**This humorous management game puts you in charge of creating entertaining displays on everything from natural history to the paranormal
A museum curators have a hit. All was quiet at the County Archives Museum, until a woman erupted from one of the toilets. Clad in full scuba gear, she would have gone unnoticed as she weaved among the usual visitors – a bored gaggle of schoolchildren, tourists, and a yeti – were it not for a beady eyed security guard. The woman, it turns out, was a member of an infamous crime syndicate, renowned for breaking into museums, stealing priceless exhibits and slipping back into the sewers like a well-remunerated goldfish. As my security guard tackled the thief, the museum’s prehistory expert neatly sidestepped the fray and departed for a far-flung corner of the Earth, soon to return with a prized relic of the ancient world. Burglars get caught; museums just hire better qualified thieves and send them on expeditions.
This is the kind of whimsical satire that Two Point Studios trades on, making delightful and irreverent management games that poke fun at very serious establishments: hospitals, universities, and now museums. Here, as the curator of the county’s timeworn institutions, you must protect profit first and history second. Easier said than done when there’s so much to manage: you must hire experts to source and maintain exhibits, assistants to run front-of-house, janitors to scrape stubborn substances from floors, and security guards to handle donations and play whack-a-mole with criminals.
You can imagine that the curators at the British Museum scratch their heads over the same challenges (save the scuba thieves). Some visitors barrel straight through, pausing just long enough to take a selfie with the most popular exhibit, while others will spend hours in the gift shop. Two Point does a spectacular job of simulating the challenge of satisfying diverse crowds … despite the fact that here, your audience includes literal clowns.
Museum themes range from the expected – prehistoric, aquatic, botanical – to the outlandish – haunted, extraterrestrial, apocalyptic. Previous instalments in the Two Point series forced your institutions to stay siloed (it would have been odd, after all, for a sports university to install a wizarding magic department). But the very nature of museums requires a joyful mishmash of curiosities, allowing you to build wildly varied exhibits across unique locations. The aquarium, for instance, offers expeditions that yield the prehistoric bones of sea creatures, or cursed booty from creepy sunken pirate ships. This means your collection stays useful, rather than languishing in a forgotten inventory menu, and progression feels consistently rewarding.
Tour routes must be carefully plotted and decorated to impress, thus generating “buzz” and convincing visitors to make a donation. Different visitor types like different things: sage professors crave knowledge from well-placed information stands, while hyperactive children just want something that goes _beep_. To please pint-sized punters, you need to research and build kid-friendly interactive displays in the workshop, paying for the materials through any fundraising means necessary, whether that be loans, gift-shop sales, or advertising deals with local businesses. It’s a beautifully detailed operation that suggests the developers have paid close attention to human nature, and how to mirror it in an intriguing game-loop.
You can imagine that the curators at the British Museum scratch their heads over the same challenges (save the scuba thieves). Some visitors barrel straight through, pausing just long enough to take a selfie with the most popular exhibit, while others will spend hours in the gift shop. Two Point does a spectacular job of simulating the challenge of satisfying diverse crowds … despite the fact that here, your audience includes literal clowns.
Museum themes range from the expected – prehistoric, aquatic, botanical – to the outlandish – haunted, extraterrestrial, apocalyptic. Previous instalments in the Two Point series forced your institutions to stay siloed (it would have been odd, after all, for a sports university to install a wizarding magic department). But the very nature of museums requires a joyful mishmash of curiosities, allowing you to build wildly varied exhibits across unique locations. The aquarium, for instance, offers expeditions that yield the prehistoric bones of sea creatures, or cursed booty from creepy sunken pirate ships. This means your collection stays useful, rather than languishing in a forgotten inventory menu, and progression feels consistently rewarding.
Tour routes must be carefully plotted and decorated to impress, thus generating “buzz” and convincing visitors to make a donation. Different visitor types like different things: sage professors crave knowledge from well-placed information stands, while hyperactive children just want something that goes _beep_. To please pint-sized punters, you need to research and build kid-friendly interactive displays in the workshop, paying for the materials through any fundraising means necessary, whether that be loans, gift-shop sales, or advertising deals with local businesses. It’s a beautifully detailed operation that suggests the developers have paid close attention to human nature, and how to mirror it in an intriguing game-loop.
## Tour routes must be carefully plotted and decorated to impress, thus generating “buzz” and convincing visitors to make a donation. Different visitor types like different things: sage professors crave knowledge from well-placed information stands, while hyperactive children just want something that goes _beep_. To please pint-sized punters, you need to research and build kid-friendly interactive displays in the workshop, paying for the materials through any fundraising means necessary, whether that be loans, gift-shop sales, or advertising deals with local businesses. It’s a beautifully detailed operation that suggests the developers have paid close attention to human nature, and how to mirror it in an intriguing game-loop.
## Two Point Museum is out now; £24.99
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7xI_Agy4_zT | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mark-kelly-accuses-trump-trying-weaken-ukraine-fires-back-elon-musk-branding-him-traitor | Kelly accuses Trump of 'trying to weaken' Ukraine, fires back at Elon Musk for branding him a 'traitor'
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Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., fired back at after the billionaire business tycoon labeled the lawmaker a "traitor" in response to a tweet in which Kelly advocated U.S. support for Ukraine.
"Just left Ukraine. What I saw proved to me we can’t give up on the Ukrainian people. Everyone wants this war to end, but any agreement has to protect Ukraine’s security and can’t be a giveaway to Putin. Let me tell you about my trip and why it’s important we stand with Ukraine," Kelly noted in his post.
"You are a traitor," Musk replied.
The senator fired back, "Traitor? Elon, if you don’t understand that defending freedom is a basic tenet of what makes America great and keeps us safe, maybe you should leave it to those of us who do."
The U.S. has billions in aid as the Eastern European nation has been at war in response to Russia's invasion.
"**RUBIO SAYS MINERAL DEAL ‘NOT MAIN TOPIC ON AGENDA’ IN UKRAINE MEETING**"
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"Donald Trump is trying to weaken Ukraine’s hand and we are owed an explanation. If Putin gains ground he won’t agree to a ceasefire and will eventually threaten a NATO ally and this puts American troops and the American people at risk," Kelly declared in one of his tweets.
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"When President was asked last week whether he would consider lifting the intelligence pause on Ukraine, he replied, 'Well, we just about have.'"
The president added that there is a desire to "do anything we can to get Ukraine to be serious about … getting something done."
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"Donald Trump is trying to weaken Ukraine’s hand and we are owed an explanation. If Putin gains ground he won’t agree to a ceasefire and will eventually threaten a NATO ally and this puts American troops and the American people at risk," Kelly declared in one of his tweets.
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"When President was asked last week whether he would consider lifting the intelligence pause on Ukraine, he replied, 'Well, we just about have.'"
The president added that there is a desire to "do anything we can to get Ukraine to be serious about … getting something done."
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"Donald Trump is trying to weaken Ukraine’s hand and we are owed an explanation. If Putin gains ground he won’t agree to a ceasefire and will eventually threaten a NATO ally and this puts American troops and the American people at risk," Kelly declared in one of his tweets.
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"When President was asked last week whether he would consider lifting the intelligence pause on Ukraine, he replied, 'Well, we just about have.'"
The president added that there is a desire to "do anything we can to get Ukraine to be serious about … getting something done."
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"Donald Trump is trying to weaken Ukraine’s hand and we are owed an explanation. If Putin gains ground he won’t agree to a ceasefire and will eventually threaten a NATO ally and this puts American troops and the American people at risk," Kelly declared in one of his tweets.
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"When President was asked last week whether he would consider lifting the intelligence pause on Ukraine, he replied, 'Well, we just about have.'"
The president added that there is a desire to "do anything we can to get Ukraine to be serious about … getting something done."
Kelly's initial post about Ukraine was just the beginning of a longer message on the topic.
"Donald Trump is trying to weaken Ukraine’s hand and we are owed an explanation. If Putin gains ground he won’t agree to a ceasefire and will eventually threaten a NATO ally and this puts American troops and the American people at risk," Kelly declared in one of his tweets.
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oHDNdWO2tv4 | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxerx9rkpzo | Cat Burns: 'I never had music for queer girls'
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Riyah Collins
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"**I just wanna talk about girls**"
Cat Burns couldn't be clearer about what's on her mind in her new track.
Called - you guessed it - Girls! she says it marks a shift from her more "serious" records and is her shot at writing music she didn't have access to growing up.
"I feel like I never had a song like that for me," she says. "Especially for all the queer girls."
She says she's leaning into a new era where she feels increasingly confident celebrating her sexuality.
The singer, 24, has enjoyed in meteoric rise in the past few years.
Her single Go, first released in 2020, became a viral hit on TikTok in 2023 - rising to number 2 in the charts, propelling Cat on to a Brits Critics' Choice award nomination later that year.
She tells BBC Newsbeat having songs like that is "super important", especially growing up and figuring out who you are.
"It's nice to know that people like you exist and exist freely," she says.
"And I think the 'fun-ness' of the song can show people who aren't lesbian or queer or bi or whatever that we are just normal human beings who like just so happen to like the same sex."
In the past year, the charts have been dominated more than once by queer women writing openly about gay relationships.
Chappell Roan's Good Luck, Babe! tells the story of being in love with a woman struggling to come to terms with their sexuality and spent 16 weeks in the UK top 10.
And after Billie Eilish magazine in 2023, she followed up with her album Hit Me Hard and Soft, including the single Lunch which explored her desire for women.
Billboard described the track, which peaked at number two in the UK chart, as
Before that though, there's been slim pickings for mainstream pop songs that celebrate authentic lesbian relationships.
Take, for example, Katy Perry's 2008 debut I Kissed A Girl.
It's "a brilliant pop song", Cat says, but doesn't go any deeper than the first stage of exploring sexuality.
"I think it's always good when we make room and allow space for lesbian and queer artists to speak about it whilst we're further into our journey," she says.
"Where it's less curiosity and trying... and it's more like: 'No, I'm into it now and really delving to my experience as a queer woman'."
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And the more voices that add to that, the better, Cat says.
"The more representation and more space for different types of queer artist, it can just help paint a more vivid picture of what the community's actually like and who exists within that community."
Having people like Reneé Rapp and Chappell Roan and, hopefully, someone like myself, we're starting to show people that we're not a monolith and we vary across the spectrum.
Cat, who's , says she "falls into so many different groups" and wants to celebrate differences.
"I just want to continue to show people that we're just not all one way," she says.
"What you know of something might not always be true."
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Called - you guessed it - Girls! she says it marks a shift from her more "serious" records and is her shot at writing music she didn't have access to growing up.
"I feel like I never had a song like that for me," she says. "Especially for all the queer girls."
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"It's nice to know that people like you exist and exist freely," she says.
"And I think the 'fun-ness' of the song can show people who aren't lesbian or queer or bi or whatever that we are just normal human beings who like just so happen to like the same sex."
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Chappell Roan's Good Luck, Babe! tells the story of being in love with a woman struggling to come to terms with their sexuality and spent 16 weeks in the UK top 10.
And after Billie Eilish magazine in 2023, she followed up with her album Hit Me Hard and Soft, including the single Lunch which explored her desire for women.
Billboard described the track, which peaked at number two in the UK chart, as
Before that though, there's been slim pickings for mainstream pop songs that celebrate authentic lesbian relationships.
Take, for example, Katy Perry's 2008 debut I Kissed A Girl.
It's "a brilliant pop song", Cat says, but doesn't go any deeper than the first stage of exploring sexuality.
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Ls6ZPPY97l6 | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/trump-praises-letter-from-ukraines-zelenskyy-backing-talks-to-bring-lasting-peace-closer | # Trump softens tone on Zelenskyy but repeats threat to take over Greenland
has said he appreciated Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s willingness to sign a minerals deal with the United States and come to the negotiating table to bring a lasting peace in Ukraine closer.
“Earlier today, I received an important letter from President Zelenskyy of Ukraine,” the US president said in a speech to Congress after last week’s . Quoting from the letter, Trump said Zelenskyy told him that “Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians.”
“My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts,” Trump quoted Zelenskyy as writing. “We do really value how much America has done to help maintain its sovereignty and independence.”
“Wouldn’t that be beautiful?” he said. “It’s time to stop this madness. It’s time to halt the killing. It’s time to end this senseless war. If you want to end wars you have to talk to both sides.”
The comments marked a slight softening of Trump’s language on Ukraine in the wake of the Oval Office clash, after which he ordered a
Trump was expected to further outline his plans for Ukraine and Russia in the speech to Congress, but did not reveal any more details.
In the same speech Trump said that he would take control of “one way or another”, adding that the US was ready to accept the people of the Danish territory, during a speech that escalated the rhetoric surrounding his territorial ambitions in the western hemisphere.
He defended recent foreign policy moves including the introduction of new tariffs against Mexico and Canada that the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, had called .
Trump claimed that the US would be “reclaiming” the canal, “and we’ve already started doing it”.
The US president said the US needed Greenland, which is controlled by Denmark, for “national security and even international security”, adding: “I think we’re going to get it – one way or the other, we’re going to get it.”
“I also have a message tonight for the incredible people of Greenland,” he said during his speech, as both the vice-president, JD Vance, and the house speaker, Mike Johnson, smiled behind him. “We strongly support your right to determine your own future. And if you choose, we welcome you into the United States of America.”
“We will keep you safe,” he said. “We will make you rich.”
On the Panama canal, he reacted positively to news that a China-headquartered company had to American-owned BlackRock. Trump had claimed the ports could be used to exert Chinese control over the canal, and recounted that the canal was “built by Americans for Americans, not for others. But others could use it.”
“We didn’t give it to China; we gave it to Panama, and we’re taking it back,” he said during the speech.
He also gave a backhanded compliment to his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, who recently travelled to Panama during a Latin American tour that was largely focused on migration and efforts to regain control over the canal.
“We have Marco Rubio in charge,” Trump said with relish. “Good luck, Marco. Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong.”
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gh0Mv_iK_8t | https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/05/teslas-uk-sales-rise-despite-threat-of-backlash-over-elon-musk-political-role | Tesla’s UK sales rise despite threat of backlash over Musk’s political role
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Sales of Teslas in the UK rose by more than a fifth last month as demand for battery-powered cars increased, despite over Elon Musk’s controversial and divisive behaviour since becoming a key figure in Donald Trump’s administration.
Almost 4,000 Teslas were sold in the UK in February, with the Model 3 and Model Y proving the second and third most popular after the Mini Cooper, according to the latest new car registration figures from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT).
Tesla sales were up 20.7% year on year, lifting the company’s market share from 3.75% in February 2024 to 4.6% last month, suggesting Musk’s actions have not yet hurt the electric vehicle maker in the UK. The overall market declined by 1%, with 84,054 new registrations.
The SMMT said that sales of full electric vehicles rose almost 42% year on year, accounting for a quarter of all new registrations, because buyers are seeking to beat a new tax on expensive cars that comes into force in April and will affect many EVs for the first time.
There has been some evidence that Musk’s interventions in European political affairs and his senior role in Trump’s administration are leading to a consumer backlash by some Tesla owners or prospective buyers.
The tech billionaire and close Trump adviser has , theatrically brandished a at a conservative conference, and accused Keir Starmer and other senior politicians of .
Sales of new Tesla cars , according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, pushing the carmaker’s market share down to 1%.
In China, early numbers for February indicate a 49% fall in exports and retail sales, although analysts say this is likely to have been affected by Tesla’s Model Y changeover as it gives the model an updated design.
Analysts at Morgan Stanley attributed the weaker sales to .
After a jump following Trump’s election win, Tesla’s market value has dropped back to the level it was at the US presidential election in November, although its shares are currently up 45% over the last year.
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However, while sales in the US also fell in January, preliminary data for February indicates a rebound with sales of about 42,000 cars, up 14% year on year, according to Wards Intelligence.
Mike Hawes, the chief executive of the SMMT, cautioned against reading too much into the UK’s February figures, given it is the smallest month of the year for new car registrations.
“The good news is that electric car uptake is increasing, albeit at huge cost to manufacturers in terms of market support,” Hawes said. “It is always dangerous, however, to draw conclusions from a single month, especially one as small and volatile as February.”
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Anderson released her own show, "Pamela's Cooking with Love," in February, while on March 4. Some claimed Markle's show seemingly matched the "Baywatch" star's, sometimes "frame-for-frame."
However, Anderson's show co-creator did not seem to mind the accusations.
"We take pride in planting the first seeds – creating original, distinctive programming that audiences love – and it’s a compliment to see our work with Ms. Anderson resonate so strongly," Anderson's producer, Jesse Fawcett, told the
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Pamela Anderson's team took credit for "original" show after critics claimed Meghan Markle, right, had copied the actress. (Getty Images)
Anderson also played a producer role in "Cooking with Love," which filmed in the summer of 2023, Fox News Digital has learned.
The trailer for the show came out in October to coincide with Anderson's cookbook – "I Love You: Recipes from the Heart." "Cooking with Love" was meant to premiere even earlier, but faced delays due to network restructuring.
"Cooking with Love… our little show that’s everything I could ask for – my garden, a little farm on Vancouver Island, and chefs from all over the world," Anderson wrote Friday alongside photos from the show.
"I’m so happy that so many of you have loved it – It’s been a dream come true. … and fun, fun, fun."
Pamela Anderson at a fashion event. (Getty Images)
Royal expert Neil Sean, in a called Markle’s show a "frame-for-frame" copy of Anderson's work in some cases.
"As you can see, Meghan has been inspired by her \ cookery show, right?" Sean said, showing a shot of Markle high-fiving her guest on set next to one of Anderson high-fiving her guest.
"There’s very little new in the world of cookery," he said.
"It’s difficult to reinvent it, but Meghan didn’t even bother with that. Clearly, she just got inspired," he said.
Pamela Anderson's "Cooking with Love" premiered in February. (Joshua Sammer/Getty Images for ZFF)
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Meghan Markle wearing a blue shirt and smiling while tending to her garden. (Netflix)
Regardless, Markle's show has been renewed for a second season. She shared the news Friday on Instagram.
"Lettuce romaine calm…or not(!) because I'm thrilled to share that Season 2 of 'With Love, Meghan is coming!' she captioned a video of herself dancing.
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"With Love, Meghan" was renewed for a second season. (Meghan Markle/Instagram)
Fox News Digital's Brie Stimson contributed to this report.
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YdMMaYUGP93 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2025/03/02/how-many-awards-did-wicked-win-at-2025-oscars-see-results/81091295007/ | # How many awards did 'Wicked' win at 2025 Oscars? See list of movie musical's wins
The results are in! "Wicked" took home two awards at the 2025 Oscars.
- The film earned 10 Oscar nominations and was in the running for the night's biggest prize – best picture.
- Adapted from the popular Broadway musical by Gregory Maguire, "Wicked" is the first of a two-part epic.
USA TODAY movie critic Brian Truitt gave the film ★★★ out of four stars, writing that "even with a few missteps, it's easy to get swept up in director Jon M. Chu’s colorful spectacle (a )."
## How many Academy Awards did 'Wicked' win?
"Wicked" won in the following categories:
- Best production design
- Best costume design
It did not win in the following categories:
- Best picture
- Best actress in a leading role (Cynthia Erivo)
- Best actress in a supporting role (Ariana Grande)
- Best original score
- Best sound
- Best visual effects
- Best film editing
- Best in makeup and hairstyling
## 'Wicked' cast
The cast of "Wicked" includes:
- Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba Thropp
- Ariana Grande as Glinda Upland
- Michelle Yeoh as Madam Morrible
- Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard of Oz
- Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero Tigelaar
- Ethan Slater as Boq Woodsman
- Marissa Bode as Nessarose Thropp
- Bowen Yang as Pfannee
- Bronwyn James as ShenShen
- Keala Settle as Miss Coddle
- Peter Dinklage as the voice of Dr. Dillamond
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In the late 2000s, home values plummeted, joblessness spiked, and the S&P 500 lost more than half of its value. The economic downturn during this period would eventually be dubbed
In this photo, a trader looks at the closing numbers on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 6, 2008. Wall Street tumbled after the opening bell as fallout from the credit crisis triggered concerns about the economy and the Dow fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years. , during the week of October 6-10, 2008,the Dow suffered its largest-ever weekly loss: 1,874 points, causing the value of U.S. stocks to plunge and many Americans to lose savings invested in financial markets.
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YfIp-05BkFC | https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/lottery/2025/03/09/powerball-winning-numbers/82011482007/ | The Powerball jackpot rose to $320 million for Saturday’s drawing after no one won the top prize on Wednesday.
If someone matches all six numbers, they can choose a one-time cash payment of $150.3 million.
There were no lucky winners on Wednesday as no one won the jackpot, $2 million or $1 million prizes.
A lucky player in Oregon had the first jackpot-winning Powerball ticket of 2025, according to lottery officials, winning a $328.5 million jackpot on Jan. 18.
Check below for the winning numbers in Saturday’s Powerball drawing, which happened just after 11 p.m. ET.
Powerball winning numbers for 3/8/2025
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The winning numbers for the Powerball drawing on Saturday, March 8, are:
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**Powerplay-** 3x
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No one won the Powerball jackpot or the Match 5 + Power Play $2 million prize, but one lucky person in Texas won the Match 5 $1 million prize.
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mtjEWxt92Mw | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/14/six-nations-judgment-day-has-enough-riding-on-it-to-be-an-all-time-classic | # Six Nations judgment day has enough riding on it to be an all-time classic
The best Six Nations campaigns tick two crucial boxes. The first is a consistent sense of jeopardy from start to finish and the second is that elevates the tournament into the mainstream consciousness. When , as they have done this year, the championship’s final round ranks among the most gripping days in modern team sport.
This particular “Super Saturday” certainly has all the necessary spicy ingredients, starting with the prospect of France’s second title since 2010 if they can beat Scotland in Paris. A bonus-point win for England over Wales in Cardiff, though, could yet be enough to sneak the trophy in the event of a breathless Scotland win. Which, from a Scottish perspective, looms as the ultimate catch-22 scenario.
Ireland, too, are still just about in contention but will need to win well in Italy and hope both France and England subsequently underperform to nip in and claim a third consecutive title. With Wales also desperate to sidestep a 17th consecutive Test defeat and a second successive wooden spoon, there is even more of a “Judgment Day” feel to the triple-header of fixtures than normal.
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### Russell urges Scotland to end on a high
Finn Russell challenged Scotland to add some sheen to their Six Nations campaign in Paris as he lamented the fact they have only a “disruptor” role to play in today’s three-way title shootout.
With just home wins over Italy and Wales to their name, co-captain Russell believes a rare away victory over title-chasing France would go a long way to enhancing how their campaign is viewed.
Russell, who missed all three of his conversion attempts, including a last-minute kick, in a one-point defeat to England, said: “If we get a win then we’d probably look back at one of my kicks that could have had us winning the title. I think the England game is probably the one that got away.
“But if we can finish up with a win this weekend – the frustration for the England game would still be there, obviously – I think we could look back at this tournament as a decent enough tournament.
“There’s probably a few folk questioning how the Scotland team is going, but if I hit that kick or one of the kicks, then it’s probably viewed very differently. At this level, it’s all about the results. But at the end of the tournament you can fully assess how it’s been and how you’ve played.” **PA Media**
## Quick Guide
### Russell urges Scotland to end on a high
Finn Russell challenged Scotland to add some sheen to their Six Nations campaign in Paris as he lamented the fact they have only a “disruptor” role to play in today’s three-way title shootout.
With just home wins over Italy and Wales to their name, co-captain Russell believes a rare away victory over title-chasing France would go a long way to enhancing how their campaign is viewed.
Russell, who missed all three of his conversion attempts, including a last-minute kick, in a one-point defeat to England, said: “If we get a win then we’d probably look back at one of my kicks that could have had us winning the title. I think the England game is probably the one that got away.
“But if we can finish up with a win this weekend – the frustration for the England game would still be there, obviously – I think we could look back at this tournament as a decent enough tournament.
“There’s probably a few folk questioning how the Scotland team is going, but if I hit that kick or one of the kicks, then it’s probably viewed very differently. At this level, it’s all about the results. But at the end of the tournament you can fully assess how it’s been and how you’ve played.” **PA Media**
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
## Quick Guide
### Six Nations: who needs what to win the title
You get four match points for a win; two for a draw; one for scoring four tries; and one for losing by seven points or fewet. Teams level on match points are separated first by points difference. Going into Saturday, France are +106, England +20, Ireland +13 and Scotland +2.
Teams level on match points and points difference are separated by tries scored. France have 26, England and Scotland 15, Ireland 13. If everything is still level, teams are placed equally.
### France (16pts) will win the title …
If they record a bonus point win over Scotland whatever happens in other matches.
If they win without a bonus point and their points difference advantage is not overhauled by England.
If they lose and Scotland fail to claim a bonus and overturn the points difference gap, while England and Ireland also lose without claiming bonus points.
### England (15pts) will win the title …
If they beat Wales with a try bonus point and France fail to beat Scotland. They could still win without a bonus point if France lose or draw without recording a try-scoring bonus point.
If they lose or draw but record two bonus points if France and Ireland both lose and do not claim a bonus point.
### Ireland (14pts) will win the title …
If they beat Italy with a bonus point and both France and England lose. A draw with a bonus point or a loss with two bonus points could be enough but they would need to to finish with a better points difference than France and England, who would also need to lose without a bonus point.
### Scotland (11pts) will win the title …
If they beat France with a bonus point, deny Les Bleus a losing bonus, and overtake them on points difference, while the England and Ireland results to go their way.
``` |
hKsihJ7JoSQ | https://www.wvtm13.com/article/drugs-gun-evidence-locker-audit-hanceville-police/64133196 | # Meth, heroin and more reported missing in audit of Hanceville Police Department's evidence room
**BRYCE. THANK YOU. TONIGHT’S DECISION ALSO FOLLOWS THE PRELIMINARY AUDIT OF THE HANCEVILLE EVIDENCE ROOM FROM THE CULLMAN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY. SOME OF THE CHARGES THE OFFICERS FACE IN THIS CASE INCLUDE TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE. ACCORDING TO THE STATE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS, SEVERAL DIFFERENT DRUGS, INCLUDING METH, COCAINE, HEROIN, PILLS, EVEN A HANDGUN WERE MISSING FROM THE EVIDENCE ROOM. ON TOP OF THAT, THERE WERE 30 OTHER GUNS NOT PROPERLY DOCUMENTED INSIDE THE ROOM. THE AUDIT SAYS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE DEATH OF A LOCAL DISPATCHER, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE RECOMMENDED THE POLICE CHIEF CALL THE SBI FOR ASSISTANCE, WHICH HE DECLINED TO DO. IT ALSO SAYS, ACCORDING TO DATA FROM THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, HANCEVILLE HAD THE HIGHEST EMERGENCY CALLS FOR OVERDOES IN THE STATE AT 7.65 PER 10,000 RESIDENTS. FOR CONTEXT**
## Video above: Previous coverage
Various drugs and at least one handgun were listed as missing following an audit of the Hanceville Police Department's evidence room as the future of the department remains uncertain.
Cullman County District Attorney Champ Crocker released the following data Monday which, according to State Bureau of Investigation Agent Jamie King, represents an approximate weight/count of the missing substances:
- Methamphetamine - 216 grams
- Cocaine - 1.5 grams
- Oxycodone pills - 67
- Adderall pills - 4
- Heroin - 0.5 grams
- Clonazepam pills - 4
- Gabapentin pills - 39
- Tizanidine (muscle relaxer) - 5
- Methocarbamol (muscle relaxer) - 5
- Suboxone strip - 1
- Firearms - One .25 caliber handgun
King noted, however, that these numbers are only based on the "item description" on each evidence envelope, several of which were not fully filled out. Further items of unknown weight are missing.
Additionally, 30 undocumented firearms were discovered.
The audit was carried out as part of an SBI investigation following the death of police dispatcher Chris Willingham who died from “combined toxic effects of fentanyl, gabapentin, diazepam, amphetamine, carisoprodol, and methocarbamol.” Unfettered access to the HPD evidence room played a role in Willingham's death.
"These results of the evidence audit are shocking but not surprising," said Crocker. The security camera footage revealed how unsecure the evidence room was, with various individuals going in and out, routinely sticking a broomstick through the hole in the wall to gain access.
Willingham's death and the evidence room's lack of security were discussed at length last month when the district attorney's office laid out the scathing findings of a grand jury that called for the department's abolishment.
"There is a rampant culture of corruption in the Hanceville Police Department, which has recently operated as more of a criminal enterprise than a law enforcement agency," read court documents obtained by WVTM 13.
Along with those findings came the arrests of Chief Jason Marlin, officers William Shelnutt, Jason Scott Willbanks, Cody Kelso, Eric Kelso, and Eric's wife, Donna Reid Kelso, all of whom are facing felony charges.
"These defendants find themselves on the opposite end of the laws they were sworn to uphold," read a statement from the district attorney's office. "Wearing a badge is a privilege and honor that most law enforcement officers take seriously. A badge is not a license to corrupt the administration of justice. These Hanceville Police officers' actions undermine the hard work of the entire law enforcement community across our great state."
The future of the police department has yet to be decided; the Cullman County Sheriff's Office is currently handling law enforcement responsibilities in the area.
During a recent Council meeting, many residents called for the sheriff's office to take over law enforcement duties on a more permanent basis.
"You should take the grand jury's recommendation," said Charles Wright. "I think it would be more cost-effective to have Cullman County take over the police function."
The vast majority, however, maintained hope that, despite the "rampant culture of corruption" uncovered by state investigators, the local police force could still be cleaned up and rebuilt.
The Hanceville City Council is actively meeting to discuss the matter further.
``` |
SpPSbTsKm3B | https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/WAY9qtTrAQAEBkdFq/the-old-memories-tree | # The old memories tree
## by
5th Mar 2025
2 min read
[](/w/fiction)
## The old memories tree
_This has nothing to do with usual Less Wrong interests, just my attempt to practice a certain style of creative writing I've never really tried before._
You're packing again. By now you have a drill. Useful? In a box. Clutter? In a garbage bag.
But there's some things that don't feel right in either. Under your bed, you find your old soft toy Fooby, now tattered, smelly, and stained. In your bedside table, there's a photo of you and your ex in Paris. Behind the dresser, an 18th birthday card from your nan. In the kitchen drawer, a key-ring your best friend bought for you when you were twelve.
You stare at them for a few minutes, then sigh and prepare to toss them in the garbage bag. Then you change your mind, dump them in a backpack with a coil of string, and head out on your bike.
You go down the road, around a corner, through an alleyway and along a dirt track for a couple of minutes. Ahead, you finally see the tree, a huge old thing spreading its canopy wide in an otherwise empty field.
Spring is newly come, and the fresh growth is mostly bare of memories. You quickly hang up the photo, keyring, and birthday card, but you feel that action isn't significant enough for Fooby.
Ducking, you enter the canopy and walk inwards. Past the fresh growth are last year's memories. Mostly photos, knickknacks, and old toys, but sometimes the artifacts speak of sadder stories...
A branch burdened with baby clothes, all still in their original packaging. A family photo with one member carefully blotted out. Even a funeral urn.
As you step further in, the toys start to be made of wood instead of plastic, and the clothes have rotted away.
At last, you reach the centre. Someone's hammered metal handholds into the trunk, and gingerly you start to climb, rising back out of the past towards the present. Here the artifacts get stranger. Broken musical instruments. A car key. An empty bottle of wine. A wedding ring.
About halfway up, you spy a 12-year-old girl sitting on a wide bough, cuddling a smelly rag-doll, her eyes red and wet. You scramble up beside her. Silently, you take the rag-doll and nestle it in a fork. Finally, you place Fooby in its lap.
You give the girl's hand a squeeze, and together you descend.
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vTbhrDqYsY1 | https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/addressing-the-threat-to-national-security-from-imports-of-timber-lumber/ | # Addressing The Threat To National Security from Imports of Timber, Lumber
**By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1862) (Trade Expansion Act), it is hereby ordered:**
## Section 1. Policy
The wood products industry, composed of timber, lumber, and their derivative products (such as paper products, furniture, and cabinetry) is a critical manufacturing industry essential to the national security, economic strength, and industrial resilience of the United States. This industry plays a vital role in key downstream civilian industries, including construction.
The United States faces significant vulnerabilities in the wood supply chain from imported timber, lumber, and their derivative products being dumped onto the United States market.
The United States has ample timber resources. The current United States softwood lumber industry has the practical production capacity to supply 95 percent of the United States’ 2024 softwood consumption. Yet, since 2016 the United States has been a net importer of lumber.
Wood products are a key input used by both the civilian construction industry and the military. Each year, the United States military spends over 10 billion dollars on construction. The military also invests in innovative building material technology, including processes to create innovative wood products such as cross-laminated timber. The procurement of these building materials depends on a strong domestic lumber industry and a manufacturing base capable of meeting both military-specific and wider civilian needs.
It is the policy of the United States to ensure reliable, secure, and resilient domestic supply chains of timber, lumber, and their derivative products. Unfair subsidies and foreign government support for foreign timber, lumber, and their derivative products necessitates action under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to determine whether imports of these products threaten to impair national security.
## Sec. 2. Investigation
(a) The Secretary of Commerce shall initiate an investigation under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act to determine the effects on the national security of imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products.
(b) In conducting the investigation described in subsection (a) of this section, the Secretary of Commerce shall assess the factors set forth in 19 U.S.C. 1862(d), labeled “Domestic production for national defense; impact of foreign competition on economic welfare of domestic industries,” as well as other relevant factors, including:
(i) the current and projected demand for timber and lumber in the United States;
(ii) the extent to which domestic production of timber and lumber can meet domestic demand;
(iii) the role of foreign supply chains, particularly of major exporters, in meeting United States timber and lumber demand;
(iv) the impact of foreign government subsidies and predatory trade practices on United States timber, lumber, and derivative product industry competitiveness;
(v) the feasibility of increasing domestic timber and lumber capacity to reduce imports; and
(vi) the impact of current trade policies on domestic timber, lumber, and derivative product production, and whether additional measures, including tariffs or quotas, are necessary to protect national security.
## Sec. 3. Required Actions
(a) The Secretary of Commerce shall consult with the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other relevant executive departments and agencies as determined by the Secretary of Commerce to evaluate the national security risks associated with imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products.
(b) No later than 270 days after the date of this order, the Secretary of Commerce shall submit a report to the President that includes:
(i) findings on whether imports of timber, lumber, and their derivative products threaten national security;
(ii) recommendations on actions to mitigate such threats, including potential tariffs, export controls, or incentives to increase domestic production; and
(iii) policy recommendations for strengthening the United States timber and lumber supply chain through strategic investments and permitting reforms.
## Sec. 4. Definitions
As used in this order:
(a) The term “timber” refers to wood that has not been processed.
(b) The term “lumber” refers to wood that has been processed, including wood that has been milled and cut into boards or planks.
## Sec. 5. General Provisions
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
THE WHITE HOUSE,
March 1, 2025.
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Gi5Efr8tjNN | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/01/gaza-ceasefire-talks-stall-as-egypt-proposes-long-term-reconstruction-plan | # Gaza ceasefire talks stall, as Egypt proposes long-term reconstruction plan
Israel had agreed partial troop withdrawal by 9 March, but start of second phase of truce hits impasse
Talks aimed at maintaining the ceasefire in Gaza hit an impasse in Cairo on Saturday over whether the truce should advance to a second phase.
A Hamas official said the multilateral negotiations in the Egyptian capital had made no progress on Friday, and there was no evidence the talks had resumed on Saturday, the last day of the ceasefire’s first six-week phase.
In the early hours of Sunday, the office of Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said it would adopt a plan it said had been put forward by the US mediator, Steve Witkoff, for a temporary ceasefire in Gaza, for the Ramadan and Passover periods, during which half of the living hostages and half the bodies of those who have died would be released.
On the conclusion of that temporary extension, the statement said: “If agreement is reached on a permanent ceasefire – the remaining living and deceased hostages will be released.”
The plan as described was very similar to Israel’s proposal for a six week extension of the first phase of the ceasefire, with hostage releases but no mention of the troop withdrawal which were part of the original truce agreement in January.
Hamas said the proposal made clear that Israel was seeking to disavow the deal it previously signed.
“This continued manipulation will not return the hostages to their families.. But on the contrary... it will lead to their continued suffering and endangering their lives,” a senior Hamas official, Mahmoud Mardawi, was quoted as saying in the Hamas-affiliated Shehab news agency and other Palestinian media.
Hamas has not been directly participating in the talks in Cairo, but it has been coordinating with Qatari and Egyptian officials who are at the negotiating table with US and Israeli delegations. The negotiators left Cairo on Friday night, and there was no sign of them reconvening late on Saturday.
While the first phase of the ceasefire chiefly involved the release of Israeli hostages in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails, an increase in aid deliveries and a retreat of Israeli troops from some positions, the second phase requires a complete Israeli withdrawal and a more enduring cessation of hostilities.
The withdrawal would first involve a pullback from the Philadelphi corridor along Gaza’s southern border with Egypt. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu had called control of the buffer zone a strategic necessity but agreed in January to complete the withdrawal from Philadelphi by the 50th day of the ceasefire agreement, 9 March.
Such a retreat could however trigger the collapse of his rightwing coalition which would in turn force new elections, in which Netanyahu’s political future would be uncertain.
Israeli political analysts have suggested that Netanyahu agreed to the ceasefire under pressure from Donald Trump, confident that the agreement would never reach a second phase. Trump’s Middle East special envoy, Steve Witkoff, has however insisted that a second phase of the ceasefire deal should be implemented, to ensure the release of the remaining 59 hostages, only 25 of whom are thought to be still alive. Most Israelis also want the government to make a priority of freeing the hostages, but that position is opposed by the Israeli far right, without whom the coalition could not stay in power. The rightist parties argue Israel’s priority should be the destruction of Hamas.
In the truce agreement in January there is provision for the ceasefire to hold even if the first phase ends without agreement on a second, as long as good faith negotiations are continuing. Earlier last week, Witkoff said he would return to the region on Sunday if the talks went well. It was unclear on Saturday whether he still intended to make the trip.
There remains no agreement on who should run Gaza once an enduring end to the war can be agreed. Trump caused consternation and bewilderment early in February with the shock suggestion that the US should “own” Gaza, which would be somehow emptied of its more than two million Palestinian inhabitants to make way for a “Riviera on the Mediterranean”.
The declaration has not been followed up by Washington with any detail on how it might be brought into effect. On Wednesday, Israeli military officers presented UN officials with a plan by which Israel would tighten its control over the administration of aid supplies to Gaza, through logistical hubs in areas under military control.
The states of the Arab League are due to meet on Tuesday to discuss an Egyptian-designed alternative plan involving a phased three- to five-year reconstruction plan, beginning with the creation of temporary camps for Gazans to live while their home districts are rebuilt.
One of the key issues in contention in the “day-after” plans for Gaza, is who should be in control. Europe and the previous US administration backed an administration by a “revitalised” Palestinian Authority (PA), which currently runs part of the West Bank. But Netanyahu has insisted the PA should have no part in the governance of Gaza, and the body has little credibility among Palestinians.
“The Palestinian Authority is neither willing nor able to govern Gaza in the near future. Israeli occupation is neither possible nor desirable, and a constant state of chaos is both a security threat to Israel and an ongoing humanitarian disaster for Gaza,” Israeli opposition leader, Yair Lapid, argued in a column in the _Haaretz_ newspaper.
He suggested Cairo be given the job.
“Egypt will take responsibility for the management of the Gaza Strip for eight years, which could be extended to 15 years,” Lapid wrote. “Gaza would be under temporary Egyptian control. During this period, Gaza would be rebuilt and the long-term conditions for independent government would be created.”
``` |
GsA8LDtNRfE | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c241d1v0l65o | # 'Terrifying and exhausting' - passengers share how they fled burning plane in Denver
**1 day ago**
Johanna Chisholm
BBC News
## Video
Watch: Passengers escape on wing of plane after jet fire
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"Nerve-wrecking, terrifying and horrific."
That is how one witness described her experience getting off an American Airlines flight that caught fire after it was forced to make an emergency landing in Colorado.
Some of the 172 passengers travelling on the flight bound for Dallas were seen standing on the plane's wing after it touched down in Denver, with large plumes of smoke encircling around them.
Everyone on board, including six crew members, made it out of the plane alive, with 12 passengers treated at hospital for minor injuries, according to airport officials.
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AbMM2eimtAn | https://www.foxnews.com/media/us-midwifery-student-scotland-fights-free-speech-rights-after-her-pro-life-facebook-post-causes-stir | # American midwifery student in Scotland fights for free speech rights after her pro-life Facebook post causes a stir
Sara Spencer, a student at Edinburgh Napier University, was temporarily removed from her training placement at the NHS Fife hospital and the university conducted a "fitness-to-practise" investigation as a result of comments she made on a private midwifery Facebook group in which she responded to a post asking: "Do midwives have anything to do with abortions, and can they refuse to take part in carrying them out because of their beliefs?"
Spencer responded to the question, explaining that midwives have "a right to refuse to take part law protects statutory right of conscientious objection," and that she would personally object to participating in "killing" an unborn child.
The 30-year-old mother of three told Fox News Digital that, among midwives, it's relatively common knowledge that midwives can refuse to partake in abortion under Scottish law. Now, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) UK, which is providing Spencer with legal support, claims the decision violates the right of medical staff and students to free speech and conscientious objection.
_Sara Spencer, an American midwifery student living in Scotland, was temporarily removed from her training with the National Health Service over comments she made on a Facebook forum, in which she objected to performing an abortion. (ADF UK)_
As a result of complaints about her comments, Spencer was summoned to a meeting with her line manager at NHS Fife, who turned the matter over to Edinburgh Napier University and initiated an investigation for what they said brought the profession or the University into disrepute, for conducting herself in a manner "detrimental to the safety, dignity, and wellbeing and personal and/or professional reputation of others," for misusing social media and for conducting herself in a manner falling below the expectations of the student’s relevant Professional Code, according to ADF UK.
In a statement to , NHS Fife said, "The conduct of students on placement is a matter for their academic institution and not an NHS Fife. NHS Fife is committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and respectful workplace where all employees are valued and supported in line with our legal duty."
The statement continued, "Our staff, including students on clinical placement, are expected to adhere to professional standards as defined by regulatory bodies such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council. On this occasion, we understand that the university placed the student on a short leave of absence, rather than suspending them, and they then returned to NHS Fife to complete their placement."
Spencer, with the help of ADF UK, wrote a defense statement that she gave to the university's "fitness-to-practise" officer and he wrote back stating that his decision was there was "no case to answer" and that she was free of all charges. Spencer was allowed back on placement.
With support from ADF UK, Spencer is now seeking acknowledgment of the rights to both conscientious objection and freedom of expression of protected beliefs from the NHS hospital, as well as assurances that they will not discriminate against those students and professionals who express pro-life views in the future.
"I once wanted to share my views publicly, but I feel overwhelmed now," she said. "I have become fearful of speaking out again."
Lois McLatchie Miller, a Scottish spokesperson for ADF UK, told Fox News Digital that Scotland's laws protect freedom of conscience for all medical professionals, who should never be compelled to act in a way they consider harmful.
Miller explained that the Scottish Government is currently of the country's abortion law, which is being led by a panel of experts who she said have had a career within or around the abortion industry. The Abortion Law Review Expert Group is expected to provide Scottish ministers with recommendations on whether aspects of the existing law should be changed in 2025.
"One of the subjects on the table is freedom of conscience, so Sara's case could not emphasize more clearly the importance of maintaining strong protections for freedom of conscience for every medical professional," Miller said. "We know, of course, that nobody should ever be forced to participate in an abortion. That's the last thing I think anyone wants, forcing someone to do something against their will … no matter your ideology."
"The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a review of the country's abortion law, which is being led by a panel of experts who she said have had a career within or around the abortion industry. The Abortion Law Review Expert Group is expected to provide Scottish ministers with recommendations on whether aspects of the existing law should be changed in 2025.",
_The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a review of the country's abortion law. (iStock)_
A spokesperson for Edinburgh Napier University told Fox News Digital: "We are unable to comment on individual student circumstances." The statement added, "All midwifery students are expected to abide by the code of practice set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council."
Spencer’s professors have reportedly continued to issue warnings to her about her social media use, referring to her comments about her pro-life beliefs as "inappropriate," according to ADF UK.
"It left me with an open door," Spencer said of the investigation's outcome. "'Yes, you can come back, we'll have you back, begrudgingly. You can carry on in your studies.' But I went back with so much anxiety and so much lack of clarity as to where I stood in reference to NHS Fife and what I can feel confident doing moving forward in regards to my freedom of expression. And, that's still where I am."
"I have felt very fearful of expressing my views publicly again, because I have gotten no assurances that I will not be put through the same exact process," she added.
Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, said in a press release that Sara’s career has been negatively impacted by a cultural prejudice against people with pro-life opinions both at her university and in her workplace.
"It’s clear that, while committed to a number of diversity policies, universities across the country have struggled to uphold true diversity of thought – punishing students who peacefully express their own ideas," Igunnubole said.
"Once I got my ‘no case to answer,’ I wanted to know how they were going to make sure that this kind of thing didn't happen again the next time a student or an employee expressed pro-life beliefs," Spencer said.
Lois McLatchie Miller, a Scottish spokesperson for ADF UK, told Fox News Digital that Scotland's laws protect freedom of conscience for all medical professionals, who should never be compelled to act in a way they consider harmful.
Miller explained that the Scottish Government is currently of the country's abortion law, which is being led by a panel of experts who she said have had a career within or around the abortion industry. The Abortion Law Review Expert Group is expected to provide Scottish ministers with recommendations on whether aspects of the existing law should be changed in 2025.
"One of the subjects on the table is freedom of conscience, so Sara's case could not emphasize more clearly the importance of maintaining strong protections for freedom of conscience for every medical professional," Miller said. "We know, of course, that nobody should ever be forced to participate in an abortion. That's the last thing I think anyone wants, forcing someone to do something against their will … no matter your ideology."
"The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a review of the country's abortion law, which is being led by a panel of experts who she said have had a career within or around the abortion industry. The Abortion Law Review Expert Group is expected to provide Scottish ministers with recommendations on whether aspects of the existing law should be changed in 2025.",
_The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a review of the country's abortion law. (iStock)_
A spokesperson for Edinburgh Napier University told Fox News Digital: "We are unable to comment on individual student circumstances." The statement added, "All midwifery students are expected to abide by the code of practice set out by the Nursing and Midwifery Council."
Spencer’s professors have reportedly continued to issue warnings to her about her social media use, referring to her comments about her pro-life beliefs as "inappropriate," according to ADF UK.
"It left me with an open door," Spencer said of the investigation's outcome. "'Yes, you can come back, we'll have you back, begrudgingly. You can carry on in your studies.' But I went back with so much anxiety and so much lack of clarity as to where I stood in reference to NHS Fife and what I can feel confident doing moving forward in regards to my freedom of expression. And, that's still where I am."
"I have felt very fearful of expressing my views publicly again, because I have gotten no assurances that I will not be put through the same exact process," she added.
Jeremiah Igunnubole, legal counsel for ADF UK, said in a press release that Sara’s career has been negatively impacted by a cultural prejudice against people with pro-life opinions both at her university and in her workplace.
"It’s clear that, while committed to a number of diversity policies, universities across the country have struggled to uphold true diversity of thought – punishing students who peacefully express their own ideas," Igunnubole said.
"Once I got my ‘no case to answer,’ I wanted to know how they were going to make sure that this kind of thing didn't happen again the next time a student or an employee expressed pro-life beliefs," Spencer said.
Lois McLatchie Miller, a Scottish spokesperson for ADF UK, told Fox News Digital that Scotland's laws protect freedom of conscience for all medical professionals, who should never be compelled to act in a way they consider harmful.
Miller explained that the Scottish Government is currently of the country's abortion law, which is being led by a panel of experts who she said have had a career within or around the abortion industry. The Abortion Law Review Expert Group is expected to provide Scottish ministers with recommendations on whether aspects of the existing law should be changed in 2025.
"One of the subjects on the table is freedom of conscience, so Sara's case could not emphasize more clearly the importance of maintaining strong protections for freedom of conscience for every medical professional," Miller said. "We know, of course, that nobody should ever be forced to participate in an abortion. That's the last thing I think anyone wants, forcing someone to do something against their will … no matter your ideology."
"The Scottish Government is currently undertaking a review of the country's abortion law, which is being led by a panel of experts who she said have had a career within or around the abortion industry. The Abortion Law Review Expert Group is expected to provide Scottish ministers with recommendations on whether aspects of the existing law should be changed in 2025.",
Last month, Scottish police for offering conversation to women contemplating abortions because she was in a so-called buffer zone, which criminalizes pro-life speech near abortion facilities. Docherty was the first person to be arrested and charged under , which went into effect in September 2024.
During British Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s visit to the White House last week, Vice President J.D. Vance about "infringements on freedom of speech" in the UK, "…which also affect American technology companies and by extension, American citizens."
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VD2BV80i_5O | https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/mar/10/nhs-england-cut-workforce-half-streeting-restructures | # NHS England to cut workforce by half as Streeting restructures
The health secretary will shrink NHS England’s workforce to save money and avoid ‘duplication’
NHS England will lose half its staff and a huge swathe of its senior management team as part of a brutal restructuring under its new boss.
Its workforce will shrink from 13,000 to about 6,500 as entire teams are axed to save money and avoid “duplication” with officials at the Department of and Social Care (DHSC).
NHS England staff said they were “in shock and awe” at the scale of the job cuts, which go far beyond the loss of 2,000 posts to save £175m announced just weeks ago.
The DHSC will also become smaller as a result of a process that will see it working much more closely from April with NHS England, though it will shed far fewer staff than the latter. The changes will give , the health secretary, far more control over the organisation that is responsible for the operational performance of the health service in England.
“These changes represent the biggest reshaping of the NHS’s national architecture in more than a decade,” said Matthew Taylor, chief executive of the NHS Confederation, which represents NHS trusts in England.
Amanda Pritchard, NHS England’s outgoing chief executive, broke the news to staff today in an email that made clear Streeting had instigated the organisation’s dramatic downsizing.
He has asked Jim Mackey, her successor, and Dr Penny Dash, NHS England’s incoming new chair, to lead on the “radical reform of the size and functions of the centre ,” Pritchard said. That will “deliver significant changes in our relationship with DHSC to eradicate duplication”.
, after weeks of talks with Streeting, that she was stepping down at the end of the month.
A “formal change programme board” or “transition team” of DHSC and NHS England officials will oversee the slimming down of the two organisations. It will report to Dash and Alan Milburn, the former health secretary Streeting appointed as the DHSC’s lead non-executive director, the board’s co-chairs.
“As part of this, they will be looking at ways of radically reducing the size of NHS England that could see the centre decrease by around half,” Pritchard said. The news would be “very unsettling” and involve “uncertainty and worry” for staff, she added.
Pritchard also announced that Julian Kelly, NHS England’s deputy chief executive and finance chief, chief operating officer Emily Lawson and chief delivery officer Steve Russell will follow her out the door this month.
They “feel it is the right time to move on and allow a new transition team, led by Jim, to reshape how NHS England and DHSC work together,” she said. Prof Sir Stephen Powis, the service’s national medical director, .
One NHS England staffer said: “People here have been expecting change over the last couple of weeks but not as much change as is now apparent. They feel baffled, unnerved and fearful.
“The speed at which Emily Lawson, Julian Kelly and Steve Russell are going is bewildering.”
Streeting has made no secret of his ambition to gain more power to direct NHS England, which has been semi-independent of ministerial control as a result of then health secretary Andrew Lansley’s shake-up of the service in 2012, as part of the biggest overhaul of the NHS since it was founded.
The that thousands of jobs were going to be axed at NHS England and of NHS England’s senior leadership team. Further departures are expected.
Mackey and Pritchard warned NHS leaders last week that the organisation is facing a possible overspend of £6.6bn in the 2025/26 financial year and that “a fundamental reset of the financial regime” will help “get a grip of this situation”.
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LD-0ndS1r09 | https://www.foxnews.com/health/trans-surgeries-increase-risk-mental-health-conditions-suicidal-ideations-study | Trans surgeries increase risk of mental health conditions, suicidal ideations: study
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Gender dysphoria patients experienced ‘heightened psychological distress’ two years after surgery
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So-called "gender-affirming surgery" could lead to potentially dangerous , a new study has found.
Transgender individuals face "heightened psychological distress," including depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation, "partly due to stigma and lack of gender affirmation," as stated in the study, which was published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine.
Researchers from the University of Texas set out to determine the mental health impacts from transgender people who underwent "." They determined rates of depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation and substance-use disorders were "significantly higher" among those who underwent surgery, assessed two years later.
"Gender-affirming surgery" could lead to dangerous mental health effects, a new study has found. (iStock)
They found that males with surgery had of 25% compared to males without surgery (11.5%). Anxiety rates among that group were 12.8% compared to 2.6%.
The same differences were seen among females, as those with surgery had 22.9% depression rates compared to 14.6% in the non-surgical group.
Females who underwent surgery also had of 10.5% compared to 7.1% without surgery.
The study focused on 107,583 patients 18 and over with gender dysphoria, some who underwent surgery and others who did not. (iStock)
Surgeries that aimed to "feminize individuals" showed "particularly high" rates of depression and two years after the procedures, the study found.
Findings suggest the necessity for gender-sensitive mental health support following gender-affirming surgery to address post-surgical psychological risks, the researchers wrote.
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Jonathan Alpert, a Manhattan-based psychotherapist and author, said the study findings highlight the "often overlooked" psychological risks that accompany gender-affirming surgery.
While these surgeries can be critical in helping individuals align their physical appearance with their gender identity, they are not a cure-all for the mental health challenges many transgender individuals face, Alpert, who was not involved in the study, told Fox News Digital.
**‘GENDER-AFFIRMING’ TREATMENTS DON’T BENEFIT YOUTH, SAYS PEDIATRICIANS GROUP: ‘IRREVERSIBLE CONSEQUENCES’**
"These findings suggest that surgery alone doesn’t eliminate the complex psychological burdens that stem from societal stigma and personal struggles with identity," he went on.
"In fact, taking a scalpel to treat a psychological disorder can sometimes lead to more issues, as the study results are elucidating."
"A doctor also cautioned against sexual hormone therapy — 'we’re talking about irreversible changes that demand lifelong management.'" (Adobe Stock )
Florida neurosurgeon Dr. Brett Osborn, who also was not part of the study, agreed that "surgery is no guarantee of happiness."
"We’re often told that gender-affirming surgery is essential for alleviating gender dysphoria — but what happens when the euphoria fades?" he said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
"The key question remains: Is the surgery itself causing distress, or are preexisting driving people toward it? Correlation or causation? No one knows."
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"The dramatic upward trend of gender dysphoria among in recent years should raise serious questions about the role of cultural and social influences," Alpert said.
"While increased awareness has made it easier for some children to express their struggles, we cannot ignore the possibility that social contagion, along with peer influence and social media, may be contributing to this surge."
One doctor also cautioned against sexual hormone therapy — "we’re talking about irreversible changes that demand lifelong management."
"We’re talking about irreversible changes that demand lifelong management."
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"That said, to a great degree, the burden is on us physicians who took an oath to first do no harm."
Mark Trammell, executive director of The Center for American Liberty, which provides legal representation to people who are de-transitioning after trans surgeries, provided the below statement to Fox News Digital.
"Surgery alone doesn’t eliminate the complex psychological burdens that stem from societal stigma and personal struggles with identity."
"The findings of this study should serve as a wake-up call. But for the young detransitioners we represent in lawsuits against gender clinics, these statistics are their lived reality," he said.
"Their so-called 'gender-affirming care' did not alleviate their distress — it created new mental health struggles and, for many, introduced suicidal thoughts for the first time. This is why we are fighting to hold those responsible accountable."
Fox News Digital reached out to the study researchers requesting comment.
Melissa Rudy is senior health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected].
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h71GTarsxQ4 | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gene-hackmans-dog-likely-died-dehydration-starvation-showed-partial-mummification-report-says | Gene Hackman’s dog likely died of dehydration and starvation, showed partial mummification, report says
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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman had three dogs, and one was found dead when the couple's bodies were discovered
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Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman's dog most likely died from dehydration and starvation. (Getty Images)
Zinna, one of the couple's three dogs, was found when Hackman and Arakawa's bodies were discovered at their Santa Fe home Feb. 26.
Authorities previously revealed that Zinna's body was discovered in a crate that was in a closet about "10 to 15" feet away from where Betsy's body was found on the floor of the bathroom.
"There was a procedure that was done with the dog which may explain why the dog was in a crate," Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza explained during the news conference.
The partial mummification of the animal could have obscured changes in organs, but there was no evidence of poisoning, infectious disease or trauma that could have led to death.
The report also specified that the dog's stomach was empty, with only small amounts of hair and bile discovered.
Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa Hackman were found dead in their Santa Fe home Feb. 26. (Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)
The investigation remains ongoing until cellphone data can be reviewed.
Joey Padilla, the owner of Santa Fe Tails, had been working with Hackman and Arakawa, training and watching their dogs, for a decade. He previously told Fox News Digital the couple's
Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman had three dogs. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
"Anytime Betsy had an errand to do, they went with her. These dogs loved going on a ride in the car with Betsy, and it didn't matter if it was going to the store, even when we would go to dinner. We'd go to dinner, and the dogs would be in the car. They were very much attached to Betsy," Padilla explained.
_Fox News Digital's Tracy Wright and The Associated Press contributed to this report._
Janelle Ash is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to .
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Wn45zXrBvoZ | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/14/eddie-howe-crushes-emotion-as-he-seeks-to-end-newcastles-70-year-drought | # Eddie Howe holds emotion as he seeks to end Newcastle’s 70-year drought
The 1955 FA Cup was Newcastle’s last domestic trophy but Carabao Cup final against Liverpool is a chance for glory.
Eddie Howe responded to the question with a thin smile followed by a flat denial. Newcastle’s manager had just been asked whether his team were jinxed and a sense of deja vu permeated the room.
That query has echoed, periodically, around St James’ Park throughout the 70 years since Gypsies reputedly placed a powerful curse on the club. As staff and players holidayed after winning the FA Cup in 1955, Travellers set up camp at a deserted training ground before being, somewhat unceremoniously, ejected.
*Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA*
Regardless of whether the resultant hex is apocryphal – as several of Howe’s 30-odd, post-1955 managerial predecessors invariably argued – Newcastle have since failed to collect a major domestic trophy.
They won the European Fairs Cup in 1969 but since 1955 they have lost three FA Cup and two League Cup finals. Throw in the late stumble by Kevin Keegan’s “Entertainers” in the 1995-96 Premier League title race with Manchester United and it is easy to understand why excitement comes tinged with apprehension on Tyneside as a second final in three years beckons.
This historical backdrop explains why Newcastle’s captain, Bruno Guimarães, describes Sunday’s Wembley date with Liverpool as “our World Cup final” and why Howe repeatedly reiterates his “burning desire” to end the silverware drought. With the club fast approaching a complicated crossroads there can rarely have been a more opportune moment to eclipse Mohamed Salah and co.
After almost four years in post, Howe could do with presenting Newcastle’s Saudi Arabian owners with the long-craved trophy that would represent a key milestone towards Yasir al-Rumayyan’s aim of conquering Europe.
The chair’s ambition has been slowed appreciably by Premier League profitability and sustainability rules that, owing to Newcastle’s relatively puny commercial revenue streams, limit the ownership’s potentially gargantuan spending power.
*Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA*
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If showpiece European football can provide an antidote to any itchy feet developed by Isak in particular, a Carabao Cup triumph may anaesthetise supporters’ pain amid significant hikes in St James’ Park’s 2025-26 ticket pricing. Newcastle’s fan advisory board has criticised a decision to increase season ticket costs by 5% for a third year running but with many supporters emerging from 10-year fixed priced deals introduced by the previous owner, Mike Ashley, anger is amplified. In some cases fans must pay 60% more for the same view. Given Newcastle are charging £940 for “category one, standard seats” next season, an undercurrent of dissent festers among fans domiciled in one of England’s most deprived regions.
The Saudis are pondering plans to invest up to £1.5bn on expanding St James’ or moving to a new 70,000 arena. In 2019 dwindling crowds prompted Ashley to issue free half-season tickets to fill the 52,000 capacity ground. Although Newcastle’s football has improved radically since those dark, post-Benítez days and tickets are now heavily oversubscribed, underlying fault lines dictate that a certain fragility remains. This, after all, is a club where civil war briefly erupted when , the former minority owner and initial public face of the October 2021 Saudi takeover, was .
For a time, a brief, yet intense, turf war between Howe and the new sporting director, Paul Mitchell, seemed destined to end with one man resigning. Instead was brokered but, since such power struggles, Newcastle feels a colder, more corporate place. Staveley’s warm emollience is missed.
> Howe is a brilliant coach and clever strategist but he can also be ruthless, obsessive and borderline paranoid
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AcIcefaUGC2 | https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/bad-hate-laws-quickly-passed-after-terror-con-job-must-be-reversed-crossbenchers-insist | # ‘Bad’ hate crime laws quickly passed after terror ‘con job’ must be reversed, crossbenchers insist
Labor and the Coalition have been accused of “bad politicking” by teaming up to pass tough hate crime laws in the wake of a series of antisemitic incidents, including one revealed this week to be a “fake terrorism plot”.
Crossbench MPs also backed a review – or a reversal – of the laws, after the revelations about the caravan plot.
The Australian federal police revealed on Monday the who wanted to cause fear for personal gain – not inflict a “mass casualty event” in .
Krissy Barrett, an AFP deputy commissioner, said investigators “almost immediately” had considered the caravan, which police discovered on 19 January, to be “a fabricated terrorism plot – essentially a criminal con job”.
The Albanese government’s hate crimes legislation passed parliament on 6 February, eight days after the discovery of the caravan in Dural was publicly revealed.
The new powers had bipartisan support after Labor agreed to opposition demands to introduce mandatory minimum sentences, despite it being against its own party platform.
The minimum jail times include six years for terror offences, three years for financing terrorism and one year for displaying hate symbols or performing a Nazi salute.
The laws also removed rules around intent, meaning a person acting “recklessly” without necessarily intending to threaten violence can be charged. The laws will be reviewed after two years.
The home affairs minister, Tony Burke, described the changes at the time as the “toughest laws Australia has ever had against hate crimes”.
The Australian Law Reform Commission that mandatory sentencing increases incarceration, is costly, ineffective as a crime deterrent and can disproportionately affect marginalised groups.
Government sources say minimum sentencing powers were introduced to strike a deal with the opposition to pass the laws swiftly. The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, had introduced the bill in its original form months earlier in September 2024 before in Sydney and Melbourne.
The changes by the Greens and a number of independent MPs, including Monique Ryan, Helen Haines, Zali Steggall and Zoe Daniel.
In the Senate, an unlikely group of senators including David Pocock, Fatima Payman, Gerard Rennick, Ralph Babet and Alex Antic voted against it.
Rennick, who described the change as a “political stunt” at the time, told Guardian Australia the opposition had politicised the debate, wedging Labor into adopting minimum mandatory sentencing to jump on a “bandwagon”.
“We see that time and time again where the politics of it overtakes the actual quality assurance of what they’re doing, and it gets rushed through, and then you suddenly find yourself in this situation whereby they look back on it,” he said.
Pocock took aim at both major parties for the changes, saying it was “yet another example of the major parties teaming up to ram laws through the parliament that pollute good policy with bad politicking”.
“The hate crimes laws had broad support and minority communities have been desperate for these new protections for years,” he said.
“But despite expert advice that mandatory sentencing doesn’t work and actually makes people less safe, the government caved to last-minute Coalition demands, going against their own longstanding Labor party policy position.”
Pocock said he would support a reversal of the minimum sentences in light of new details about the caravan plot.
, stating the “practice does not reduce crime but does undermine the independence of the judiciary, lead to unjust outcomes and is often discriminatory in practice”.
During debate in February, the Liberal MP Julian Leeser usually applied to “people engaging in small crimes like shoplifting” but said recent events had included “terrorism and crimes motivated by hate” in a reference to the caravan plot.
“We cannot have a situation in this country where people are committing these crimes and then not doing jail time. There is no deterrence set. If it deters even one person, it will have been worthwhile,” he said.
Labor MP Mike Freelander had also said he did not believe in mandatory sentencing, but believed that “we should trust in the legal process”. Freelander told Guardian Australia he stood by his comments in February.
Ryan said the last-minute amendments were “hugely disappointing” and undermined the separation of powers. She also supported a review of the laws.
“In this 47th parliament, we’ve repeatedly seen the major parties compete with each other to appear tough on crime. Petty, point-scoring politics makes for bad laws,” she said.
Juliana Warner, the president of the country’s peak legal body the Law Council of Australia, said good lawmaking relied on “robust and transparent consultation processes” which was missing in the debate on this legislation.
“The Law Council is concerned that legislative reform processes are increasingly rushed and lack transparency or public scrutiny,” she said.
“The urgency of the circumstances or nature of particular reforms may, on occasion, require a different approach. However, this should be the exception, not the norm.”
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GzX50GyN6S3 | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/10/ronaldo-real-valladolid-magic-gone-all-thats-left-is-crisis-la-liga#comments | # Ronaldo and Real Valladolid: with the magic gone, all that’s left is a crisis | Sid Lowe
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A at the end of training on Friday, as Real Valladolid’s players left the annex next to the José Zorrilla stadium and headed off under grey skies, rain preparing to roll in, a surprise waited for them. It was the final session before the weekend their coach said would show what hopes they had, an opportunity not so much to save their season as still have one, and there was he was: the Original Ronaldo, in the flesh. He came to encourage them, he said, going round the dressing room reminding them what it means to be committed, always. “Thank you for accompanying the team before the Valencia game!” the club tweeted, exclamation included. The Brazilian, after all, is one of the greatest footballers ever.
He is also their owner and president. But still this was unexpected: they hadn’t seen him for months and didn’t think they would see him now either. He had been in the directors’ box for Valladolid’s first game of the season, which they had won, and when they played Real Madrid at the Bernabéu the following week too, which they hadn’t. Since then, as they watched their team slide towards the second division, abandoned to an increasingly inevitable fate, he hadn’t been back. “Where is the president?” supporters had sung. One day in November, while they were playing Getafe, he was playing tennis. They knew that because he had broadcast it on Twitch. So the following week, they set up a game in the stands, giant foam rackets hitting a ball back and forth.
*Real Valladolid owner Ronaldo poses at the Fifa Best awards in 2024. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters*
Mostly, they have sung for him to “go home”, when he already was. He had been at in midweek, making that as many Real Madrid matches as Valladolid games he has been to this season, and more at the Bernabéu than at the Zorrilla. He had better things to do. Like joining Kaká on court. And becoming president of his country’s FA, because he had done _such_ a good job with his club. And, well, just about anything else, because actually being with his team isn’t much fun. But then suddenly on Friday , telling them all about commitment and sacrifice, the demands, the pride and honour needed to defend a historic shirt: “The only way to compete in the top flight,” as the club’s communique had it.
Bottom of the table, time slipping away and the abyss opening beneath them, they had to try something. Maybe they thought this was like that time Rodrygo touched Ronaldo’s legs, hoping that some of his magic . The following afternoon Valladolid faced Valencia, the last of the teams in the relegation zone, safety eight points away. They had not won in eight but perhaps here was an opportunity, something to cling to, however precarious. “The situation is critical for both of us; the result will show us what chances we have,” the head coach Álvaro Rubio said. Ronaldo had come to tell them how important it was.
And then he hopped in his car and headed home, 150km south.
Maybe he watched on telly but the next day Ronaldo – like Peter Lim’s son Kim Liat, Valencia’s new president – wasn’t at Mestalla to see his side lose for the 19th time this season. He wasn’t there to see them concede after seven minutes, to see them handed a lifeline just before half-time, Giorgi Mamardashvili gifting Juanmi Latasa an equaliser, or to see them let go again. Or to console Raúl Moro as he sobbed at full time. He wasn’t on hand to head to the dressing room and remind them of their obligations, not this time, nor to face the yellow flags high in the stands as his team slipped 11 points adrift, as good as gone with 11 games left.
Beaten 2-1 thanks to Umar Sadiq’s winner, this was Valladolid’s seventh defeat in eight, a single point secured from the last 24 available. “Their second goal killed us,” Latasa said, but it has been over for weeks. For the first time in 20 games, when the whistle went Valencia had pulled out of the relegation zone; Valladolid had become resigned to the probability that they never will.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When Ronaldo bought a 50% share in the club for €30m in 2018 – a share he increased to 82% last summer – he said that the “normal” outcome was that they would be “in the Champions League in five seasons”. To begin with there really was a buzz about the place, an energy. And if the players weren’t as good as he was – he tells the story of telling Keko Gontan how to stay cool in front of goal, only for the striker “but you’re _Il Fenomeno_” – he enjoyed spending time with them, being part of it all. That early enthusiasm, though, has long gone, and so mostly has he.
## Credits
*Sid Lowe
Mon 10 Mar 2025 11.52 EDT
Last modified on Mon 10 Mar 2025 17.21 EDT
## Review
A at the end of training on Friday, as Real Valladolid’s players left the annex next to the José Zorrilla stadium and headed off under grey skies, rain preparing to roll in, a surprise waited for them. It was the final session before the weekend their coach said would show what hopes they had, an opportunity not so much to save their season as still have one, and there was he was: the Original Ronaldo, in the flesh. He came to encourage them, he said, going round the dressing room reminding them what it means to be committed, always. “Thank you for accompanying the team before the Valencia game!” the club tweeted, exclamation included. The Brazilian, after all, is one of the greatest footballers ever.
He is also their owner and president. But still this was unexpected: they hadn’t seen him for months and didn’t think they would see him now either. He had been in the directors’ box for Valladolid’s first game of the season, which they had won, and when they played Real Madrid at the Bernabéu the following week too, which they hadn’t. Since then, as they watched their team slide towards the second division, abandoned to an increasingly inevitable fate, he hadn’t been back. “Where is the president?” supporters had sung. One day in November, while they were playing Getafe, he was playing tennis. They knew that because he had broadcast it on Twitch. So the following week, they set up a game in the stands, giant foam rackets hitting a ball back and forth.
*Real Valladolid owner Ronaldo poses at the Fifa Best awards in 2024. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters*
Mostly, they have sung for him to “go home”, when he already was. He had been at in midweek, making that as many Real Madrid matches as Valladolid games he has been to this season, and more at the Bernabéu than at the Zorrilla. He had better things to do. Like joining Kaká on court. And becoming president of his country’s FA, because he had done _such_ a good job with his club. And, well, just about anything else, because actually being with his team isn’t much fun. But then suddenly on Friday , telling them all about commitment and sacrifice, the demands, the pride and honour needed to defend a historic shirt: “The only way to compete in the top flight,” as the club’s communique had it.
And then he hopped in his car and headed home, 150km south.
Maybe he watched on telly but the next day Ronaldo – like Peter Lim’s son Kim Liat, Valencia’s new president – wasn’t at Mestalla to see his side lose for the 19th time this season. He wasn’t there to see them concede after seven minutes, to see them handed a lifeline just before half-time, Giorgi Mamardashvili gifting Juanmi Latasa an equaliser, or to see them let go again. Or to console Raúl Moro as he sobbed at full time. He wasn’t on hand to head to the dressing room and remind them of their obligations, not this time, nor to face the yellow flags high in the stands as his team slipped 11 points adrift, as good as gone with 11 games left.
Beaten 2-1 thanks to Umar Sadiq’s winner, this was Valladolid’s seventh defeat in eight, a single point secured from the last 24 available. “Their second goal killed us,” Latasa said, but it has been over for weeks. For the first time in 20 games, when the whistle went Valencia had pulled out of the relegation zone; Valladolid had become resigned to the probability that they never will.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When Ronaldo bought a 50% share in the club for €30m in 2018 – a share he increased to 82% last summer – he said that the “normal” outcome was that they would be “in the Champions League in five seasons”. To begin with there really was a buzz about the place, an energy. And if the players weren’t as good as he was – he tells the story of telling Keko Gontan how to stay cool in front of goal, only for the striker “but you’re _Il Fenomeno_” – he enjoyed spending time with them, being part of it all. That early enthusiasm, though, has long gone, and so mostly has he.
## Credits
*Sid Lowe
Mon 10 Mar 2025 11.52 EDT
Last modified on Mon 10 Mar 2025 17.21 EDT
## Commentary
A at the end of training on Friday, as Real Valladolid’s players left the annex next to the José Zorrilla stadium and headed off under grey skies, rain preparing to roll in, a surprise waited for them. It was the final session before the weekend their coach said would show what hopes they had, an opportunity not so much to save their season as still have one, and there was he was: the Original Ronaldo, in the flesh. He came to encourage them, he said, going round the dressing room reminding them what it means to be committed, always. “Thank you for accompanying the team before the Valencia game!” the club tweeted, exclamation included. The Brazilian, after all, is one of the greatest footballers ever.
He is also their owner and president. But still this was unexpected: they hadn’t seen him for months and didn’t think they would see him now either. He had been in the directors’ box for Valladolid’s first game of the season, which they had won, and when they played Real Madrid at the Bernabéu the following week too, which they hadn’t. Since then, as they watched their team slide towards the second division, abandoned to an increasingly inevitable fate, he hadn’t been back. “Where is the president?” supporters had sung. One day in November, while they were playing Getafe, he was playing tennis. They knew that because he had broadcast it on Twitch. So the following week, they set up a game in the stands, giant foam rackets hitting a ball back and forth.
*Real Valladolid owner Ronaldo poses at the Fifa Best awards in 2024. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters*
Mostly, they have sung for him to “go home”, when he already was. He had been at in midweek, making that as many Real Madrid matches as Valladolid games he has been to this season, and more at the Bernabéu than at the Zorrilla. He had better things to do. Like joining Kaká on court. And becoming president of his country’s FA, because he had done _such_ a good job with his club. And, well, just about anything else, because actually being with his team isn’t much fun. But then suddenly on Friday , telling them all about commitment and sacrifice, the demands, the pride and honour needed to defend a historic shirt: “The only way to compete in the top flight,” as the club’s communique had it.
And then he hopped in his car and headed home, 150km south.
Maybe he watched on telly but the next day Ronaldo – like Peter Lim’s son Kim Liat, Valencia’s new president – wasn’t at Mestalla to see his side lose for the 19th time this season. He wasn’t there to see them concede after seven minutes, to see them handed a lifeline just before half-time, Giorgi Mamardashvili gifting Juanmi Latasa an equaliser, or to see them let go again. Or to console Raúl Moro as he sobbed at full time. He wasn’t on hand to head to the dressing room and remind them of their obligations, not this time, nor to face the yellow flags high in the stands as his team slipped 11 points adrift, as good as gone with 11 games left.
Beaten 2-1 thanks to Umar Sadiq’s winner, this was Valladolid’s seventh defeat in eight, a single point secured from the last 24 available. “Their second goal killed us,” Latasa said, but it has been over for weeks. For the first time in 20 games, when the whistle went Valencia had pulled out of the relegation zone; Valladolid had become resigned to the probability that they never will.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When Ronaldo bought a 50% share in the club for €30m in 2018 – a share he increased to 82% last summer – he said that the “normal” outcome was that they would be “in the Champions League in five seasons”. To begin with there really was a buzz about the place, an energy. And if the players weren’t as good as he was – he tells the story of telling Keko Gontan how to stay cool in front of goal, only for the striker “but you’re _Il Fenomeno_” – he enjoyed spending time with them, being part of it all. That early enthusiasm, though, has long gone, and so mostly has he.
## Credits
*Sid Lowe
Mon 10 Mar 2025 11.52 EDT
Last modified on Mon 10 Mar 2025 17.21 EDT
## Conclusion
A at the end of training on Friday, as Real Valladolid’s players left the annex next to the José Zorrilla stadium and headed off under grey skies, rain preparing to roll in, a surprise waited for them. It was the final session before the weekend their coach said would show what hopes they had, an opportunity not so much to save their season as still have one, and there was he was: the Original Ronaldo, in the flesh. He came to encourage them, he said, going round the dressing room reminding them what it means to be committed, always. “Thank you for accompanying the team before the Valencia game!” the club tweeted, exclamation included. The Brazilian, after all, is one of the greatest footballers ever.
He is also their owner and president. But still this was unexpected: they hadn’t seen him for months and didn’t think they would see him now either. He had been in the directors’ box for Valladolid’s first game of the season, which they had won, and when they played Real Madrid at the Bernabéu the following week too, which they hadn’t. Since then, as they watched their team slide towards the second division, abandoned to an increasingly inevitable fate, he hadn’t been back. “Where is the president?” supporters had sung. One day in November, while they were playing Getafe, he was playing tennis. They knew that because he had broadcast it on Twitch. So the following week, they set up a game in the stands, giant foam rackets hitting a ball back and forth.
*Real Valladolid owner Ronaldo poses at the Fifa Best awards in 2024. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters*
Mostly, they have sung for him to “go home”, when he already was. He had been at in midweek, making that as many Real Madrid matches as Valladolid games he has been to this season, and more at the Bernabéu than at the Zorrilla. He had better things to do. Like joining Kaká on court. And becoming president of his country’s FA, because he had done _such_ a good job with his club. And, well, just about anything else, because actually being with his team isn’t much fun. But then suddenly on Friday , telling them all about commitment and sacrifice, the demands, the pride and honour needed to defend a historic shirt: “The only way to compete in the top flight,” as the club’s communique had it.
And then he hopped in his car and headed home, 150km south.
Maybe he watched on telly but the next day Ronaldo – like Peter Lim’s son Kim Liat, Valencia’s new president – wasn’t at Mestalla to see his side lose for the 19th time this season. He wasn’t there to see them concede after seven minutes, to see them handed a lifeline just before half-time, Giorgi Mamardashvili gifting Juanmi Latasa an equaliser, or to see them let go again. Or to console Raúl Moro as he sobbed at full time. He wasn’t on hand to head to the dressing room and remind them of their obligations, not this time, nor to face the yellow flags high in the stands as his team slipped 11 points adrift, as good as gone with 11 games left.
Beaten 2-1 thanks to Umar Sadiq’s winner, this was Valladolid’s seventh defeat in eight, a single point secured from the last 24 available. “Their second goal killed us,” Latasa said, but it has been over for weeks. For the first time in 20 games, when the whistle went Valencia had pulled out of the relegation zone; Valladolid had become resigned to the probability that they never will.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way. When Ronaldo bought a 50% share in the club for €30m in 2018 – a share he increased to 82% last summer – he said that the “normal” outcome was that they would be “in the Champions League in five seasons”. To begin with there really was a buzz about the place, an energy. And if the players weren’t as good as he was – he tells the story of telling Keko Gontan how to stay cool in front of goal, only for the striker “but you’re _Il Fenomeno_” – he enjoyed spending time with them, being part of it all. That early enthusiasm, though, has long gone, and so mostly has he.
## Credits
*Sid Lowe
Mon 10 Mar 2025 11.52 EDT
Last modified on Mon 10 Mar 2025 17.21 EDT
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gF8EFpXydtQ | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/05/la-times-ai-tool-kkk | # LA Times reportedly removes new AI tool from story after it downplayed KKK
A day after launch of contentious feature, its bias meter said some accounts see Klan as ‘responding to societal changes’
The has reportedly removed its new from one of its articles, just a day after launching the feature.
The publication unveiled a called “Insights” this week, designed to accompany articles that express a particular viewpoint or are “written from a personal perspective”, such as opinion pieces, commentary, and reviews.
Patrick Soon-Shiong, the billionaire owner of the LA Times, readers on Monday that the feature would offer an “instantly accessible way to see a wide range of different AI-enabled perspectives alongside the positions presented in the article”.
Soon-Shiong also stated this initiative represents “the next evolution of the LA Times”, aimed at enhancing engagement with its audience.
“I believe providing more varied viewpoints supports our journalistic mission and will help readers navigate the issues facing this nation,” said Soon-Shiong.
The feature now appears at the bottom of select articles in bullet points, with headings for “Viewpoint”, indicating the article’s political stance, and “Perspectives”, summarizing ideas and presenting different views on the topic.
Just one day after its release on Monday, the AI tool has already made headlines for producing controversial results.
Earlier this week, a 1 March opinion piece from the that discussed the risks of unregulated AI in historical documentaries. The outlet’s AI tool notes that the article “generally aligns with a Center Left point of view” and states that AI
Then, on Tuesday, New York Times reporter Ryan Mac to the note from the AI tool on an of the city of Anaheim removing KKK members from its city council.
The AI-generated note appeared to downplay the KKK’s racist history, and stated: “Local historical accounts occasionally frame the 1920s Klan as a product of ‘white Protestant culture’ responding to societal changes rather than an explicitly hate-driven movement, minimizing its ideological threat.”
The Insights feature from the article.
The writer, columnist Gustavo Arellano, to the AI note on his article and said: “Um, AI actually got that right. have minimized the 1920s Klan as basically anti-racists since it happened. But hey, what do I know? I’m just a guy who’s been covering this for a quarter century.”
The union that represents the LA Times’ journalists this week expressing their concerns about the use of “AI-generated analysis unvetted by editorial staff”.
They stated that they do not believe this approach will “do much to enhance trust in the media. Quite the contrary, this tool risks further eroding confidence in the news.”
The introduction of AI features at the LA Times comes as last week , the billionaire Amazon founder and owner of the , said that the newspaper opinions supporting “personal liberties and free markets”.
The LA Times initiative also comes amid between the owner Soon-Shiong, opinion journalists, and the greater newsroom regarding the newspaper’s direction.
Soon-Shiong had promised the AI tool for several months, first That same month, he also reportedly to “take a break” from writing about Donald Trump.
Before that, controversy swirled when Soon-Shiong from endorsing Kamala Harris for president, leading to and at the paper.
The LA Times did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Under proposed new codes submitted to eSafety commissioner, tech companies would have six months to implement new measures to restrict Australian children from accessing adult content online, or face fines up to $50m.
Social media and technology companies would have six months to implement a suite of new measures to restrict Australian children from accessing adult content online, or face fines up to $50m, under proposed new codes developed by the industry.
The draft codes, submitted to the eSafety commissioner last week for approval, would require social media platforms that allow pornography to prevent access to minors, and implement age assurance measures for users.
Social media services that restrict pornography would be required to detect and remove adult content, including material depicting self-harm or high-impact violence.
The proposed codes apply to various layers at which a user interacts with the internet: there are separate codes for social media platforms, gaming services, websites, search engines, internet service providers and equipment manufacturers.
Companies that make and sell equipment and operating systems that enable access to online services – including phones, tablets and computers – would be required to enable users to set up child accounts and profiles, and to apply default safety restrictions to those accounts.
Search engine services would be required to apply default safety tools, such as “safe search” functions, at the highest safety setting by default to any account holder detected by age assurance systems as “likely to be an Australian child”.
The codes would require internet hosting services to take “appropriate and proportionate enforcement action” against customers that breached content laws and regulations.
Draft codes were released but the final proposals – which were developed by industry groups – were to allow the sector to address crossover with the federal government’s .
The codes were developed by industry groups but will need to be assessed and registered by the eSafety Commissioner before coming into effect. They address pornography and content related to suicide, self-harm, eating disorders and violence.
Jennifer Duxbury, the director of policy and regulatory affairs at Digi, an industry association for the digital sector, said the proposed safeguards would allow children to “navigate online spaces in a secure and supportive way”.
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In Guardian Australia’s weekly interview about travel, the SBS host recalls a luxury moment backpacking in India. Plus, why he always packs a pair of running gloves.
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As a family we always went camping over the Easter school holidays at Midmar Dam, a couple of hours outside Durban. Some years we camped in tents, in others we splashed out and rented a holiday shack. All pretty modest, but enjoyable family times.
Midmar Dam had a tennis court. My best memory was beating my dad for the first time. It took me years, but I was determined – and it didn’t matter one bit that his sports were rugby and wrestling, not tennis.
## Describe your most memorable travel meal – good, terrible or completely out there.
A long time ago on a backpacking trip through India, my partner and I blew a whole week’s budget on the buffet at the Taj Lake Palace in Udaipur, a very fancy hotel. But I can still remember the joy I got from those amazing flavours and the sheer luxury of the experience.
## What’s the most relaxing place you’ve ever visited?
Probably the Drakensberg mountains in South Africa. For years I would spend every Christmas with friends, hiking to the top of the plateau for five or six nights. The views, earned from a hard day’s slog with a heavy backpack, were spectacular and serene.
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The centre of New Delhi. Unrelenting noise, a crush of people that reduced personal space to zero, scam artists at every turn, tireless beggars, masterful pickpockets. But, despite those frustrations, it’s also totally unforgettable.
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Beg for an upgrade to a lie-flat seat. Sadly, this is a fantasy, as I’ve never been game to ask. Failing that, always have a really good book, plush eye mask and, not least, noise-cancelling earphones.
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Not accompanying my partner to Machu Picchu when it was still possible to do it as a quiet, meditative experience.
It must have been 1995. I stayed home because money was tight. My partner, then working as an engineer, got to stay at a modest hotel near the entrance to the site. This afforded him an early and serene experience before the hordes arrived.
The hotel has since been taken over by a chain and is no longer affordable. I feel I missed my opportunity to see Machu Picchu without the crush of people.
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wUO5n4d4YEV | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/08/whats-wrong-with-us-novelist-virginia-feito-on-our-morbid-obsession-with-true | # ‘What’s wrong with us?’ : Novelist Virginia Feito on our morbid obsession with true crime
Any time I watch true crime, I see them all together, and I wonder if I might be getting a little morbid. The screams and the gasping; the kids that get crushed and the adults that get cut open. But then I’m like: Eurrgh! Why are we so morbid? These are real people who died, and their loved ones, and their friends. I just want to find out what happened. I want to find out if I was right to think she was a monster, or if she was really just a child. There was a lot of violence, of course, but I was also interested in what happened to the people who were killed. I wanted to know who killed them and why, and what they had done before they died.
This was the inspiration for Virginia Feito’s debut novel, Mrs March, which explored a wealthy, Upper East Side woman’s descent into suffocating paranoia. Like her predecessor, the novel is written in English and has already been snapped up for a screen adaptation. But it’s a radically different book.
The novel, whose title is a hat-tip to both Bret Easton Ellis and the 19th-century literature Feito grew up on, chronicles the homicidal thoughts and deeds of Winifred Notty, a government agent who arrives at a remote country house in Yorkshire with rather more than the imparting of a traditional education in mind. “Ever since I was little, I’ve loved gothic horror and I think there’s a lot in the children’s literature that I was reading from a very young age, like ,” says Feito in the flawless English that is the product of her time in an American school in Paris and a British school in Madrid. “That book starts with a cholera epidemic that’s killed everyone and Mary is alone in her bungalow in India, which is the most gothic thing I’ve ever read. And then there’s a bit of gothic in Roald Dahl, who is a huge inspiration – especially his short stories.”
Feito also loved the Brontës and Dickens, but with Victorian Psycho, she says, she wanted to creep into the darker recesses of the 19th century. So parts of the book are inspired by the crimes of killers such as , who slit the throat of her half-brother and threw his body down a privy, and , the “baby farmer” thought to have murdered as many as 400 infants placed in her care.
If her debut was a deeply disturbing satire on social conventions, Feito turns up the volume in the new novel, “because it was fun, but also because they did drip belladonna into their eyeballs!” (A poisonous Victorian beauty hack to make your pupils dilate.)
“It’s not that I was limiting myself with Mrs March, but this one felt like it had to be a _rage_,” says Feito. She notes that the new book’s publication comes at a time when issues of female anger and physicality are being explored in films such as and . Victorian Psycho plays with the era’s demure Angel in the House stereotypes by giving the reader a protagonist without inhibitions, filters or limits.
“I guess I was kind of poking at that: what if the evil psychopath were female this time?” she says. “What does that mean? And will readers justify her because she’s female?” Feito wants to see how far she can push things before the reader begins to lose sympathy for the abused and vengeful Notty.
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### I watch loads of true crime. I sit there cheering them on. But then I’m like: Eurrgh! Why are we so morbid?
Today’s culture, she argues, seems to have lost its fear of psychopaths, with some – such as TV serial killer Dexter Morgan – even moving from antihero to hero. “You root for them because you secretly want them to get revenge against the people who wronged them,” says Feito. “I wanted to avoid that. Sure, you can feel empathy because Winifred has had an awful childhood, but I’m very explicit about the violence she’s committing against children.”
All of which raises a question: isn’t she feeding the reader’s appetite for Grand Guignol and depravity – only to reproach them for gobbling up all the gore? Feito laughs and pretends to scold one of her readers: “You love it, you sick fuck!” But she admits she is equally guilty. “I watch loads of true crime, freaking out over shows like ). It’s fun and I sit there cheering them on. But then I’m like: ‘Eurrgh! What’s wrong with us? Why are we so morbid? These are real people who died.’”
Feito, who studied English and drama at Queen Mary University in London, says it was always inevitable that she would write in English rather than Spanish. The four years she spent at the American school when the family moved to Paris for her father’s work proved formative. “I was reading and writing and speaking at school and watching television in English because I didn’t understand French very well,” she says. “So I clung to English and I found that I took to it really, really well. You can almost add an ‘-ing’ to anything and it’ll exist, probably. And if not, nobody will be mad. It’s so playful.”
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### It’s an ode to the Victorian literature that I love so much, but it’s also subverting it
“When I started Mrs March, I had a few other ideas that were much more developed and I knew where they were going,” she says. “But I chose Mrs March because of the voice.” It was the same with Winifred. “It came to me in the middle of the night and it’s at the beginning of the book, where she says, ‘My breasts jiggling in my corset.’”
With that one line, Feito had her protagonist and knew exactly who she was. Given Victorian Psycho’s body count, carnage and general air of barest corseted ultraviolence, does she see it as a feminist, revisionist take on the 19th-century novel? As a parody? A homage?
“It’s not that I was limiting myself with Mrs March, but this one felt like it had to be a _rage_,” says Feito. She notes that the new book’s publication comes at a time when issues of female anger and physicality are being explored in films such as and . Victorian Psycho plays with the era’s demure Angel in the House stereotypes by giving the reader a protagonist without inhibitions, filters or limits.
“I guess I was kind of poking at that: what if the evil psychopath were female this time?” she says. “What does that mean? And will readers justify her because she’s female?” Feito wants to see how far she can push things before the reader begins to lose sympathy for the abused and vengeful Notty.
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fIXxYbRaKSK | https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/gene-hackman-his-wifes-deaths-could-similar-timeframe-fire-chief | Gene Hackman and his wife's deaths 'could be a similar timeframe': fire chief
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Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya says Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa and their dog were found in the 'same building' on their three-structure property.
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Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya told Fox News Digital that based on the "similar manner" of Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's bodies, it's possible that they died in a "similar timeframe."
**SAN FRANCISCO, CA – March 5, 2025** - Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya is sharing his opinion about when and Betsy Arakawa died on Feb. 26.
Moya told Fox News Digital, "Just because both bodies were in similar ways where we, as experts, sad to say that we know a lot about how people die and how long people are dead for – both bodies are in a similar manner that it could be a similar timeframe."
Although Moya was not a first responder to the he was told that the property sprawled over 9,000 square feet and consisted of three structures.
The fire chief explained that his paramedic told him once he returned from the Hackman residence that Gene, Betsy and their dog — who was later identified as Zinna — were found in the "same building." According to Moya, the property had three separate structures.
**Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa may have died in a "similar timeframe," according to the fire chief. (Getty Images)**
The fire chief explained that his department has not responded to any calls at the Hackman residence.
According to Moya, the Santa Fe Fire Department was last involved with the investigation on Thursday, Feb. 27, and the case is in the Sheriff's Department's hands at this point.
Circumstances surrounding the deaths of Hackman and Arakawa remain a mystery to Santa Fe, New Mexico, authorities as they work backwards and piece together evidence to figure out how the couple died.
**Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were both found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home on Feb. 26. (Ron Galella/Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images)**
found Hackman, Arakawa and one of their dogs dead in their home one week ago. Detectives described their deaths as "suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation," according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by Fox News Digital.
by maintenance workers Jesse Kesler and Roland Lowe Begay. Kesler, who worked as a personal contractor for the couple for 16 years, made the frantic 911 call on Feb. 26.
Detectives recovered two cellphones, an orange prescription bottle and a 2025 planner while inspecting the residence, the search warrant affidavit stated.
**Santa Fe Fire Chief Brian Moya weighed in on Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's time of death. (Derek Shook for Fox News Digital)**
Officials also revealed that Arakawa's body was found decomposed with bloating on her face and mummification in her hands and feet. Per the search warrant affidavit, the deceased dog was found "10-15 feet" from Arakawa in a closet of the bathroom.
Recently, sheriffs confirmed a misstep in the investigation after wrongly identifying the dog found dead near Arakawa's body.
The dog that was found dead near Arakawa's body was misidentified by the in the investigation, Fox News Digital confirmed.
**Gene Hackman and his wife pictured in Los Angeles, California, 1986. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)**
The owner of Santa Fe Tails, the pet care facility that took in Hackman’s two other surviving dogs, explained that the dead dog was a different breed than what is listed in the search warrant affidavit.
**Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa married in 1991. (Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)**
**WATCH: First responders haven't had any calls to Gene Hackman and his wife’s home in over three years: fire chief**
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00kKCEo0xcH | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/newsom-calls-biological-men-womens-sports-deeply-unfair-podcast-conservative-activist | # Newsom calls biological men in women's sports 'deeply unfair' on governor's new podcast with conservative activist
Newsom's podcast is an attempt to 'reframe' his political presence amid rumors he may run for president in 2028
California Democratic put distance between himself and his party, and found common ground with influential conservative activist and commentator Charlie Kirk, when the term-limited governor and possible 2028 presidential contender agreed that biological men in women's sports is "deeply unfair."
"The young man who's about to win the state championship in the long jump in female sports, that shouldn't happen," Kirk said California on Newsom's debut episode on his new podcast, "This is Gavin Newsom."
## Transcript
Turning Point USA leader Charlie Kirk, right, is the guest on California Gov. Gavin Newsom's inaugural edition of his "This is Gavin Newsom" podcast.
Kirk further pressed Newsom on whether he would condemn the recent victory of a transgender with a more than 40-foot jump at Jurupa Valley High School in Southern California.
Newsom — who has long backed LGBTQ causes and who was ahead of many in his party when, two decades ago, as San Francisco mayor, he defied existing state laws and issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples — didn't directly address the win, but said "it's a fairness issue."
The student, AB Hernandez, won an invitational meet on Feb. 22, booting out a female runner-up who had jumped just over 32 feet in their competition category. Hernandez also took first place in two other events at the meet.
"So that's easy to call out the unfairness of that," Newsom, a torchbearer, said. "There's also a humility and a grace… these poor people are more likely to commit suicide, have anxiety and depression, and the way that people talk down to vulnerable communities is an issue that I have a hard time with as well."
"This is a good presentation," Newsom said.
And pointing to Kirk's efforts on the campaign trail, he emphasized the right was "able to weaponize that issue at another level."
Newsom admitted to Kirk that trans women playing in women's sports is "deeply unfair."
Screenshots/This is Gavin Newsom
Newsom isn't the first Democratic Party politician in the wake of last November's election setbacks to soften their stance on the lighting rod issue. Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts made headlines and stirred controversy with similar comments late last year. But Newsom is the most high-profile Democrat, to date, to speak out.
Some Golden State leaders from the left and the right were critical of the governor's comments.
The California Legislative LGBTQ Caucus, in a statement on social media, charged that "sometimes Gavin Newsom goes for the Profile in Courage, sometimes not. We woke up profoundly sickened and frustrated by these remarks. All students deserve the academic and health benefits of sports activity, and until Donald Trump began obsessing about it, playing on a team consistent with one’s gender has not been a problem since the standard was passed in 2013."
Fox News' Sean Hannity, center, moderated the groundbreaking debate between Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom, left, and Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Newsom's conversation with the often-controversial Kirk isn't the first time he's mixed it up with a high-profile Republican.
He's been an occasional guest of Fox News' primetime host Sean Hannity, and he debated Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on ‘Hannity’ in 2023, as the 2024 presidential race was heating up.
_Fox News' Lee Ross contributed to this report._
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c7G5VHZbohd | https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/mar/05/mood-machine-by-liz-pelly-review-a-savage-indictment-of-spotify | # Mood Machine by Liz Pelly review – a savage indictment of Spotify
The global streaming behemoth has made music blander and life harder for artists, according to this enraging portrait
In November and December last year, Spotify’s chief executive, Daniel Ek, 420,000 shares in the music streaming company, earning himself $199.7m (£160m). One wild rumour that circulated on social media suggested Ek’s eagerness to divest himself of stock in the company he founded was linked to the imminent publication of Liz Pelly’s book Mood Machine, as if Ek feared the revelations contained within it would adversely affect the share price. That was obviously a fanciful notion. Ek started cashing out Spotify shares in July 2023, and has continued doing so into 2025. At the time of his last transaction, a month after Pelly’s book was published in the US, Spotify’s share price was at an all-time high.
And yet, you can see how people who had a preview of Mood Machine’s contents might get that idea into their head. It may be the most depressing and enraging book about music published this year, a thoroughly convincing argument that Spotify’s success has had a disastrous effect on pop music. Pelly also alleges a catalogue of alarming corporate behaviour, indicative of a company that, one former employee suggests, has “completely lost its moral centre”.
## The question is whether it ever had one to start with
The favoured origin story around Spotify’s founding involves Ek, a Swedish tech millionaire and “music nerd”, electing to save the industry from the scourge of online piracy by providing an alternative: an all-you-can-eat buffet of music on demand for a small monthly fee. Pelly suggests this is basically tripe. Ek’s speciality was in selling online advertising: his big idea was that some kind of streaming service would be a good way to do it. In its initial iteration, Spotify wasn’t even specifically intended as a music provider: the concept was to stream movies, until Ek and his co-founders realised that the size of the digital files involved was prohibitive. The picture that emerges is not of a munificent fan but a very different and familiar archetype: the guy who’s good with computers and neither understands, nor places any value on art.
Certainly, Spotify seems to have gone out of its way to denude musicians of earnings. Major labels were paid enormous advances to license their catalogues to the service, with no obligation to share any of the money with the people who had actually made the music. Spotify’s system of royalty payments is both byzantine and patently unfair. Artists aren’t paid simply by the number of streams their songs achieve, but by the percentage of total streams they account for in each country: not for your work, but how well your work is doing compared with that of a handful of megastars. One of Pelly’s interviewees calls it “forced consolidation”: not everyone who makes music wants to compete with Ed Sheeran, but this is a world in which you’re automatically obliged to do so. If you’re willing to forgo a further percentage of your earnings, then there’s Spotify Discovery, which adjusts the app’s much-vaunted algorithm to promote artists who accept a reduced royalty rate.
Meanwhile, in the early 2010s, the company shifted its focus from “music enthusiasts” to what it calls “lean-back consumers”, effectively the kind of people who would once have turned the radio on in the morning and left it burbling in the background all day. The purpose of the playlists it designed to target them – “chill vibes”, “mellow morning”, “mood-booster” – was, and is, to provide unobtrusive background noise or, as Pelly suggests, a latter-day equivalent to muzak: nothing striking, unusual, out-of-the-ordinary, or indeed any of the things one might reasonably want music to be. The message that quickly filtered through to artists was that the more beige your sound, the more likely it was to find a place on a Spotify playlist and earn some cash. Hence the rise of a homogeneous genre dubbed “Spotifycore”, which you’ve doubtless heard even if the term seems unfamiliar. It’s a bit ambient, a bit electronic, a bit folky, a bit indie, a nonspecific wish-wash possessed only of a vague wistfulness, the sonic equivalent of a CBD gummy: music “for any place, for anyone”, as one producer put it, that ends up being “music for no place, for no one”.
Spotify encouraged it, developing an “optimisation tool” called Spotify4Artists that urged musicians to examine the data, see what is doing well and tailor their music to be more like that. Given how hard it is for musicians to make a living in the 21st century, you can understand the pressure on artists to join this particular race to the bottom. “To be sustainable,” says one indie record label executive dolefully, “you have to put out records that are going to get repeat listens in coffee shops.”
### UK music sales hit record high as Taylor Swift tops album sellers
But there was more bad news for those that did. If you were dealing in music for no place and no one, it might as well be made by nobody. Spotify started buying in what it calls PFC, or “” – blandly nondescript “stock” tracks from companies that specialise in background music, made by session musicians paid a flat fee to crank out dozens of tracks at a time – and packing its playlists with them. PFC, usually hidden behind fake artist names and made-up biographies, through official Spotify playlists. The company has dissociated itself from direct involvement in PFC, stating “”. It remains a secretive world and Pelly gets almost nowhere investigating it, although she does track down some of the musicians involved: grateful for the cheque and frank about the “brain numbing … joyless” experience of battery-farming music “as milquetoast as possible”.
It’s a relentlessly miserable story that one suspects will get more miserable still. The rise of AI presumably means that even the faceless session musicians will soon be out of a gig. Pelly reports that Spotify has experimented with an idea called Soundscape, an endless AI-generated “personalised” ambient stream (though the product has been put on “indefinite hiatus”). Its dream seems to be a world of entirely passive consumers who don’t choose what they listen to, but simply press play and let Spotify choose for them.
She ends by attempting to suggest alternative futures – in which consumers switch to small, cooperative streaming services run by musicians, or go out of their way to buy direct from artists, replicating the “indie” economy of small labels and DIY gigs that once supported leftfield musicians – but her worthy ideas feel like sticking plasters on a gaping wound. : Spotify is the market leader, with the sharpest practices, but, as Pelly notes, its competitors aren’t much better. One suspects that for most consumers, Spotify’s convenience – and it _is_ convenient – trumps whatever damage its rise has inflicted on music and musicians thus far, which means it’s only going to get bigger and more powerful. What that means for music and musicians going forward remains to be seen, but Mood Machine doesn’t leave you filled with optimism for the future.
## Mood Machine: The Rise of Spotify and the Costs of the Perfect Playlist by Liz Pelly
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42ApXqyohr3 | https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/01/albanese-australia-reaction-zelenskyy-trump-vance-ukraine-white-house-summit | # Albanese sidesteps questions on Trump as he backs Zelenskyy after White House confrontation
PM pledges support for Ukraine but declines to directly comment on US president’s approach as community rallies in Sydney
## Donna Lu, Fri 28 Feb 2025 22.20 EST
First published on Fri 28 Feb 2025 19.17 EST
Anthony Albanese has reiterated Australia’s support for Ukraine after a fiery meeting between Donald Trump and . But even as Sydney’s Ukrainian community rallied in protest, the prime minister declined to comment directly on how the confrontation might affect Australia’s relationship with the US.
US military support for Ukraine and talks over a minerals deal deteriorated after a disastrous interchange at the White House that also included the US vice-president, JD Vance. The US president claimed his Ukraine counterpart was not “ready for peace” and accused him of , before Zelenskyy left the White House early.
Asked about Australia’s support for at a press conference on Saturday morning, Albanese said: “We will continue to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes. Because this is the struggle of a democratic nation versus an authoritarian regime led by Vladimir Putin, who clearly has imperialistic designs not just on Ukraine but throughout that region.”
Pressed specifically about the “extraordinary” exchange between Trump and Zelenskyy, Albanese avoided discussing Trump directly, saying: “I am responsible for Australia’s foreign policy. Australia’s foreign policy is determined by Australia.”
Asked if the US president’s behaviour “changes the game for any other world leaders interacting with him”, Albanese responded by reiterating his support for the Ukraniain community, adding: “Russia has acted like a bully, a big country seeking to invade and to take over territory from another sovereign nation.”
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Asked if the US president’s behaviour “changes the game for any other world leaders interacting with him”, Albanese responded by reiterating his support for the Ukraniain community, adding: “Russia has acted like a bully, a big country seeking to invade and to take over territory from another sovereign nation.”
Leaders from across Europe have expressed their solidarity with the Ukrainian leader after the US summit – highlighting an emerging rift with the US, though not generally naming the US president.
“Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas . Others, such as Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, expressed their support for Trump.
Albanese condemned Russia’s “illegal and immoral invasion”, highlighting that Australia had committed “some $1.5bn to help Ukraine defend itself”, including more than $1.3bn in military support.
The office of the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, declined to add further comment following Albanese’s remarks on Saturday.
Angus Taylor, the shadow treasurer, echoed Albanese’s comments at a press conference on Saturday afternoon: “We’re fully supportive of … Ukraine at this time.”
“The starting point is that this was an illegal invasion of Ukraine, and that Russia was in the wrong,” he said. “We will not veer from that position.”
Taylor’s comments came as Sydneysiders gathered to rally in support of Ukraine. Organiser Anton Bogdanovych said the rally’s purpose was to appeal to the Australian public “for help and support”.
“What we have seen is an act of bullying on the international stage where a president of a smaller country was bullied by and his team. In the current circumstances, it’s not unlikely for any smaller country to be treated this way.”
“I believe the future of the free world is in Ukraine,” Bogdanovych said.
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C4VALF2DhWc | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/01/pete-rose-pardon-donald-trump-gambling | # Trump says in social media post he plans to pardon the late Pete Rose
US president says he plans to issue “a complete PARDON of Pete Rose”, baseball’s late career hits leader who was banned from MLB and the Hall of Fame for sports betting.
Trump posted on Truth Social on Friday night to say Rose, who died in September at 83, “shouldn’t have been gambling on baseball, but only bet on HIS TEAM WINNING”.
Trump did not specifically mention Rose’s tax case in which Rose pleaded guilty in 1990 to two counts of filing false tax returns and served a five-month prison sentence.
The president said he would sign a pardon for Rose “over the next few weeks”.
MLB and Rose agreed to a permanent ban in 1989 after an investigation determined he had bet on games involving the from 1985-87 while playing for and managing the team. The Hall of Fame board of directors in 1991 adopted a rule preventing people on the permanently ineligible list from appearing on the hall ballot.
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yWdZKM3MbKl | https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cnvzgg66m03o | # Weekly quiz: Who joined Kylie on the King's personal playlist?
**This week saw talks to end the three-year war in Ukraine enter a new phase, a mission to find ice on the Moon fall flat, and the UK unveil its latest attempt to take the crown at Eurovision.**
But how much attention did you pay to what else has been going on in the world over the past seven days?
Quiz compiled by **Ben Fell**.
## King Charles III launched a personal playlist of music that lifts his spirits and brings back memories, to mark this year's Commonwealth Day. The Royal mix tape includes tracks by Raye, Bob Marley, Kylie Minogue and which of these other artists?
- Shirley Bassey
- Grace Jones
- Dusty Springfield
## Ukraine said it was ready to accept a ceasefire with Russia to bring an end to the three-year war, after a day of talks with the US in Saudi Arabia. Which of the following details was NOT included in the plan?
- Ceasefire would be overseen by NATO troops
- Immediate ceasefire to last 30 days
- Official thank you from Ukraine to Donald Trump
## Scotland's former First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she would stand down from the Scottish Parliament, saying she was not seeking re-election next year. Which constituency has she represented since 2007?
- Glasgow Kelvin
- Glasgow Southside
- Rutherglen
## A private spacecraft sent to the Moon to search for signs of water at the South Pole was unable to carry out its mission after it landed on its side. After which Greek god was the Intuitive Machines lander named?
- Athena
- Oceanus
- Poseidon
## Manchester United announced plans to build the biggest stadium in the UK - an "iconic" new 100,000-seater facility close to the club's current ground. Since which year has Old Trafford been United's home?
- 1878
- 1893
- 1910
## All-female country trio Remember Monday were revealed as the UK's entry in this year's Eurovision Song Contest, as the nation looked to turn its musical fortunes around. How many times has the UK finished in the top 10 in the past decade?
- Never
- Once
- Twice
## A whippet was crowned top dog as she was named best in show at Crufts 2025 in Birmingham. From which country does four-year-old Miuccia come?
- England
- France
- Italy
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CPhCuO_kOfQ | https://www.foxnews.com/politics/doge-lawmakers-defund-bidens-3b-ev-postal-truck-boondoggle | ## DOGE lawmakers look to defund Biden's anemic-paced $3B EV postal truck 'boondoggle'
Rep Michael Cloud lamented the project as another failure of former President Joe Biden's 'so-called' inflation fix
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Published March 10, 2025 9:29am EDT
**EXCLUSIVE:** Two top DOGE lawmakers are introducing a bill to claw back $3 billion authorized under former President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act, which was designated to create an electric vehicle (EV) fleet for the .
A South Carolina defense contractor responsible for the 60,000-vehicle order was already "far behind schedule" as of November. A Washington Post exposé revealed that by then, fewer than 100 of these vehicles had been delivered to USPS.
Citing that, Sen. DOGE Caucus chair, and Rep. Michael Cloud, R-Texas, will be forwarding the "Return to Sender Act," seeking to recoup what is about 30% of the overall appropriation in Biden’s law that was intended to be geared toward reducing inflation.
was to receive an initial order of 50,000 EV delivery trucks from defense contractor Oshkosh within the next three years, but only 93 had been produced by November, according to the Post.
One person involved in the production told the outlet that the "bottom line we don’t know how to build a damn truck."
That, along with a Post revelation that the government’s deliveryman agreed to pay more for the trucks after the contractor increased its prices, appeared to lead Ernst and Cloud to announce their bill.
The agreement forged between the and the manufacturer ultimately finalized a $77,692 cost per EV truck for about 28,000 vehicles. While the company did not comment at the time of the exposé, its CEO told investors in October that Oshkosh "is really happy where we are" on the project.
"Biden’s EV postal fleet is lost in the mail," said Ernst, chief sponsor of the legislation.
In February, Ernst also cited the USPS EV project in her Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act that targets disclosures of government projects costing 10 figures or more over-budget, and/or five years behind schedule.
The text of the bill, which is less than one-page long, specifically directs "unobligated balances of amounts appropriated or otherwise made available by sections 70002 and 70003 of Public Law 117–169 (commonly referred to as the ‘Inflation Reduction Act’), as of the date of enactment of this Act are rescinded and those sections are hereby repealed."
In a statement to Fox News Digital, a USPS spokesperson said the carrier's "fleet modernization is a core component of our Delivering for America plan."
"From the start, USPS committed to purchase the most environmentally sustainable vehicles across the organization’s entire fleet, consistent with financial and operational considerations, with the understanding that both the electrification and delivery schedule for the fleet could change with additional vehicle acquisitions, our improving financial condition, and our evolving operational strategy," said public relations representative Kim Frum.
"Deliveries of new NGDVs to the Postal Service remain on track to the contracted schedule."
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Yi-uIKVvmfT | https://www.foxnews.com/health/virginia-health-officials-confirm-measles-case-major-international-airport | Virginia health officials confirm measles at Washington Dulles International Airport
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An international traveler who flew into Dulles on March 5 may have exposed other passengers and travelers to measles
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Virginia officials announced there was a confirmed case of measles at Washington Dulles International Airport last week, and now they are trying to track down anyone who may have been exposed to the highly contagious virus.
The Virginia Department of Health said Sunday that it was notified of the confirmed case, which involved an individual returning from an international trip on March 5.
Officials added that the potential exposure site includes Terminal A, transportation to the main terminal and the baggage claim area, all between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. that day.
Health officials are working to identify anyone who may have been exposed to the virus, which involves individuals at the airport and passengers on specific flights.
The Virginia Department of Health said it received a confirmed case of measles at Dulles International Airport, saying a traveler coming off an international flight on March 5 may have exposed other travelers to the highly contagious virus. (iStock)
This is the latest incident involving measles, which is spreading across the U.S.
A student in Miami-Dade County, Florida, tested positive for the disease last week, and on Wednesday, Florida Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo said it was possible there "may be more" cases.
Meanwhile, Texas has reported the highest number of measles cases since January, marking 198 infected people as of Friday morning, which includes 23 hospitalizations, according to the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).
One child in Texas and one adult in New Mexico have died from measles. (iStock)
New Mexico also reported its first measles death on Thursday in an unvaccinated adult, according to state officials.
In a recent Fox News Digital op-ed, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. shared his "deep concern" about the measles outbreak and its rapid escalation.
Kennedy noted that while there is no approved antiviral for measles, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a statement last week supporting the administration of vitamin A under physician supervision as supportive care.
Previous research published in the International Journal of Epidemiology has shown that vitamin A, in conjunction with the measles vaccine, can be an effective intervention in preventing measles mortality in children.
An international traveler who flew into Dulles Airport in Virginia on March 5 may have exposed other passengers and travelers to measles. (iStock)
Kennedy reiterated the importance of maintaining and consuming various vitamins — like A, B12, C, D and E — as the "best defense against" chronic and infectious illness.
He also told Fox News that he during the outbreak, but he also continues to advocate for personal choice.
"We’re going to do what’s right for the American people," Kennedy told Dr. Marc Siegel, Fox News' senior medical analyst.
"We’re going to be honest with the American people for the first time in history about all the tests, about all the studies, what we know, what we don’t know, and that’s going to anger some people who want an ideological approach to public health," the HHS secretary continued.
Still, the CDC recommends "all children get two doses of MMR (measles-mumps-rubella) vaccine," according to its website, adding that adults who don’t have "presumptive should get at least one dose of MMR vaccine."
_Fox News Digital’s Brie Stimson and Angelica Stabile contributed to this report._
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YvWtWWg0HEK | https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/08/cyclone-aflred-hits-islands-off-brisbane-and-weakens-as-storm-winds-leave-20000-without-power | # Ex-Cyclone Alfred reaches mainland as heavy rain and damaging floods expected
Communities in two states are facing a massive clean-up task, with more than 330,000 homes and businesses left without power on Sunday morning, as residents of south-east Queensland and northern New South Wales remain on watch for damaging floods and significant rainfall.
Emergency service workers are also treating 13 people injured after two Australian defence force vehicles – which were deployed to help local communities with rising flood waters – collided on a road near the NSW town of Lismore.
On Saturday afternoon, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said of the 36 defence personnel being treated after the collision some were “seriously injured”. In a joint statement with the defence minister, Richard Marles, he said the “ADF heroes were on their way to help Australians in need”.
Earlier in the day, Albanese urged people not to drive through flood waters unless authorised to do so and warned people against becoming complacent after the weather system was downgraded.
“If it’s flooded, forget it,” the prime minister said. “The government, of course, stands ready to activate disaster payments for both south-east Queensland and New South Wales.”
Power was restored to Gold Coast university hospital late on Saturday afternoon, after relying on generators throughout the day. The federal government has sent six generators to Lismore.
The Queensland premier, David Crisafulli, said around half of all traffic lights on the Gold Coast were offline late on Saturday afternoon. He said many supermarkets would reopen on Sunday, when airlines are also hoping to resume flights. Trains will not run in Brisbane on Sunday.
In Queensland, the chief operating officer of Energex, Paul Jordan, said the full restoration of power would take longer than a week. He said his teams were prioritising hospitals and critical infrastructure.
Crisafulli, who described the power outage as the biggest in more than a decade, said about 30,000 connections were restored over 90 minutes on Saturday afternoon.
Essential Energy, the NSW-owned electricity infrastructure provider, said debris – including fallen trees and vegetation – would have to be removed before power lines could be assessed and repaired.
The NSW minister for energy, Penny Sharpe, urged people to be “patient” while authorities worked to restore power.
“We cannot risk the lives of those workers,” Sharpe said. “But know that we are doing everything we can, as quickly as we can.”
About 740 people in northern NSW had taken refuge across 21 evacuation centres by 10am on Saturday, with 1,110 people registered to use them. About 20,000 people were subject to evacuation warnings in the region.
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bP6heeibFXY | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/07/government-shutdown-congress-trump/81790669007/ | WASHINGTON – There's one week to go until federal funding dries up and the U.S. government shuts down if Congress can't pass legislation by March 14.
Yes, Americans have seen this show before, particularly during President Donald Trump's first term and most recently right before Christmas last year when the Republican was preparing to take office for a second time.
Americans have felt it too. A shut down would force a majority of federal workers to stop working and go without pay. Services deemed essential – such as border protection, air traffic control, and payment for Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid – would continue.
But other services would be interrupted. Services at national parks would close, security reviews to help defend against hacking would stop, civil litigation in courts would stop, and environmental and permitting reviews would stop. Air traffic controllers would continue to work, though there have been problems with recent incidents.
Right now, Republican leaders in both chambers say they want to extend current funding, known as a "continuing resolution" or "CR," through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
But other services would be interrupted. Services at national parks would close, security reviews to help defend against hacking would stop, civil litigation in courts would stop, and environmental and permitting reviews would stop. Air traffic controllers would continue to work, though there have been problems with recent incidents.
Right now, Republican leaders in both chambers say they want to extend current funding, known as a "continuing resolution" or "CR," through the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30.
If it includes conservative priorities beyond funding the government, it is likely to run into additional trouble with Democrats.
The top Republicans and Democrats on the House and Senate Appropriations Committee have also been pushing for a shorter funding extension that could buy them more time to finalize full funding bills, which could be a back-up plan if the full-year extension can't get past the political minefields.
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7fKviuiMfP5 | https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/14/jd-vance-booed-kennedy-center/82400953007/ | # JD Vance booed by crowd at Kennedy Center concert after Trump takeover of arts venue
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**Author:** Savannah Kuchar, USA TODAY
**Date:** 9:55 a.m. ET March 14, 2025 Updated: 10:21 a.m. ET March 14, 2025
WASHINGTON − Vice President received a roaring chorus of boos and jeers while attending a National Symphony Orchestra performance at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Thursday.
Loud boos broke out in the audience as Vance took his seat in the box tier next to his wife, , for the symphony's performance of Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 2 and Stravinsky’s "Petrushka."
The vice president could be seen in videos smiling and waving amid the noise. Shouts of “you ruined this place!” could also be heard among the boos, reported.
The symphony's performance was delayed about 20 minutes because of Secret Service security measures, the reported.
Vance's less-than-welcome reception comes after his boss, President , launched a major overhaul of the cultural center's leadership. Last month, removed multiple board members (prompting others to leave voluntarily) and replaced them with allies and Cabinet members.
Trump also for the Kennedy Center board: himself.
The president made the decision, he explained on social media at the time, after the center hosted drag show performances at its venue last year.
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Multiple stars and artists have denounced the new administration's takeover, some opting to pull upcoming performances at the center off the calendar.
Usha Vance is among the new Kennedy Center board members, along with Trump's Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Attorney General Pam Bondi.
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8IESl4Wz4Ot | https://www.foxnews.com/world/pope-francis-still-receiving-oxygen-therapy-not-read-sunday-prayers-vatican | # Pope Francis will not read Sunday prayers, Vatican says | Fox News
Pope Francis remains receiving breathing assistance using different types of ventilation, Vatican sources said on Friday. While the pope is "not running down the halls" of Rome’s Gemelli, he is apparently able to move. Additionally, Vatican sources say the pope is eating solid food and does not need "assisted feeding."
Yesterday, the pope recorded a message thanking those who had been praying for his recovery. The recording was "clearly an effort for him," Vatican sources said, pointing out that the noise from the pope’s oxygen machine could be heard in the audio.
"We could hear yesterday that he was getting oxygen through the nose during audio, clearly he won't read Angelus," told Fox News.
The pope has had a long history of respiratory issues. When he was just 21 years old, Pope Francis had part of his lung removed after developing pleurisy, which is an inflammation of the membranes that cushion the lungs. Now, according to Vatican sources, he is continuing therapy for bilateral pneumonia.
As the pope enters his fourth week at Gemelli Hospital, his road to recovery remains unclear. The 88-year-old pontiff’s doctors seem to be hoping for more stability in his condition before giving the public another update.
Dr. Claudio Santini, head of internal medicine at Grassi Hospital, told Corriere della Sera that the lack of bulletins from the Vatican noting the pope’s condition has improved is "not a positive sign."
"Let us take into account that the Pope probably suffers from a chronic respiratory disease that has recently made him partially disabled. Now double pneumonia has also been added," Dr. Santini said.
A woman places a rosary at the statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is admitted for treatment, in Rome, Italy, Feb. 22, 2025. (REUTERS/Vincenzo Livieri)
As the pope enters his fourth week at Gemelli Hospital, his road to recovery remains unclear. The 88-year-old pontiff’s doctors seem to be hoping for more stability in his condition before giving the public another update.
Dr. Santini warns that the pontiff cannot rely on it. The doctor warns that therapies like the ones the pope has received are "necessary," but they subject the patient to "considerable stress" and can eventually impact other vital systems.
Catholics across the globe have been praying for Pope Francis, who was unable to lead mass earlier this week because of his health struggles. Instead, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis read the pope’s homily aloud at Rome’s Santa Sabrina Basilica.
Cardinal Angelo De Donatis speaks during the Ash Wednesday Mass, as Pope Francis continues his hospitalization, at the Santa Sabina Basilica in Rome, Italy, March 5, 2025. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)
In his homily, the pope spoke of the significance of the ashes and the act of receiving them.
"We bow our heads in order to receive the ashes as if to look at ourselves and to look within ourselves. Indeed, the ashes help to remind us that our lives are fragile and insignificant: we are dust, from dust we were created, and to dust we shall return," the homily read, according to the Vatican.
The pope also called for a "return to God with all of our hearts" in his homily, urging Catholics to "place Him at the center of our lives."
_Fox News' Courtney Walsh contributed to this report._
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wtn8u5l8OOR | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/03/la-times-ai-opinion-rating | # LA Times to display AI-generated political rating on opinion pieces
Some opinion pieces will now be published with an artificial intelligence-generated rating of their political content, and an AI-generated list of alternative political views on that issue, the paper’s biotech billionaire owner announced on Monday.
The new will only be applied to a range of opinion content in the paper, not its news reporting, according to a public letter announcing the change from , the medical entrepreneur who .
The AI-generated tool “operates independently” from the paper’s human journalists, and “the AI content is not reviewed by journalists before it is published”, the Los Angeles Times noted in a .
The introduction of AI commentary on the paper’s published opinion pieces comes after months of over the role of journalism between Soon-Shiong and Los Angeles Times opinion journalists, conflicts that mirror similar Donald Trump-era battles at the , owned by the Amazon billionaire .
Bezos recently announced that the Washington Post would that support “personal liberties and free markets”, and that “viewpoints opposing those pillars will be left to be published by others.”
Soon-Shiong, who, like Bezos, has been accused of “” to Trump, and , is taking a different tack in reshaping his newspaper’s editorial and opinion section, which had recently promoted more liberal and progressive viewpoints.
In 2024, Soon-Shiong, , blocked his paper’s editorial board from endorsing Kamala Harris for president, of opinion section staffers and prompting some Los Angeles Times readers to cancel their subscriptions in protest.
Soon-Shiong celebrated the debut of his new “Viewpoints” tool, posting on Twitter/X, Musk’s social media platform, that it was a victory in the effort to expose people to a wider range of viewpoints. “Now the voice and perspective from all sides can be heard, seen and read –no more echo chamber,” Soon-Shiong on X.
Several recent opinion pieces were labeled by the new AI tool as having a viewpoint that “generally aligns with a Center Left point of view”, and some were followed by “different views” that summarized pro-Trump talking points on the piece’s topic.
A Los Angeles Times that argues “Trump’s latest cruel attempt to ban transgender troops won’t survive without a fight,” is now followed by a summary of “different views”, including the note: “The Trump administration justifies the ban by claiming transgender identity conflicts with military values like ‘humility, integrity, and discipline,’ alleging it undermines unit cohesion and operational readiness.” The column’s author, Robin Abcarian, had already quoted that perspective directly .
Another on Ukraine, “Trump is surrendering a century’s worth of US global power in a matter of weeks,” is followed by an AI-generated summary of “different views” that includes a description of Trump’s Ukraine policy “a pragmatic reset of US foreign policy”, and notes: “Advocates of Trump’s approach assert that European allies have free-ridden on US security guarantees for decades and must now shoulder more responsibility.”
A Los Angeles Times that argues “Keeping at-risk residents from losing their housing will be a key to solving homelessness,” is now followed by AI-generated commentary that critics have also focused on “chronic underfunding and bureaucratic inefficiencies, particularly within the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority,” and: “Over 60% of Angelenos at risk of homelessness are not leaseholders, limiting the impact of eviction defense programs and requiring broader strategies.”
The union representing Times journalists has repeatedly raised concerns about Soon-Shiong’s efforts to use outside AI tools to produce commentary on the newspaper’s own journalism.
“We support efforts to improve media literacy and clearly distinguish our news report from our opinion pages. But we don’t think this approach – AI-generated analysis unvetted by editorial staff – will do much to enhance trust in the media,” Matt Hamilton, vice-chair of LATimes Guild, said in a statement on Monday. “Quite the contrary: this tool risks further eroding confidence in the news. And the money for this endeavor could have been directed elsewhere: supporting our journalists on the ground who have had no cost-of-living increase since 2021.”
Soon-Shiong’s on a podcast in December about his plan to label his newspaper’s journalism with an AI-generated “bias meter” prompted from the union representing the paper’s journalists.
Union leaders said in December that the paper’s owner “has publicly suggested his staff harbors bias, without offering evidence or examples”, and pledged they would continue to report according to the paper’s longstanding .
In his own on Monday, Soon-Shiong as in line with the paper’s mission statement, which says that the paper will “strive to take into account different perspectives, particularly if they don’t align with our own, to inform our views”.
“The purpose of Insights is to offer readers an instantly accessible way to see a wide range of different AI-enabled perspectives alongside the positions presented in the article,” Soon-Shiong .
The paper made clear that the content provided by Soon-Shiong’s new AI Insights feature, which will not be reviewed by the Los Angeles Times’ journalists, may not be accurate, noting that “”, and urging readers to report any errors that they find.
The political ratings feature will use “viewpoint analysis” to label Los Angeles Times content with a political perspective as “Left, Center Left, Center, Center Right or Right,” the paper said, producing these ratings through a partnership with Particle.News, a .
These ratings will apply not only to the paper’s opinion section pieces, but to any “articles that offer a point of view on an issue”, the paper said in a statement. That includes not only opinion columns and editorials, but also “news commentary, criticism, reviews, and more”, the paper said.
Soon-Shiong also announced the paper would be more clearly labeling its articles to distinguish news from opinion. “Any content written from a point of view may be labeled Voices, which helps to strengthen the separation between what’s news and what’s not,” he said in his statement.
The AI analysis of the content of these “voices” pieces, and alternate viewpoints, will be provided through a partnership with Perplexity, an , the Los Angeles Times said.
The last remaining Los Angeles Times opinion section staffer announced in late February that she would take a buyout and leave the paper, the .
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Designation comes after Houthi attacks on shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden since the start of Israel-Hamas war
The US state department has reinstated the “foreign terrorist organization” designation for Yemen’s -backed , fulfilling an order announced by shortly after he took office.
The US secretary of state, , announced on Tuesday the department had restored the designation, which carries with it sanctions and penalties for anyone providing “material support” for the group.
“Since 2023, the have launched hundreds of attacks against commercial vessels in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, as well as US service members defending freedom of navigation and our regional partners,” Rubio said in a statement. “Most recently, the Houthis spared Chinese-flagged ships while targeting American and allied vessels.”
The Houthis have in the critical trade corridor with missiles and drones since the in the Gaza Strip began in October 2023. In January, the group signaled that it will limit its attacks in the Red Sea corridor to only Israeli-affiliated ships after a ceasefire began in the Gaza Strip but warned that wider assaults could resume if needed.
Trump’s first Republican administration had , but the designation had been revoked by Joe Biden’s Democratic administration over concerns it would badly affect the delivery of aid to Yemen, which was considered to be facing one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
Rubio suggested in his statement that such a concern was not an issue any more, saying that the US would no longer “tolerate any country engaging with terrorist organizations like the Houthis in the name of practicing legitimate international business”.
Besides the “foreign terrorist organization” announcement, the state department’s “Rewards for Justice” program announced that it would pay up to $15m for information that leads to the disruption of Houthi financing.
The United Nations said last month that it suspended its humanitarian operations in the stronghold of Yemen’s Houthi rebels after they detained eight more UN staffers.
The rebels in recent months have detained dozens of UN staffers, as well as people associated with aid groups, civil society and the now-shuttered US embassy in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. None of the UN staffers have been released.
The Houthis have been fighting Yemen’s internationally recognized government, which is backed by a Saudi-led coalition, since 2014, when they descended from their stronghold in Saada and took control of Sana’a and most of the north.
The Saudi-led coalition entered the war in March 2015, backed at the time by the US, in an effort to restore the internationally recognized government to power.
The war has killed more than 150,000 people including civilians and combatants, and in recent years it has deteriorated largely into a stalemate.
The UN has projected that more than 19 million people across Yemen will need humanitarian assistance this year as many deal with climate shocks, malnutrition, cholera and the economic effects of war.
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This dish is absolutely lovely with flat, knife-cut noodles, which you can buy from my favourite website, Sous Chef. However, for a 10-minute weeknight meal, where the sauce cooks in the time it takes to cook your carb, I suggest that you use tagliatelle instead. When cooked al dente, it has that chewy texture that works beautifully with the garlic, ginger and chilli-spiked miso sauce, and with the slight crunch of the pak choi. It’s a lovely spin on a quick stir-fry.
### Preparation
- **10 min**
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- **Serves 2**
#### Ingredients
- **180g dried tagliatelle**
- **3 tbsp sesame oil**
- **2 garlic cloves**, peeled and finely grated
- **1-inch piece ginger**, peeled and finely grated
- **2 red chilli**, 1 finely chopped, 1 finely sliced
- **250g chestnut mushrooms**, sliced
- **2 large pak choi**, cut lengthways into eighths
- **40g red or white miso paste**
- **1 tbsp rice-wine vinegar**
- **2 tsp white sesame seeds**
- **2 tsp black sesame seeds**
### Cooking Instructions
- Cook the tagliatelle in a pan of boiling water (I wouldn’t salt it, because the dressing is salty enough) for nine minutes, or according to the packet instructions, until al dente.
- Meanwhile, put two tablespoons of the sesame oil in a large frying pan on a medium heat, then add the garlic, ginger and chopped chilli, and stir-fry for 30 seconds.
- Add the mushrooms, cook on a high heat for four to five minutes, until just cooked through and starting to brown, then add the wedges of pak choi, lower the heat to medium, cover the pan and leave them to steam on top of the mushrooms for two minutes.
- Meanwhile, whisk the miso in a bowl with the remaining tablespoon of sesame oil and the rice-wine vinegar. Pour this into the mushroom pan and stir for 30 seconds.
- By now, the pasta-masquerading-as-noodles should be ready, so drain, then add to the miso mushroom pan with half the white and black sesame seeds, and stir and toss until they are completely coated in the sauce.
- Serve in bowls topped with the remaining sesame seeds and the sliced red chilli.
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2cM-CtZfsos | https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/13/everybody-dance-nile-rodgers-20-greatest-tracks-ranked#comments | ## Everybody dance: Nile Rodgers’ 20 greatest tracks – ranked!
As the 72-year-old prepares for Glastonbury with Chic, we rate the best of his guitar licks and songwriting magic for Madonna, Diana Ross, Sister Sledge and more.
### 20. Johnny Mathis – Fall in Love (I Want To) (1981)
It was criminal that Mathis’s label cancelled the release of his Chic-produced album, I Love My Lady. Finally brought out in 2017, it sounded marvellous: Rodgers had leaned on his love of jazz, lending the funk a slightly Steely Dan-ish edge. Fall in Love is fabulous: Mathis’s gossamer vocals floating above a hypnotic, mid-tempo groove.
### 19. Chic – Dance Dance Dance (Yowsa Yowsa Yowsa) (1977)
Taking inspiration from the 1930s was a disco trope – check Dr Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band’s swing-infused debut album or Carrie Lucas’s fabulous Tic Toc – but Dance Dance Dance’s re-appropriation of bandleader Ben Bernie’s catchphrase “yowsa yowsa yowsa!” was the most successful example of the lot: that it was aligned to a killer groove helped.
### 18. Norma Jean – Saturday (1978)
The eponymous solo album by Chic’s former vocalist is the great overlooked Rodgers and Edwards production of their golden era. Saturday perfectly evokes the anticipation before a night out, but doesn’t skirt the drudgery a night out provides escape from. Currently the theme to Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, which rather misses the point.
### 17. Chic – Soup for One (1982)
Good tracks are scattered across Chic’s unloved 80s albums, but Soup for One is their last unequivocal classic: spacier and synth-ier than their 70s output, there’s a hint of the electronic boogie sound prominent in contemporary New York clubs. Its riff will be immediately familiar to latterday listeners thanks to the sample on Modjo’s 2000 chart-topper Lady.
### 16. Madonna – Like a Virgin (1984)
The album that turned Madonna into a superstar was evidence of both Rodgers’ hitmaking nous and his adaptability as a producer. Its modish synth-heavy sound bore no resemblance to Chic … almost. Listen closely to the title track and you can hear his trademark staccato guitar driving the whole thing along.
### 15. Chic – At Last I Am Free (1978)
Chic’s ballads got less attention than their dancefloor-focused tracks, but At Last I Am Free deserves real shine. It’s an account of being teargassed at a Black Panther rally and the ensuing sense of disillusion, but it’s disguised as a sumptuous, crestfallen love song. dug into the song’s dejected mood.
### 14. Sister Sledge – We Are Family (1979)
Arguably the most famous Chic track of all – a song that has been played at everything from feminist rallies to sports victories and that’s clearly going to provoke party singalongs for the rest of time – was actually intended to reintroduce Sister Sledge to record buyers after a series of flops. Incredibly, their record label initially rejected it.
### 13. Diana Ross – I’m Coming Out (1980)
After encountering drag queens dressed as Diana Ross, Rodgers and Edwards aimed to write her a gay anthem with the same power as Say It Loud – I’m Black and I’m Proud (Ross thought the lyrics referred to her breaking free of Motown’s strictures). A joy from start to finish, it became a huge hit and ultimately, achieved its initial aim.
### 12. Sister Sledge – He’s the Greatest Dancer (1979)
The faint hint that disco was perhaps getting a little too popular for its own good lurks on He’s the Greatest Dancer’s hymn to a designer-clad Adonis: the dancefloor is packed with “out-of-towners touring”. The problem being that another Chic-penned song as great as this was only going to make disco bigger.
### 11. Daft Punk – Get Lucky (ft Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers) (2013)
Rodgers’ 21st-century output has been of deeply variable quality, but Get Lucky was a global smash for a reason. A fantastic song built around Rodgers’ unmistakable guitar, its take on disco is neither knowingly retro nor noticeably modern; even before it became completely inescapable it somehow sounded weirdly familiar, as if it always existed.
### 10. Carly Simon – Why? (1982)
A new direction for the Chic Organization’s sound: Rodgers’ guitar plays a reggae off-beat, the rhythm track is influenced by electro, Simon’s voice is cushioned by swathes of synth. The results are magic, the 12in mix a club perennial. Lumbered with an absolutely mortifying video, it flopped in the US, but was a huge European hit.
### 9. David Bowie – Let’s Dance (1983)
The Rodgers-produced Let’s Dance album may have been the moment when Bowie’s artistic quality control finally slackened in the quest for commercial acceptance, but the title track is magnificent: a brand of pop more strange and tense than its global smash status and its ubiquity following Bowie’s death might suggest.
### 8. Sheila & B Devotion – Spacer (1979)
As a point of contrast, it’s worth playing Sheila and B Devotion’s first British hit, a disco version of Singin’ in the Rain: it’s gormless tripe. Enter the Chic Organization, and Shelia and B Devotion are utterly transformed. From its wistful piano intro to its rock-y guitar solo, Spacer is sleek, sexy and surprisingly sparse perfection.
### 7. Chic – I Want Your Love (1978)
Chic at their vertiginous zenith, when Rodgers and Edwards seemed incapable of making anything that didn’t sound simultaneously flawless and effortless: the simplicity of the four-note hook balanced out by the complexity of the slow-building horn and string arrangement, which achieves euphoric take off at 3min 25sec.
### 6. Chic – Everybody Dance (1977)
More so than their debut single, Everybody Dance defined Chic’s sound, their ethos of music as a form of luxury goods: sophisticated, spare but somehow sumptuous, driven by incredible musicianship (listen to Edwards’s bass), lyrics that hymn the dancefloor as the cure for whatever might be ailing you.
### 5. Sister Sledge – Thinking of You (1979)
A song that sounds like falling in love feels: check out the breakdown at 2min 53sec, when the strings relax into a gorgeous shimmer, Edwards hits a single bass note and Kathy Sledge sighs: “I’m in love again” – the most beautiful moment in the Chic Organization’s entire catalogue.
### 4. Chic – Le Freak (1978)
Rejection made creatively profitable. Originally a complaint about Rodgers and Edwards being refused entry to Studio 54, titled Fuck Off (there’s still a snarky quality to the finished song’s suggestion you “come on down to the 54”), Le Freak’s irresistible call to the dancefloor sold 7m copies, proof that living well is the best revenge.
### 3. Diana Ross – Upside Down (1980)
In a sense, Chic’s Diana Ross collaboration was a disaster: Ross hated the results and had the album remixed; the whole business ended up in court. But musically, it was magic, and nowhere more so than on Upside Down, potent enough to buck America’s disco backlash and reach No 1.
### 2. Sister Sledge – Lost in Music (1979)
Rodgers said We Are Family was “hands down” the Chic Organization’s greatest album, and Lost in Music – presumably inspired by Sister Sledge’s scuffling years prior to the album’s release – is its crowning glory: a song and production so perfect it never loses its power to transport you to a better place.
### 1. Chic – Good Times (1979)
Even in a catalogue as rich as Chic’s, Good Times stands out. For one thing, it’s got a hook of simplistic perfection and the greatest bass line Edwards ever came up with (one of the great bass lines full stop, sampled umpteen times since it was first borrowed by hip-hop pioneers the Sugarhill Gang). For another, it’s infinitely smarter than your average dependable party anthem, packed with lyrical references that equate America’s then-current economic situation to the Great Depression (“Happy days are here again,” it opens, mordantly). If you need proof that Chic were a cut above their disco peers, here it is.
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QGqidDZ5Vqy | https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/12/the-growth-there-is-enormous-future-of-afl-is-womens-competition-says-andrew-dillon | # ‘The growth there is enormous’: future of AFL is women’s competition, says Andrew Dillon
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The head of the has identified the women’s competition as the single biggest opportunity for growth within the code’s landscape, even as he spruiked the opportunities in India and the US.
Chief executive Andrew Dillon addressed the game’s major issues in discussion with broadcaster Eddie McGuire at the SportNXT conference in Melbourne on Wednesday.
Dillon said the AFLW was most important thing for the future of . “I absolutely see the future for us, and how we’ll grow and be even bigger, is the AFLW competition,” he said.
The has been criticised by some for its inability to leverage growing enthusiasm for women’s sport, and players and fans have criticised head office’s apparent disregard for the female competition.
Average crowds for AFLW were less than 3,000 per match last season, compared to almost 40,000 for the men’s competition.
Dillon said growth wasn’t going to be immediate, but the potential of the AFLW warranted the commitment.
“It’s nine seasons in, eight years old, it’s come an incredibly long way in a very short period of time,” he said.
“The opportunity that’s there, and it’s not going to happen overnight, but if we continue investing in that competition, I think the growth there is enormous.”
Dillon pledged the return of US combines in order to surface more American talent such as Collingwood ruck Mason Cox, and he said although the game’s focus was currently on opportunities in Queensland and New South Wales, his organisation was also looking overseas for growth.
“We’re not closed off to opportunities internationally, and we’re looking at how we interact with particularly the US market and the Indian market there too, where we think there’s opportunities for us to grow in those markets, but also bring something back from there into Australia,” he said.
A return of State of Origin or an expanded All Stars series was also flagged. The most recent Origin match was held in 2020 to raise funds for bushfire relief.
“The players being invested is what’s really important, so the conversations that we’re having now with our playing group is a representative footy concept, whether it’s State of Origin, whether it’s an All Stars, but the State of Origin is the thing that seems to grip people,” he said.
“It’s if the players want it, I think there’s an appetite for the fans.”
Dillon said he was continuing to speak with the AFL Players Association over the development of a new illicit drugs policy but that he wanted a “strengthened” policy. “We’ll be patient in that, but we want to finalise that with the Players’ Association. It’s a key focus for us, and I think as it is for the Players’ Association.”
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qHH2cFkjWdC | https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/mar/07/athena-spacecraft-mission-dead | # Athena spacecraft declared dead after toppling over on moon | Space | The Guardian
## Main Content
A robotic private spacecraft designed to provide crucial data for returning humans to the moon toppled over as it landed on the lunar surface, bringing an immediate and premature end to the mission, its operators said on Friday.
Athena, a probe launched by the Texas-based company Intuitive Machines (IM) last month, about 250 meters from its intended landing site near the moon’s south pole on Thursday. Initially at least, it was generating some power and sending information to Earth as engineers worked to make sense of data showing an “incorrect attitude”.
On Friday, however, IM declared Athena dead.
“With the direction of the sun, the orientation of the solar panels, and extreme cold temperatures in the crater, Intuitive Machines does not expect Athena to recharge,” it said confirming that the 15ft (4.6-meter) spacecraft was on its side.
“The mission has concluded and teams are continuing to assess the data collected throughout the mission.”
The failure of Athena, which was packed with scientific probes and experiments that NASA was relying on as it prepares to send astronauts back to the moon for the first time since 1972, was almost identical to IM’s first moon landing in February 2024.
The Odysseus spacecraft became the first private mission to reach the moon, but . Athena had the same tall, thin design that some experts had feared could lead to a repeat of the accident.
Lost with the Athena lander were hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equipment, including NASA’s , which was to have excavated soil in a search for water and other life-supporting constituents.
The lander also carried three robotic mobile probes, one of which, the mobile autonomous prospecting platform (Mapp), built by the Colorado company Lunar Outpost, was the first commercially built rover to reach the moon.
Athena’s scheduled 10-to-14-day mission, known as IM-2, was one of 10 contracted by NASA’s $2.6bn commercial lunar payload services (CLPS) program to encourage private industry to fly experiments and other equipment to the moon in advance of the arrival of the crewed Artemis 3 mission, currently scheduled for mid-2027.
Another was the successful landing on Sunday of Firefly Aerospace’s , which touched down near Mons Latreille, in Mare Crisium on the moon’s north-eastern near side.
Painting Athena’s failure in a more positive light, the IM statement said its arrival marked “the most southernmost lunar landing and surface operations ever achieved”.
“This southern pole region is lit by harsh sun angles and limited direct communication with the Earth,” it said.
“This area has been avoided due to its rugged terrain and Intuitive Machines believes the insights and achievements from IM-2 will open this region for further space exploration.”
This article was amended on 8 March 2025. The Athena craft touched down 250 meters, not 250 miles, from its intended landing site.
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From The White Lotus to Industry, hedonism is everywhere on TV at the moment. Actors, and the ‘wellbeing facilitators’ tasked with keeping them safe, reveal the trick to acting under the influence.
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“*I am not a big drinker, I don’t do drugs, I don’t smoke,” says Sagar Radia, best known as the ruthless, potty-mouthed trader Rishi Ramdani in the HBO/BBC banking saga . “But when friends and family watch, they’re like: ‘You look like you do know what you’re doing.’”
Nowhere was this more the case than in season three’s White Mischief, an episode focused entirely on the character’s grim descent into gambling addiction, inflamed by booze and cocaine. Previously described by a colleague as “the ghost of Margaret Thatcher in a handsome Asian kid”, here Rishi starts to look more like a disgraced Tory MP in the 90s, as he binges on shots and coke in a seedy casino. At first he’s euphoric – dancing like a drunk uncle at a wedding – but soon his behaviour becomes erratic, his movements shaky and impaired, his legs unsteady. Despite rising debts, he gambles away all he has, and even seems to consider pawning his wedding ring for a few, long seconds. The next morning, we see him stagger into work on a comedown – bloody cuts and bruises all over his face.
Tired and emotional … Sagar Radia in Industry.
Photograph: Nick Strasburg/BBC
Of course, we know that actors aren’t likely to be necking tequilas or snorting the devil’s dandruff on screen; on Industry, the actors sniff milk powder rather than cocaine, and once the director shouts “Cut!” someone brings over a tissue and the actors blow out as much as they can. But how do they manage to make it look so real? Ironically, a great amount of focus is required for this kind of acting. For Radia, somewhat counterintuitively, that meant concentrating hard on appearing sober. On set, , one of Industry’s showrunners, advised him to steady his legs, so as not to overcompensate. “It’s that classic thing of drunk people not _trying_ to play drunk,” Radia says. “Drunk people are trying to be sober!”
His attention was also on the personal and professional pressure bubbling under the surface that might lead someone like Rishi to misuse drugs and alcohol in the first place. “I think if you’re trying to without a sense of ‘Where is this coming from?’ and ‘Why is he sabotaging himself like this?’, then you’re just a guy playing drunk, and it makes no sense,” he says. “I didn’t think too much about the substances. I was thinking more about the pressures – whether it was his wife, his kid, his debt, or how much money he was losing at work. You bring all of that into his walk, his thousand-yard stare, his longing when he’s lost the money …”
It would be naive to think that great acting underpinned all depictions of drink and drug use on screen. Method acting has definitely played its part: James Gandolfini and Michael Imperioli were once so sozzled on the set of that they chained themselves to a tree so they wouldn’t fall off a cliff. For – a comedy as alcoholic as it is melancholic – Richard E Grant was encouraged by director Bruce Robinson to drink, in order to have a “chemical memory” of inebriation. Despite an intolerance to the stuff, Grant has said that Robinson sent him home during rehearsals for the film with a bottle of champagne, and told him to “work your way through that, even if you vomit in between – which I did all night long.” Meanwhile, Billy Bob Thornton’s liquor-fuelled mall meltdown in Bad Santa was powered by an actual binge (he would later tell Entertainment Weekly: “I drank about three glasses of red wine for breakfast … then I switched over to vodka and cranberry juice, and then I had a few Bud Lights”). There are also the more troubling tales of actors turning up drunk for unrelated reasons, such as Oliver Reed who – says Ridley Scott – “probably had a couple of pints … said, ‘I don’t feel good’, laid on the carpet and died.”
All smilies … Murray Bartlett (right) as The White Lotus’s Armond.
Photograph: HBO
These days, unsurprisingly, drinking on set is less acceptable, though not totally unheard of – especially when a performer is struggling with an alcohol problem off screen. “There have been times when an actor has substituted their non-alcoholic drink with an alcoholic one,” says Matt Longley, who also cites what he describes as a “one-off” example of an actor who managed to get their hands on some booze at a filming location (it was, after all, a shoot at a pub).
Longley is one of the founders of , a non-profit that aims to support cast and crew in the filming of difficult material, and whose “wellbeing facilitators” are to portrayals of drugs and alcohol – or any other potentially problematic subject matter – what an intimacy coordinator would be to a sex scene. The organisation has to date trained 40 people to go on to sets, completing risk assessments and offering support to cast and crew, “from the SAs to the Mark Ruffalos of the world”. Industry is one production that benefits from a wellbeing facilitator.
“Our whole ethos is to be preventive, and to try to work out what the issues might be before we start, by going through the script,” says Longley. “We offer training beforehand as well, so that people can support each other through that process, and also support themselves.” On some productions, he says, directors want something to happen that the performers don’t know about, in order to capture an authentic reaction (think: a character who we suspect takes drugs, suddenly snorting a line in front of their colleagues). “Much like an intimacy coordinator, we would say, ‘No, I wouldn’t do that.’ They’re actors, they’re able to _act_ a reaction!”
Deep end … Zendaya in Euphoria.
Photograph: Landmark Media
In the US, a similar role has also started to become more widespread. Mental health coordinators now work across all of the major networks, according to Amanda Edwards, a therapist and intimacy coordinator who has spearheaded the movement. Coordinators support actors and crew in a similar way to their UK counterparts, and also offer guidance around the acting process itself. “It’s about how to act the thing without traumatising yourself, or risking injury to yourself,” says Edwards. This can mean finding ways to adjust an actor’s breath and how they move the muscles in their face, or modifying their speech patterns, vocal intonation and posture. “There are so many tricks that we can use so that a performer doesn’t actually have to feel or even imagine that they are feeling the effects of a substance; they can just make their body do the things it would do if it was under the influence.”
It is as important to think about how to get into character as it is to think about how to get out of it once production has wrapped, says Edwards. There are, she says, “documented cases of crew members who maybe have a sober journey behind them, but through participating in a project that involves substance use, have gone into a relapse or have struggled tremendously with their mental health”. In 2023, Euphoria’s Dominic Fike, who was struggling with addiction at the time, the impact filming the HBO series had on him: “I was a drug addict and coming on to a show that’s … mainly about drugs, is very difficult” (he was subsequently provided with a sober coach on set).
If this all sounds rather heavy, then it’s a relief to know that acting drunk, high or both on screen can be a welcome challenge. In a , Murray Bartlett told the Observer that playing Armond had been “a gift. There were moments of terror, but mostly it was pure joy.” As for Radia, he says he had a blast. “It was an amazing moment for a south Asian actor like myself to get an opportunity to carry an episode on one of the biggest networks in the world,” he says. “I know it can seem like it’s all deep and high stakes, but actually sometimes they’re the fun things to play.”
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2fsSLXAyV-L | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/12/were-all-underperforming-manchester-united-ruben-amorim-sir-jim-ratfcliffe | # ‘We’re all underperforming’: Manchester United’s Amorim agrees with Ratcliffe
Ruben Amorim has said that Sir Jim Ratcliffe was correct to criticise players, saying he and they are “underperforming”.
on Monday that the squad was overpaid and not good enough, referencing Casemiro, Rasmus Højlund, André Onana, Antony, and Jadon Sancho when doing so. Amorim was asked about the comments from the club’s co-owner.
The head coach said: “If we are being honest, in this moment, everybody, me, the players, are underperforming this season so we can always change that, so I include myself in the underperforming. You are talking about players like Casemiro that have won everything and we know these players can play so much better. He was honest in that. The focus is to change his mind and everybody’s.”
Amorim was asked whether any of the players Ratcliffe mentioned had spoken to him about it. When answering he referenced the Europa League last-16 second leg at home against Real Sociedad on Thursday – with the tie poised at 1-1 – and the need to respond in that.
“I think it is the right way to do it,” he said.
“If you are a top player or even me, a lot of people say I am not good enough for the club. You can change that with results. They want that really bad, especially tomorrow.”
Amorim also spoke about his relationship with Ratcliffe: “It has been really good since day one. We are really blunt and honest with each other; we are quite similar in that. I always felt the support of the board, especially Sir Jim. I cannot tell you the communications but they are simple and clear.”
Ratcliffe said this week that Amorim would be in charge for a long time. “I already knew that,” Amorim said. “All these conversations I already had with them . After matches, they went to the dressing room to say, but to say it publicly is really good for the coach.”
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In Congress, Grijalva also focused on student loan forgiveness, immigrant issues, and the expansion of childhood education.
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#### Speaker Johnson reacts after House votes to censure Rep. Green: 'I take no pleasure in this'
House Speaker Mike Johnson joins 'America's Newsroom' after the House votes to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, for heckling President Donald Trump and blasts the party for 'acting like children.'
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Democrats have been left "embarrassed" by behavior after the House voted Thursday to censure the Texas congressman for disrupting President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress.
Johnson after the vote to punish the lawmaker for his "disgusting" behavior during Trump's speech to the House chamber.
"This is a really sad day for our institution," Johnson told Bill Hemmer and Dana Perino. "What Representative Al Green did in the midst of the president's speech as our honored guest to the chamber was disrupted. He did it intentionally, as everyone saw. I gave him plenty of warnings and he refused. It was a deliberate action. It needed to be met with swift punishment. That's the tradition of this place to maintain decorum, and so that's what we just did."
"There's a deep and rich tradition here, and it is violated," he continued. "To our understanding and our review of history, that was the first time that any member of Congress has ever had to be removed in the middle of a presidential address, and it's shameful."
There had been circulating among House Republicans to censure Green after the 77-year-old Democrat was removed from Trump's joint address to Congress on Tuesday night for repeatedly disrupting the beginning of the president's speech.
He shouted, "You have no mandate!," at Trump as he touted Republican victories in the House, Senate and White House.
Johnson had Green removed by the U.S. sergeant-at-arms.
when he stopped to speak with the White House press pool on the first floor of the U.S. Capitol after being thrown out of the second floor House chamber, where Trump was speaking.
"I'm willing to suffer whatever punishment is available to me. I didn't say to anyone, 'don't punish me.' I've said I'll accept the punishment," Green said, according to the White House press pool report. "But it's worth it to let people know that there are some of us who are going to stand up against this president's desire to cut Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security."
The censure vote passed on a bipartisan basis Thursday with 10 to censure Green alongside Republicans.
Before the formal censure could be read out, however, Democrats upended proceedings by gathering with the Green and singing "We shall overcome." Johnson was forced to call the House into a recess after failing multiple times to quell the protest.
"They're embarrassed by what happened," Johnson said. "Many of their colleagues, as you know, were holding up signs on the floor and trying to disrupt in other ways. But the leadership, Hakeem Jeffries, to his credit, he's the leader on the Democrat side in the House. He admonished his colleagues before the event and asked them to maintain decorum."
"We have to do that as leaders, and every member should be committed to that as well," he continued. "It brings shame on the institution. It brought shame on them as individuals and on their party. And it's just disgusting to me… I take no pleasure in this."
Democrats have received a swarm of backlash for what the from members of the party during Trump's historic address.
Press secretary Karoline Leavitt addressed the "shameful" conduct during a press briefing on Wednesday, noting many did not applaud a child cancer survivor or acknowledge mothers of children brutally murdered by illegal immigrants.
"Last night was a very clarifying moment for our country," Leavitt said. "The Democrats exposed themselves as the party of insanity and hate, the party that wants to put America last. They've allowed their Trump derangement syndrome to stop them from celebrating America and our people, and we will not allow them to forget that."
Johnson argued the claiming they don't have a leader, vision or direction for the future.
"They're flailing right now, so that's why they resort to these antics," he said. "They want to fight Trump. They want to fight the America First agenda. They want to fight all of us. And so they debase themselves by showing up on the House floor and acting like children. It's sad."
"This is an unfortunate day, and I wish we hadn't had to go down this road."
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kKrQoVyfD9C | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/wife-49ers-star-shares-devastation-after-news-kyle-juszczyk-release-just-rip-out-our-hearts | # NFL free agency: Wife of 49ers star devastated after news of Kyle Juszczyk release: 'Just rip out our hearts'
Claire Kittle was a close friend of Juszczyk and his wife, Kristin
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The opening day of began with some shocking moves and key additions.
For the , the biggest shocker was the news that the organization had informed nine-time Pro Bowl fullback Kyle Juszczyk of their intentions to release him before the start of the league year on Wednesday.
San Francisco 49ers fullback Kyle Juszczyk, #44, talks with running back Christian McCaffrey, #23, on the sideline during the second quarter against the New York Jets at Levi's Stadium on Sept. 9, 2024. (David Gonzales-Imagn Images)
ESPN first reported the news on Monday.
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, #85, celebrates with fullback Kyle Juszczyk, #44, after scoring a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium on Oct. 8, 2023. (Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports)
"Day one juice," Niners tight end who was drafted by San Francisco the same year Juszczyk signed, said in a post on Instagram.
San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle, #85, celebrates with fullback Kyle Juszczyk, #44, after scoring a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys during the third quarter at Levi's Stadium on Oct. 8, 2023. (Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports)
"My brother," running back Christian McCaffrey added in a post of his own.
However, the most vocal following the news was Kittle’s wife, Claire Kittle, who also shared a close relationship with Juszczyk’s wife,
"Just rip out our hearts why don’t you," she said in a post, sharing a photo of the two couples together.
Claire Kittle also shared Juszczyk’s many accolades in the same post, later adding in another, "It’ll never make sense."
Kristin Juszczyk, left, with Claire Kittle prior to the San Francisco 49ers game against the Arizona Cardinals at State Farm Stadium on Jan. 5, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)
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PK4ebd_E3Lq | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/03/bp-green-ambitions-climate-emergency-capitalism | # BP dropping its green ambitions is a travesty. But that’s exactly how capitalism works
### Brett Christophers
Iit would be very easy to be sharply critical of BP, given its sudden volte-face on its environmental commitments. Under pressure from a shareholder, Elliott Management, it has it announced in 2020 and pivoted squarely back to an overwhelming focus on oil and gas.
While easy, it would arguably be unhelpful, and perhaps even misguided. Because viewed in the round, this isn’t really about BP: it’s about capitalism at large, and its inability to respond to the climate crisis in the manner we need.
One thinker who would probably have been somewhat sympathetic to BP is , surprising though that may seem. Marx understood market competition as what he termed a “coercive law”, whereby individual companies are forced to act in certain ways because of their competitors’ behaviour. Competition, he said, compels companies to maximise profits on pain of succumbing to stronger rivals – or, as in the case of BP, to activist shareholders such as Elliott Management.
It stands to reason that BP has refocused on fossil fuels: oil and gas production is simply much than renewable energy. “No capitalist,” , “ever voluntarily introduces a new method of production, no matter how much more productive it may be … so long as it reduces the rate of profit.” He could just as well have been talking about the transition from fossil fuels to renewables. The CEOs of firms such as Exxon have been telling financial markets exactly the same thing for years.
Like it or not, BP doesn’t have the luxury of saying: “Oh, we’ll do something less profitable but better for the planet.” Capitalism chews you up and spits you out if you do that. “Shareholder value” is not a consulting gimmick, or at least not only that; it is a very real disciplinary force.
All of this, to be clear, is not to absolve BP of responsibility. Rather, it is to make a case about how we should understand the problems we face – that is, _not_ as a problem of greedy individual firms, but a system rigged against positive change.
“The problem,” the political economist , “is not that capitalism is a conspiracy of greedy people. The problem is that capitalism, as a way of organising our collective life, does its best to force us to be greedy – and if that is true, then finger-pointing at nasty CEOs and investment bankers may be morally satisfying, but fails to address the problem.” Substitute “greedy firms” for Mann’s “greedy people”, and this was exactly Marx’s point about capitalism and its coercive powers. Private individuals do not make history under conditions of our own choosing, but neither do businesses.
In short, the problem is not BP or indeed any other individual company. The problem is that BP and its fossil-fuel peers operate within a system that _requires_ them to invest and operate in ways that are deleterious to the environment.
In the half-decade after the 2015 UN climate change conference in Paris, European governments briefly talked a good game about taking actions – even up to the – that might actually make fossil-fuel production less profitable in the medium and long term. Hence why BP, Shell and others then started making plans to transition into cleaner energy. They wanted to be ahead of the curve, or at any rate, not too far behind it.
But since 2020, governments have shown that it was in fact just talk. Most notably, they have continued to issue licences for new oil and gas production at near-record rates, despite by experts that such licences are fundamentally incompatible with plans for net zero emissions; Norway alone has issued more than 100 since then. It is this miserable government appeasement that has emboldened BP and the rest to abandon their transition plans. Elliott, the activist shareholder in BP’s case, merely forced the issue; putting Marx’s “coercive law” into practice.
It is entirely within the power and purview of governments to change this situation for the better; either by making fossil fuels less profitable, or by making renewables more profitable, or both. For example, robust carbon taxes would hobble fossil fuels, or more generous electricity tariffs would inflate returns on renewables.
But what is economically straightforward on paper is politically fraught in practice: either of those courses of action would result in the one thing that sitting governments will never actively countenance, especially given the electoral experiences of recent years: namely, inflation.
And so, for now at least, we appear to be stuck. Because it is the crucible of fossil-fuel extraction and combustion, the energy system is at the heart of the climate problem. For as long as it remains beholden to the profit motive, it’s hard to see us resolving our predicament.
In the summer of 2007, Citigroup’s chief executive, Chuck Prince, explained why he was investing in sub-prime mortgages (just prior to them blowing up the global financial system): the sub-prime business was still profitable, and all his competitors were still in the game. “As long as the music is playing,” , “you’ve got to get up and dance. We’re still dancing.”
Two decades on, the music of the hydrocarbons is still playing, and BP is still dancing.
- Brett Christophers is a professor in the Institute for Housing and Urban Research at Sweden’s Uppsala University and author of The Price is Wrong: Why Capitalism Won’t Save the Planet
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Thomas Tuchel has included in his first England squad to capitalise on the forward’s upsurge in form at Aston Villa and try to ensure he does not fall back into the bad habits that undermined his game at Manchester United.
The manager’s other headline selection for the World Cup qualifiers against Albania and Latvia at Wembley was the recall of Jordan Henderson, whom he described as a “big part of the puzzle” for the campaign.
Tuchel has given debut call-ups to Myles Lewis-Skelly and Dan Burn and also picked Jarell Quansah, Reece James and Morgan Rogers. Henderson’s involvement has effectively squeezed out Conor Gallagher, Angel Gomes and Adam Wharton. There was no room for Jack Grealish and Ben White, although Tuchel said the latter was open to an international return after his self-imposed exile.
Rashford endured a frustrating 18-month period at United, his form nose-diving and prompting him last month to go on loan to Villa, where he has shown flashes of his old self. Tuchel offered insight into his man-management when he said he could easily have waited before calling up Rashford, maybe until the June international break, and the player would have been fine with it. But that would have been to miss the opportunity to boost him now.
“I had the feeling that we need to reward him now, we need to feel him, he needs to be close to me, that he does not fall back into old routines,” Tuchel said. “He stepped up his game impressively against the ball. This is the most important point for him – the intensity after ball loss. The tracking back on the side. The sprinting. The hunting down. Making sure you’re in position.
“That he can bully defenders, we know all that … we forgot a little bit about it but we know it. He is a complete package. But at the same time, we want to make sure that he stays on track.”
Rashford won his most recent cap, his 60th, last March and Henderson has not played for England since November 2023. The midfielder took the ill-fated decision to go to Saudi Arabia in the summer of that year and although he moved to Ajax in January 2024, he found himself on the outside looking in when it came to England.
Tuchel is convinced Henderson can still perform at the age of 34, saying he does not “see a slower version or an older version of him”. Moreover, there are Henderson’s leadership skills, his ability to help the talent around him grow.
“I’m not so sure we need 23 outfield players in the World Cup and every one of these players needs to have the intention to be a starter,” Tuchel said. “Once we go to the World Cup we need to identify clearly the roles. We will have a core team who are eager to be starters. We will have a support team, as well. We will have a team who is happy to end matches for us. We will have a group of players who are happy to take care of the values of the team, of the language, of the laughter, the pressure, the intensity, the seriousness.”
Tuchel was asked whether he was aware that Henderson had missed the second leg of Ajax’s Europa League exit against Eintracht Frankfurt on Thursday after being booked in the first leg for swearing at the referee. “I was not aware of that … I thought only Jude is doing that,” he replied, referring to Bellingham’s red card in Real Madrid’s draw against Osasuna in February.
Tuchel plans to go to Saudi Arabia to watch Ivan Toney and the striker’s exclusion was not because he played there. With Ollie Watkins nursing a knee problem and needing to sit it out, Tuchel simply preferred Dominic Solanke to Toney. Also injured are, among others, Trent Alexander-Arnold, John Stones, Harry Maguire, Lewis Hall, Luke Shaw, Kobbie Mainoo, Bukayo Saka and Noni Madueke.
Tuchel spoke about how he wanted to build a spirit of “brotherhood” in the squad and his determination not to copy the leading nation of the moment but to play with a distinctive Premier League style.
“We should be proud enough of the culture and style of English football and the English league to implement this style,” he said. “We have to increase the intensity in our games, the rhythm. I want to have more touches in the opponents’ box. I want to have more ball recoveries in the opponents’ half. I don’t see any reason why we shouldn’t play a high press in the next matches. It’s our job to make it quickly understandable and still give the players the freedom to express themselves.”
On Grealish, who has been in and out of the Manchester City team and in the headlines for his off-the-field behaviour, Tuchel said: “I love Jack. I love everything about him. But lately, he simply has no rhythm. He and I agree 100% with this. He said: ‘Listen Thomas, I’m not a start-stop player. It is so hard for me to influence a match from the bench and then be on the bench again and then two weeks later I start again.’ It’s just a characteristic of Jack. The more he plays the better he gets and then he becomes a proper machine.
“It’s not ideal that he’s in the newspapers and out there in public. We want to have him more calm. No one wants to have this. But this was not the reason for not picking him.”
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No one chronicles love quite like
From the melancholy farewell that grounds "I Will Always Love You" to the dizziness of heartbreak laid bare in "The Grass is Blue," Parton has cemented her place as one of the premier balladeers of the American songbook. But was her real-life love, Carl Dean, an asphalt paver and her loyal cheerleader
For a woman known by her words, Parton stayed fairly mum throughout their That he rarely made any public appearances only grew the mystique around him.
"Carl and I spent many wonderful years together," she wrote in a post announcing his death across her "Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years. Thank you for your prayers and sympathy."
Here's what else Parton has said about Dean over the years, including the comments she made just months before his death.
### How Dolly Parton, Carl Dean met
Parton met Dean when she was 18 years old, shortly after moving to Nashville to pursue her music career. He spotted her while she was leaving the Wishy Washy Laundromat, and the rest is history.
"We did start talking and he did go back in the laundromat with me," Parton said in on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson."
"Anyway, we met at the Wishy Washy and in all honesty it's been wishy washy ever since," she said.
"If I had it to do all over, I'd do it all over again," Parton wrote in
Dolly Parton's husband, in "Dolly's Greatest Songs." "I'm sorry, something went wrong. Please try again."
### Dolly Parton's 'normal' life together
"On weekends my husband and I always have pancakes or waffles," of her and Dean's breakfast ritual, "All those things are comfort foods to me ... How much comfort you want is how much of it you eat."
That image, of a normal couple sharing Sunday brunch together, is indicative of how Parton portrayed her and Dean's lasting bond.
"Carl and I spent many wonderful years together," in 2024 of her and Dean's marriage. "I stay gone … and there's a lot of truth in that − the fact that we're not in each other's faces all the time," she joked.
And just like any couple, despite the glitz and glam of Parton's stage life, she planned to put it all aside if Dean "needed" her.
"I would only retire if I was ill or if my husband was ill and needed me," Parton told USA TODAY in 2024. "That'd be the only thing that would make me pull back."
### How Parton, Dean cultivated a lasting love
Parton, who has become an elder stateswoman of country and pop, has advised that her long-lasting relationship worked because of shared humor and space from one another.
She spoke candidly about her marriage to Dean in comments released three months before his death.
"He's quiet and I'm loud, and we're funny,” Parton said of Dean in the December episode of "Dumb Blonde" podcast. "I think one of the things that's made it last so long through the years is that we love each other (and) we respect each other, but we have a lot of fun.
"Anytime (there's) too much tension going on, either one of us can like, find a joke about it to really break the tension," she continued. "We never fought back and forth. (He) would just run like a scalded dog. If somebody said, 'Are you Carl Dean? Can you answer a few questions?' 'No, I don't answer questions,'" the singer , part of the USA TODAY Network.
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*Tony Bartholomew*
*The Rotunda Museum in Scarborough was the country's first purpose-built museum*
The running of Scarborough's museums and galleries could be handed back to a council after being operated by a charity for two decades.
Scarborough Art Gallery, the Rotunda Museum, and Woodend Gallery and Studios and their collections are owned by North Yorkshire Council, but since 2005 their day-to-day management has been handled by Scarborough Museums Creative and Cultural Trust (SMCCT).
However, the trust said that arrangement was no longer viable and had asked the council to explore if it could take over their running.
Sally Gorham, SMCCT chair, said: "With the economic pressures facing the trust, we believe handing the service back to the council offers the best guarantee for the future."
Options to be discussed by councillors later this month included incorporating the running and management of the museums and galleries into the council's wider culture and archives service, according to North Yorkshire Council.
It was estimated the move could provide annual savings of more than £50,000, with support service and management costs reduced, a council spokesperson said.
Museums and galleries in Harrogate and Skipton, including Craven Museum and the Royal Pump Room, are among the award-winning cultural sites already run by the authority.
Ms Gorham said: "All the trustees have been impressed by North Yorkshire Council's commitment to arts and culture."
*Tony Bartholomew*
*Bringing the running of sites such as Scarborough Art Gallery in-house could save taxpayers money, the council said*
Simon Myers, the council's executive member for culture and arts, said Scarborough's museums and galleries were "cultural assets enjoyed by local communities and visitors".
"It is vital we do everything we can to protect and enhance these assets, as well as their collections and the displays on show," he said.
Myers added that if the move went ahead, it would present an opportunity to "save taxpayers money and protect the future of the town's museums and galleries".
An alternative proposal for the running of the venues could see the council provide additional financial and management support to SMCCT.
North Yorkshire Council officers were continuing to work alongside the charity and its staff during the period of decision-making, the council spokesperson said.
A report to be considered by councillors also identified that, to allow necessary repairs to be completed, the Rotunda Museum could be temporarily closed at some point in the next year.
The future running of the museums is due to be discussed by members of the council's executive on Tuesday 18 March.
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slammed "pitiful" rumors pushed by the media about Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Elon Musk feuding.
"Everybody is on board with President Trump's mission and DOGE's mission to identify this waste and fraud, to be good stewards of the American taxpayers' money, and both Elon and Marco are doing an incredible job in their respective roles, and that's true of everybody in President Trump's cabinet," Leavitt said Sunday on "Fox & Friends Weekend."
"He has really put together an extraordinary team, and I think it's pitiful that the mainstream media is working overtime to try to divide President Trump from Elon and from other members of his cabinet, but their attempts are failing. Everybody is working as one team towards one goal, and it's to make America great again," she added.
that on Thursday, DOGE lead Musk clashed with Rubio behind closed doors during a cabinet meeting.
According to The Times, Rubio fired back, insisting that the more than 1,500 State Department officials who took Trump's buyout offers should be considered layoffs.
Trump has dismissed reports of the spat and even smacked down NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez's question about the issue in the Oval Office on Friday, for bringing up the topic during an executive order signing to create the White House
Leavitt, on Sunday, confirmed that "no such feud" exists, adding that "all is well" between Rubio and Musk.
"The meeting was highly productive," she added. "It was an open dialogue and discussion, which is exactly what the president's team should be doing, engaging with one another to implement the president's goals."
Marco Rubio and Elon Musk were rumored to have feuded behind closed doors at a recent Trump cabinet meeting. (EVELYN HOCKSTEIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (left)/ Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images/Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (Right))
Rumors swirled after reporting from The New York Times that on Thursday, DOGE lead Musk clashed with Rubio behind closed doors during a cabinet meeting because Rubio had allegedly not fired enough people in USAID.
According to The Times, Rubio fired back, insisting that the more than 1,500 State Department officials who took Trump's buyout offers should be considered layoffs.
Trump has dismissed reports of the spat and even smacked down NBC News' Gabe Gutierrez's question about the issue in the Oval Office on Friday, for bringing up the topic during an executive order signing to create the White House
Leavitt, on Sunday, confirmed that "no such feud" exists, adding that "all is well" between Rubio and Musk.
"The meeting was highly productive," she added. "It was an open dialogue and discussion, which is exactly what the president's team should be doing, engaging with one another to implement the president's goals."
Former White House chief information officer Theresa Payton discusses President Donald Trump's evolving dynamic with his Cabinet members and her reaction to Army soldiers reportedly trying to sell sensitive military information to China.
_Fox News' Rachel del Guidice contributed to this report._
Taylor Penley is an associate editor with Fox News.
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ClGaldY38zv | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/03/philip-billing-bournemouth-backup-napoli-hero-serie-a-title-clash | # Philip Billing goes from Bournemouth backup to Napoli hero in title clash
## Serie A
### Philip Billing goes from Bournemouth backup to Napoli hero in title clash | Nicky Bandini
Billy Gilmour or Philip Billing? That was the dilemma facing Antonio Conte for a season-defining fixture: his second-placed Napoli taking on the Inter side who had just overtaken them with 12 rounds to go. Should he trust in a midfielder who had started only five games since arriving from Brighton last summer, or one who spent the first half of this season as a backup at Bournemouth?
“I’ve been thinking about it all week,” Conte said with a chuckle at his pre-game press conference, “and I still have 24 more hours to decide.”
Billing had made his debut one week before, playing the first hour of a 2-1 defeat by Como, having joined on loan in January. Subbed off while the score was still level, he was one of his team’s better performers. “I’m happy he had the chance,” Conte added. “When you miss the start of a season with a new team you can find yourself in difficulty with new methods and tactics … but after Como I have no reservations about using him.”
In the end, he still went with the familiar face against Inter: deploying Gilmour alongside Stanislav Lobotka and Scott McTominay in a midfield three. What does it say about Serie A that the choices for such a high-profile fixture should revolve around players who could not count on starting every game for mid-table teams in the Premier League?
It is a fair question to ask, and one that may feel even more relevant after the disastrous performance of Italian sides in the Champions League’s new playoff round. , were all eliminated last month in ties for which they had been presumed favourites.
The answer has more layers than we can cover here. At a most basic level, this is simple economics: a reflection of the vast gulf in spending power. The combined value of the Premier League’s domestic and international TV rights deals (which will rise to €3.71bn (£3.06bn) from 2025-26) is almost three times that of their Serie A equivalents (€1.3bn).
It is a gap that only keeps widening, exacerbated by countless self-inflicted wounds. Conversations about the need to renovate or replace outdated, council-owned stadiums have dragged on for decades. Serie A’s lack of urgency in locking down international broadcast deals has likewise been exasperating. A renewal with CBS/Paramount+ for the US rights was not secured until mid-July, while OneFootball started streaming every game in England only after the season had already begun.
Billy Gilmour started the match ahead of Philip Billing. Photograph: Franco Romano/Shutterstock
There are plenty who would argue that the football itself has become less attractive, blaming a cultural obsession with tactics for producing low-tempo games. “Italian football goes slowly. Too slowly,” Fabio Capello said in October. “We need to do something more.”
All valid arguments, and none of them new. as long ago as 2009, when no Serie A sides reached the quarter-finals of the Champions League. A year later Inter won the treble, but no Italian side has claimed European club football’s biggest prize since.
There is a tendency towards the apocalyptic in these discussions. We may remind ourselves that , beating Liverpool along the way and clobbering Bayer Leverkusen’s “Invincibles” in the final. Italian clubs performed well enough across the board to earn a fifth Champions League spot.
A little nuance goes a long way. That McTominay has become indispensable to a Napoli side fighting for the title likely does say something about the relative strengths of the Premier League and Serie A. But it also speaks to the work done by Conte, who has prized the player’s line-breaking talents and drilled tactics that give him the best chance to thrive.
Gilmour has had a more mixed experience, losing favour after an encouraging start. In part that reflects on the consistent excellence of Lobotka, who has once more locked down his spot as Napoli’s metronome. Still, the Scotsman’s scarce involvement had become a hot topic for local media in recent weeks. To re-enter the starting lineup for such a pivotal game at the Stadio Maradona showed he cannot have lost Conte’s faith altogether.
The game began cagily, reflecting recent crises of confidence for both teams. Napoli’s loss to Como came on the heels of three consecutive draws. Inter overtook them by beating Genoa last time out, but before that they had lost two out of three.
A magnificent free-kick from Federico Dimarco, whipped into the top-left corner, gave Inter the lead and snapped Napoli out of their trepidation. The Partenopei threatened to equalise quickly, Gilmour sending Romelu Lukaku through on goal with an angled ball over the Inter defence. The Belgian missed narrowly, hooking his first-time volley into the side netting, then had another point-blank effort blocked by Alessandro Bastoni.
Federico Dimarco gave Inter the lead, but they were second best for much of the game. Photograph: Felice De Martino/Shutterstock
Napoli only came on stronger after the interval, pressing Inter higher up the pitch. But the longer the game went, the more it felt as if this would not be their day. After Gilmour had a shot blocked from a Lukaku lay-off, McTominay blasted through a gap in the crowd, but Inter’s goalkeeper Josep Martínez was waiting behind the melee.
Billing eased into freshly vacated space by the penalty spot. Lobotka found him. After having an initial left-footed shot blocked by Martínez, Billing buried the rebound on his right before being buried under a pile of his teammates. In the stands of the Stadio Maradona, TV cameras picked out a fan who had come to the game of the Danish midfielder above the words “If you want I’ll score too”.
Napoli nearly won the game in injury time, Martínez falling gratefully on a shot from Cyril Ngonge that deflected kindly for the goalkeeper as it flew through Denzel Dumfries’s legs. , leaving both teams to wonder whether they ought to feel pleased with a point hard-earned or frustrated to have narrowly missed out on all three.
Federico Dimarco gave Inter the lead, but they were second best for much of the game. Photograph: Felice De Martino/Shutterstock
The draw, combined with Atalanta’s goalless stalemate against Venezia earlier on Saturday, ensured Inter would end the round in first place. This, though, was another underwhelming performance against a direct rival. The defending champions have won only one game all season against a current member of the top four, and that (against Atalanta) was all the way back in August.
There was more in the performance for Conte to feel good about. Although they started slow, Napoli had been relentless in pursuing their equaliser. To have it scored by a new arrival could boost the morale of a side whose creative potential has been heavily dented by injuries to André-Frank Zambo Anguissa and David Neres, as well as the January sale of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
For much of this season Conte has shied away from title talk, reminding reporters frequently that the team he inherited last summer had just finished 10th in Serie A. He continued to dance around explicit references to the Scudetto on Saturday, but his tone had unmistakably shifted. “We need to take responsibility,” he said. “If we want to, we can.”
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Performers can fight cynicism in age of Trump, says Nicola Benedetti as she announces 2025 programme
**Contributor:** Severin Carrell, Scotland editor
**Date:** Thu 13 Mar 2025 08.00 EDT
**Last modified:** Thu 13 Mar 2025 09.11 EDT
Musicians and artists should challenge disinformation and cynicism in global politics by standing up for fundamental truths, the violinist Nicola Benedetti has said.
**Benedetti, the director of the international festival, said the arts played an essential role during periods of turmoil by showing the best of human achievement.**
Speaking after the launch, Benedetti acknowledged she was referring to the crises that have erupted since Donald Trump resumed the US presidency. “There’s no point downplaying the presence of the United States . Everyone is watching and there are huge tectonic shifts and enormous questions facing leadership and political leadership at the moment,” she said.
“But we have an advantage with the arts in that we can speak that language of allegory. We can speak to both pertinent and timeless issues at once, now is the time to double down on exactly that.”
The opening event features a marathon eight-hour performance at the Usher Hall of Sir John Tavener’s religious song cycle The Veil of the Temple, which Benedetti said spoke to the role religious belief played in illuminating universal truths.
**Figures in Extinction**
Nederlands Dans Theater explores humanity’s destructive impact on the world through soundscapes, dialogue and dance.
**Make it happen**
Brian Cox plays the ghost of Adam Smith in a satire about Royal Bank of Scotland’s role in the 2008 banking crisis, in a show by National Theatre of and Dundee Rep.
**The Veil of the Temple**
Sir John Tavener’s eight-hour choral work involves 250 singers and features the Monteverdi choir, the National Youth Orchestra and .
**Mary Queen of Scots**
This Scottish Ballet premiere from the choreographer Sophie Laplane fuses a punk aesthetic with renaissance power politics in a story about the conflict between Mary and Queen Elizabeth I.
**Orpheus and Eurydice**
Australian opera companies along with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra and the modern circus company Circa present an acrobatic “ancient tale of love, lust and loss”.
This year’s festival would be smaller than previous years, Benedetti said, because of funding cuts, with contemporary music and opera pared back.
Speaking in January, Benedetti expressed alarm about the in government and philanthropic funding. But she said a subsequent award to the festival of £11.75m over the next three years, part of a £200m nationwide funding package from Creative Scotland, was “pivotal”.
She said she hoped three-year funding pledges would be honoured. “You have to proceed with a level of confidence and plan ambitiously, but you also hope for a level of non-partisan integrity around promises made,” she said.
The Edinburgh international festival runs from 1 to 25 August and tickets go on general sale on 27 March via .
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aQ-DDVbxkvh | https://www.theguardian.com/wellness/ng-interactive/2025/mar/06/grief-dungeons-dragons-fantasy | # How Dungeons & Dragons helped my siblings and me grieve our father’s death
The idea of being present with your grief might evoke virtuous images of letting ashes blow in the wind like dandelion seeds, days spent flipping through family photo albums or crossing the finish line of a charity run in honor of your person. Grief at different times in your journey might look like all those things to you.
Perhaps your life might call for you to find the off switch. Or if there’s not one to be found, to turn the volume up on something else in your life to drown out the noise that all this grappling with death can stir up. Fantasy football. National politics. FBoy Island.
You might be relieved to get this permission to turn away. You might be doubly relieved to hear that it’s not just self-help conjecture but backed by some field-changing psychology research led by the scholars Margaret Stroebe and Henk Schut.
Their theory, known as the dual-process model of coping with bereavement, is rooted in the observation that in grief we oscillate between two different modes of being: one where we are actively working through the real-life stressors of losing someone (like cleaning out our dead cousin’s dorm room), and another where we’re seeking a break from grief, even actively avoiding having to deal. As Stroebe and Schut argue, the second mode isn’t some kind of failure. It’s a critical part of how we learn to live with our loss.
This likely feels intuitively true to you. Some days you’re vibrating with all the feelings and looking for better ways to find meaning with what’s happened, and some days you’re absolutely wrecked. When we can find ways to healthfully escape, oftentimes that is paradoxically where we can also find the heart of our healing. Escaping is just as much the work of grief as is weeping.
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For my sibling Claire (they/them), their escape came in the form of fantasy worlds. Claire was a fan of fantastical worlds long before our dad died. When other students at their Catholic school dressed up as cheerleaders and football players on Halloween, they opted for a spooky werewolf mask and didn’t take it off all day. While other kids spent summers in mesh scrimmage vests at soccer camp, Claire preferred a chain-mail overshirt worn to the local ren faire, where they learned how to shoot a bullseye with a bow and arrow, and developed a taste for mead.
AD, or “after our dad’s death”, fantastical worlds became an even bigger refuge for Claire. Yet Tolkien novels had finite pages, and Star Trek made only so many episodes of the original season. Fan fiction forums, where fellow lovers of far-out worlds could elaborate on characters and themes, allowed Claire a never-ending supply of their favorite escape.
Whether reading, or writing, Claire was hooked. I asked Claire later if this was smutty stuff, assuming the lure was tied up in the potential erotic tension between Star Trek’s Spock and Captain Kirk. But it wasn’t that. “Writing about how my favorite characters dealt with situations that mirrored my own – whether it was my first breakup, or Dad dying, gave me a way to experiment with my own choice and response,” they told me.
When Claire first played Dungeons & Dragons, the cult-classic tabletop game from the 1970s, they were pulled in by the way one game could go in an infinite number of directions. The premise is simple, the outcomes limitless. You play with a board and dice and set characters to navigate a plot narrated by the Dungeon Master, a role of container-setter and conversation engine. What Claire loved about D&D was the expansiveness of the worlds, the characters, the storylines. Anything could happen. Anything might.
A game of D&D represents a shared experience with at least three other humans at the table who are all open to improvising, listening and responding. The game requires its players to lean on one another, to hold a shared image of an imagined world in their mind’s eye, and to decide how to navigate conflict together. Whether the conflict on the board was directly related to navigating a death, or simply a way to weave a social safety net more tightly between a group of players, it was through these unseen worlds that Claire found their most solid footing in grief.
After hearing stories told of Claire’s fantastical favorites, our brother José and I asked to join in. Without our dad in his family role of initiating time together, it was up to us kids to find time to connect. A weird silver lining meant that instead of doing the yacht-rock activities he enjoyed– unnecessarily long walks, alphabetizing his CDs, washing his car in the driveway – we now got to take turns picking the agenda.
I had moved from Los Angeles out to the Mojave desert, and my siblings came to stay with me for the weekend. But our real destination? The Lost Mines of Phandelver, a day’s walk outside the town of Phandalin, where a few good townsmen had gone missing, or so posited Claire, our Dungeon Master. We named characters, defined our skills and blew good luck breath on the litany of dice.
It was the first time we were dedicating a day to play together since our dad died, and it felt radical. We opted out of the default conversations of sibling time: catching up on work and relationships, shooting the shit about movies we had seen, venting about family dynamics, all topics inevitably circling the newly gaping hole at the center of our world. Instead, we played in this imaginary world where anything was possible and nothing off limits, and it was surprisingly liberating. That weekend, we weren’t just three grieving siblings. Two of us were crusaders, an orc and a druid, attempting to rescue strangers from goblins, and one of us was a Dungeon Master, keeping score.
After hours of campaigning inside, splayed on the floor amid a litter of note pads, chip bags and seltzer cans, we would move the game outside in the evening. All was quiet except for the occasional heckle of coyotes hunting cottontail in the darkness behind my house. The wind rustled the sprawl of character sheets in front of us, breezing through the inky darkness all around. We had laughed so hard together at the absurdity and ridiculousness of getting into character, bizarro accents and all. And then we were laughing about the situations we were in, why José had decided to blow up the bridge we were meant to walk over in a moment of revelry with his fireball powers.
This weekend everything was possible. Casting spells to bring someone back from the brink of death, an actual option. The road ahead was as clear as a single call to adventure.
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That first D&D campaign blew my mind. The conversations we ended up having in the game, as our characters, felt deeper and more present than the default conversation of those days, even if the subject matter was which spell I could invoke to turn leaves into razor blades, or the number of ale casks José could carry on his back, or what the characters that Claire seamlessly morphed into as our Dungeon Master, with different accents and shifts in body language, had to tell us about our campaign.
There were times since our dad died where the three of us would have opposite responses to the same situation: whether we thought our dad should be buried or cremated (he had died without ever voicing his requests); whether we should encourage our stepmom to get rid of his clothes in the closet, or sweetly smile at the lines of suit jackets that gave her comfort. While we were siblings, we were very different people, and had very distinct relationships with our dad. The uniqueness of how we knew him impacted how we each experienced his passing. We didn’t always understand each other.
Our day-to-day selves and our alternate-reality selves had all sat down to dinner, and we were closer for it
In the tenderness of grief, our inherent differences were confusing, and sometimes unintentionally hurtful. But in this role-playing world, we were able to be explicit about our preferences. And having a diversity of skills on the team actually helped, not hindered, the quest.
Once we finally snapped out of the Mines of Phandelver and drove to our neighborhood saloon for burgers and beers, I noticed that we could be with each other a little bit differently. By spending the afternoon not talking about the normal swirl we usually landed on, we were able to get to know one another in new ways. Sitting in a booth, stealing fries from each other’s plates, we had gone from three siblings to a party of six. Our day-to-day selves and our alternate-reality selves had all sat down to dinner, and we were closer for it.
Gandalf gets taken out on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, at the hands of a Balrog. Mufasa, by a wildebeest stampede incited by his enemy Scar. Yoda, in his bed, at 900 years of old age. Our father, at home in San Francisco, brain cancer. Each fantastical epic has a storyline where the father figure dies. According to the mythologist Joseph Campbell, it’s almost a prerequisite to beginning a process of becoming. And in those nights together, our father dying felt less like the ending of a tragic tale, and more like the beginning of an adventure we were embarking on together, fears and flaws and freakouts and all.
Fantasy realms offer us both a place to escape and an alternate reality to inhabit when our own is too intense, too boring, too heartbroken. But also, once we’re there, it can help us approach our healing from a new angle, experimenting with new neural pathways and narratives in a lower-stakes setting.
Liam O’Brien of Critical Role, a livestreamed Dungeons & Dragons game played by professional voice actors who’ve turned a tabletop game into a spectator sport, has cracked this open. In the months following his mother’s passing, O’Brien spoke bravely about the way that his table became the linchpin in his grief process on X. For Liam, incorporating the themes he was grappling with into the game itself became a powerful tool in processing his grief.
He : “In the weeks following her passing, I felt pretty swallowed up by loss, but spending time with my trusted friends every week, exploring the very thing that I was haunted by … taught me volumes. Sometimes art is just entertainment. But it’s often much more.”
When my siblings and I were playing Dungeons and Dragons, we felt unhinged from the rigidity of responsibilities in life, of caretaking, of hard conversations, of figuring out how to father ourselves. In our anchorlessness, we were finding a new kind of way to be present, and through our presence, be both together and be free.
* Carla Fernandez is a facilitator, writer and community strategist exploring circles of care and collective action.
* Excerpted from by Carla Fernandez. Copyright © 2025 by Carla Fernandez. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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KsJ_FtB-10Q | https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/mar/13/the-end-of-the-ayoreo-the-race-to-find-proof-that-paraguays-uncontacted-people-exist | # The end of the Ayoreo? The race to find proof that Paraguay’s uncontacted people exist
A vast ranch in the country’s Chaco region is quietly deforesting a huge swath of land. Indigenous people say this could be deadly for their isolated relatives but others say there is no evidence that anyone lives there.
signs of human occupation been identified.”
He said any sighting of uncontacted people within Faro Moro “would be considered extraordinary and exceptional, and without doubt would have been reported to management and spread throughout the whole region”.
Citing client confidentiality, Cramer declined to confirm who owns Faro Moro. But he revealed that leadership positions within Hekopora are occupied by AgrInvest, an agricultural investment and management firm with offices in Hamburg, Germany and a portfolio of 13 ranches across Paraguay, adding to growing concerns over rich nations exporting biodiversity loss.
Dr Jeffrey Thompson, who studies jaguars and their prey with Conacyt, says he conducted research at Faro Moro for several years starting in 2017, including operating more than 200 camera traps for four months. He lamented the large-scale licensed deforestation “from the perspective of habitat loss”.
But Thompson says he had seen no evidence of isolated groups, and that neither the ranch’s then-owner, employees, nor neighbouring communities had mentioned them. “I don’t think there are uncontacted Indigenous people there,” he says.
Yet according to Iniciativa Amotocodie, Faro Moro is the central link in a between the PNCAT, an Ayoreo reserve, and the dense forest along the border with Bolivia. If this fragile chain of tree cover is broken, Ayoreo groups that range widely in search of sustenance could perish, or be forced to leave the forest, says the NGO.
> We’re still in the era of feudalism, where the lord does what he wants with his property and whatever’s in it
Marilina Marichal, lawyer
Those that survive this process – the most recent contact was in 2004 – are “always kept on the margins” of modern society, left dependent on Mennonite, Paraguayan and Brazilian landlords for work, says Miguel Alarcón, the NGO’s coordinator. “So much is lost,” he adds. “It’s the annihilation of a culture and a way of life.”
In February, the International Working Group on Indigenous Peoples Living in Voluntary Isolation (GTI-PIACI), a coalition of native organisations from across South America, warned that uncontacted Ayoreo at Faro Moro face an “alarming risk of contact and genocide”.
Last May, Ayoreo communities went before a judge in the Mennonite colony of Filadelfia, about 80km (50 miles) south, in search of an urgent court order to halt the deforestation. The court ruled against them. Appeals have since been rejected. They are now preparing to take the case before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, says Marilina Marichal, a lawyer representing the Ayoreo.
International treaties legally bind Paraguay – and its own constitution – to protect , she argues. But in practice, “we’re still in the era of feudalism, where the lord does what he wants with his property and whatever’s in it”.
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The threats to the Ayoreo and their forest home are mounting. The , a new highway for agribusiness bisecting the Chaco, due to be completed in 2026, will ramp up road traffic and ranching activity – and .
, the mineral crucial for smartphones, datacentres and electric vehicles, also linked to , Bolivia and Chile.
Years of drought – – have left the Chaco’s vegetation prone to raging wildfires. One such blaze, started on deforested ranch land in September, .
Yet Paraguay’s farming groups and many Mennonites dispute the scientific . They also defend the cattle industry as bringing growth to an isolated region of one of South America’s poorest countries. Top destinations for Paraguayan beef – with – include Chile, Taiwan, Brazil, Israel, the US and Russia.
The Paraguayan Rural Association claims that reports of uncontacted people at Faro Moro . Werner Schroeder, 57, a Mennonite lawyer and the ranching lobby group’s regional president, assisted Faro Moro’s defence in the lawsuit. He has never visited the property, but he thinks it is “99.9% impossible” that uncontacted Ayoreo live there.
“We should exist somehow," says Schroeder. “They haven’t even shown us a photo.” He claims that witnesses who testified before the court that they had seen “wild people” had imagined it, or been coached.
“Who is behind this?” he asks. “Why do they want to put a brake on development?”
He complains that ranchers’ margins are being squeezed by Europe’s “extremist” environmental standards and punishing drought, although he maintains that humans contribute “little or nothing” to global heating.
Two-thirds of , three times the national average. Schroeder argues that they enjoy “excessive” privileges, suggesting they should have to choose between Indigenous status and the right to vote. “The Indigenous are our neighbours, and we’ll have to live with them,” he concedes. “They need us.”
Another Mennonite argues that the Chaco is at a crisis point but differs profoundly on the way forward. Riky Unger, 53, is the high school principal in the colony of Neuland.
The tall biologist and theologian in a tweed jacket and jeans is unpopular with his peers for several reasons: he’s divorced, believes in human-made climate change, encourages his students to question their elders and recently awarded a scholarship to an Indigenous Nivaclé girl.
Unger is also scathing about Mennonite claims to have brought Christian values such as humility and respect for God’s creation to the Chaco. His people, he argues, “are extremely hard working, they’re well-organised, but they’re also hypocrites”.
Hunting down and forcibly evangelising the Chaco’s pre-existing cultures “was the greatest error we ever made,” he continues. “We complain that the natives don’t want to work and can’t support themselves. But what did we do? We took their identity away.”
Unger says a century after the Mennonites arrived, they urgently needed to preserve what was left of the Chaco and reach a new understanding with those who were there first. “The first step,” he says, “is to ask for their forgiveness and admit that we’ve done wrong.”
Iquebi, the formerly enslaved Ayoreo elder, thinks the reckoning should extend more widely. “The Paraguayan government doesn’t protect the lives of Indigenous people in general, much less the Ayoreo,” he argues. “They should send an official, an authority, to see our needs and concerns.”
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If deforestation continues, and the forced contacts that marked his childhood are repeated, Iquebi warns: “that will be the end of the Ayoreo.”
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V6wuh0WRErK | https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/10/trump-vance-putin | # JD Vance’s cousin says vice-president and Trump are ‘useful idiots’ to Putin
Nate Vance reportedly spent three years trying to help Ukraine repel Russian troops and has been alarmed by his cousin’s remarks.
After voluntarily fighting in Ukraine to defend it from Russia’s invasion, and as the White House halts Ukrainian military aid, 's first cousin has called the vice-president and “useful idiots” to the Russian dictator, .
Nate Vance’s comments to France’s came after he reportedly spent three years volunteering to try to help Ukraine repel Russian troops as part of the so-called Da Vinci Wolves first motorized battalion.
The remarks also amounted to a notable reaction to the of Trump, JD Vance and , Ukraine’s president, in the Oval Office on 28 February that left an economic rare earth minerals deal between Ukraine and the US unsigned. During that confrontation, Vance accused Zelenskyy of disrespecting the US, leading “propaganda tours” of the destruction resulting from Russia’s invasion – and of being ungrateful for American aid to Ukraine after it was first invaded by Putin’s troops while Joe Biden was in the White House in February 2022.
“Donald Trump and my cousin clearly believe they can placate ,” Nate Vance said to Le Figaro, as translated by Google. Invoking a moniker historically often applied to people who are taken advantage of by ruthless political leaders, Nate Vance continued: “They are wrong. The Russians are not about to forget our support for Ukraine. We are Vladimir Putin’s useful idiots.”
Nate Vance also contended that the diplomatic breakdown – which occurred after Zelenskyy sought to attach US security guarantees to the minerals pact – was “an ambush of absolute bad faith”.
“When he criticized aid to , I told myself that it was because he had to please a certain electorate, that it was a game of politics,” Nate Vance said.
Nate Vance specifically took aim at JD Vance’s remarks to Zelenskyy that Vance had “watched and seen … stories” justifying his distrust of Ukraine and its president.
“I thought I was going to choke,” Nate Vance reportedly added. “His own cousin was on the frontlines. I could have told him the truth, without personal interest. He never tried to find out more.”
He said he subsequently left messages for the vice-president at his office, but none had been returned. Nate Vance also recounted how he did not want to risk being captured after Trump won a second presidency in November with JD Vance – who was previously one of Ohio’s US senators – as his running mate. So he said he returned to the US in January, shortly before JD Vance took office as Trump’s vice-president.
Nate Vance’s father is the brother of JD Vance’s mother. He described having previously vacationed with the vice-president. The cousins each also previously served in the US marines.
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X8RWeIIMvdT | https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/03/navy-ship-on-rescue-mission-for-stranded-ocean-rower-aurimas-mockus-off-australias-east-coast | # Ocean rower Aurimas Mockus stranded by cyclone off Australia’s east coast safely rescued
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A Lithuanian rower has been rescued off the coast after he was caught in a tropical cyclone’s 130km/h winds and monster waves.
Aurimas Mockus ran into trouble about 740km east of Mackay while attempting a 12,000km Pacific Ocean crossing from San Diego to in his solo rowing boat.
A rowing boat capsized, leaving him clinging naked to the hull for about 14 hours before he was rescued by a cruise ship that made a 200km detour.
In a statement, V Adm Justin Jones, chief of joint operations, said the solo sailor had been rescued and was “safely onboard HMAS Choules undergoing a medical assessment”.
Mockus was expected to return to Sydney’s Garden Island naval base with the ship.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority, which led the search-and-rescue effort, confirmed that Mockus was on his way back to Australian shores after a two-day wait in the turbulent ocean waters due to .
On Monday afternoon, an Amsa spokesperson said that, because of “highly unfavourable sea conditions,” Mockus’s rowing boat could not be recovered except for two oars and some personal items.
Mockus late on Friday as Tropical Cyclone Alfred sent strong winds and heavy seas his way.
A search and rescue mission began with a Cairns-based Challenger jet sent to find the rower failing to spot Mockus on Saturday but it did make contact with the tired rower.
The Australian Maritime Safety Authority communicated with him via the rescue aircraft through an interpreter on Sunday.
A statement from Mockus’s shore team on Sunday night confirmed Mockus was not injured.
“According to the traveller, he has not suffered any serious injuries, is shovelling water from the boat and is asking for help as soon as possible.”
But the team said the situation was “stable and under control”. “Direct communication with the rescuers is maintained at all times.”
Mockus and was days away from reaching his final destination after rowing about 70 nautical miles a day. He was bracing for the “maximum power” of the cyclone on Thursday, saying he just needed to survive the next two days.
Weather conditions later eased but the Coral Sea was still within the category-two cyclone’s influence on Sunday, with winds up to 100km/h and five- to seven-metre seas, Amsa reported.
Brit Peter Bird was the first in 1983, followed by countryman John Beeden in 2015 and Australian Michelle Lee in 2023.
Fellow Australian Tom Robinson, who was attempting to become the youngest to accomplish the feat, albeit with a break in the Cook Islands, spent 265 days at sea before he was rescued off Vanuatu in 2023.
The 24-year-old Queenslander’s rowboat capsized, leaving him clinging naked to the hull for about 14 hours before he was rescued by a cruise ship that made a 200km detour.
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PlB8G7xhFXO | https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/mar/09/how-relearning-the-tango-taught-me-the-steps-to-recover-from-trauma | # How relearning the tango taught me the steps to recover from trauma
After suffering a violent attack in Buenos Aires, the writer rediscovered her love of dance.
## Dance can be life-changing – it’s a lesson we learn every year on _Strictly Come Dancing_, but it bears repeating.
Last year’s winner, comedian Chris McCausland, the show’s first blind celebrity, defied expectations and changed people’s attitude to his disability, while 80-year-old presenter Angela Rippon demonstrated in 2023 that age is no barrier to dancing.
Over my two decades as a dance writer, I’ve tried a little of everything – ballet, ballroom, even breaking, but nothing has moved me like the Argentine tango. And I’m not talking about the version you see on _Strictly_ – that’s the choreographed stage tango, with dancers kicking up their legs in performative tricks; few of us ever get to do that – but rather, the social dance style.
One of the theories about the word “tango” is that it comes from the Bantu African word for drum, _tambor_. Enslaved people were among the first to dance candombe, one of the forebears of tango, in South America. It’s a dance with a trance-like quality, which is also true of tango: at _milongas_, or social dances, couples glide anticlockwise around the room in an almost meditative state.
There was a lot of European influence on tango’s development, too. In the late 1800s, a large number of young men arrived from Spain, Italy and Germany to build Argentina’s railways. They were homesick, congregating in bars, gambling houses and brothels, where they listened and danced to the mournful _bandoneón_, a type of concertina that arrived with the German immigrants.
Tango gave them comfort, a sense of connection, at a time when they were missing their homes and the touch of their families; its melancholic music reflects that sense of longing. And the tango embrace, the _abrazo_, is the same word in Spanish for a hug. In my latest novel, I wanted tango to have a starring role. The novel has a dual timeline – one strand follows the story of a young dancer who uses her ballroom partnership to work for the Resistance in occupied Paris during the Second World War.
In the present day, my young protagonist, Miriam, explores the dance classes and ballrooms of New York and finds that tango, in the wake of a loss, is the dance that most speaks to her.
My very first encounter with tango, two decades ago, when I was 25, was a bit of a disaster. I’d gone to watch a tango show with an Argentinian friend in Mendoza, in western Argentina. In a room full of middle-aged Chileans and Argentinians, my friend made the mistake of revealing that I was from the UK, or more specifically, Pais de Gales, Wales. The compère was overjoyed at the discovery.
“This is Nicola,” he announced to the room. “She’s from Wales and she’s going to show us how to dance the tango.” A sea of expectant faces turned in my direction. I’d seen tango before, but I had yet to dance a step and I was reasonably sure I didn’t want my first lesson to take place in front of a roomful of strangers.
“No puedo,” I muttered – or yelled, actually – to make myself heard above the clapping and murmurs of encouragement. The whole room looked disappointed.
Clearly, I decided, I was going to need to do better. Shortly after “death by tango”, I took myself off for a lesson. By the end of that first session, I was hooked. Something about the tango moved me. I’ve heard it said that it’s the only dance in the world that’s not about joy. And even as a relatively young person I understood sorrow. My beloved father died when I was 11 and his loss left me with a lifetime of yearning ahead of me.
### Before long, I did what any wannabe tanguera does: I moved to Buenos Aires. I found a hostel in San Telmo. There were safer, trendier areas I could have stayed, like Palermo or Recoleta, but San Telmo had soul and I’ve always been a sucker for that. You could hear the melancholic lyrics of the tango drifting from cafés and dance schools any day of the week, but always turned up loud on Sundays when the neighbourhood filled with visitors to the antique market.
As luck would have it, on _Time Out_ magazine, where I found a work experience placement, no one else was much fussed about tango. The editor asked if I’d like to edit the tango section, updating the listings on the latest classes and milongas. I couldn’t believe my luck and began exploring the city’s most popular venues.
La Catedral on Sarmiento was where the in-crowd danced in an underground warehouse setting, while La Viruta in Palermo was more like a family wedding, with dancers of all ages circling the floor. Some milongas favoured traditional music, such as the crooning of tango icon Carlos Gardel, whose face shines from every piece of street art; others played Nuevo Tango, like the thrilling music of Astor Piazzolla, or the electronic tango of bands such as Gotan Project.
Then one night, in May 2005, everything changed for me. I was out in the city – not tangoing for once, but at supper with my uncle, who was in Buenos Aires for a conference. After our meal, I jumped into a cab back to San Telmo and the driver started to drive.
He was youngish, square-faced, taciturn. It was a journey I knew – not extremely well, but well enough, and from early on I didn’t recognise the route. I checked in with him once or twice, but he said I’d recognise it soon.
I wound down the window to get some fresh air to keep my jitters under control. I didn’t want the driver to know I was anxious. I didn’t want to offend him. It was just one more block, he told me, just one more turning.
Suddenly, as we stopped at some traffic lights, I realised the meter was showing a number far higher than the price of the outward journey. And I still had no idea where we were. I went to open the door, but, in a swift movement, the driver turned, manually locked the door and pushed a small handgun into my belly.
I don’t remember exactly what happened next. Trauma muddled my memories almost immediately. But somehow I eventually managed to push my head out of the window to shout for help. He was driving erratically, trying to pull me back into the car.
As we swerved, a red car on our right was so close, I remember thinking I could touch it. I must have reached out and pushed off it – perhaps it was this that softened my fall through the window. When I hit the road, my heels took the brunt of the impact. Both my ankles broke as I landed. But I was still breathing, still alive.
Someone called an ambulance and I was taken to hospital. The only time I really wept was watching the tango scene in _Scent of a Woman_ on the hospital television. “No mistakes in the tango,” Al Pacino tells his partner in that famous gravelly voice of his. “If you make a mistake, get all tangled up, just tango on.” Something I’d taken for granted days before – the ability to just tango on – wasn’t possible for men now.
I was flown home on a stretcher, and spent the early days of my recovery at my mum’s house. Initially, I focused on physical recovery – moving from my wheelchair to crutches and then learning to walk again – but as I became physically stronger, the psychological symptoms got more out of control.
I relived the accident constantly, imagining it in various permutations, and I began to panic about more ordinary things, too. I saw danger everywhere and my ability to distinguish true risk from innocuous events disintegrated. In my fears and flashbacks, I lived other versions of my attack in which I didn’t retain control, in which I didn’t get away.
### Progress was slow at first. I danced in trainers and leaned too heavily on my partner, then tango returned me to myself.
A turning point came when I was able to return to tango. Progress was slow at first. I danced in trainers and leaned too heavily on my partner, but the more I practised, the more tango returned me to myself. It was excellent physiotherapy – the controlled weight shifts and precise footwork helped enormously with balance, while the tango walks helped with that relearned skill.
Tango also taught me to trust strangers again. Typically, at a milonga, you’ll dance a _tanda_ – a set of three or four songs – with your partner, which means it’s more than one rushed track: it’s a relationship in miniature. I’ve heard it called many things – a wordless conversation, or, as Kapka Kassabova puts it in the title of her wonderful book about tango, _Twelve Minutes of Love_.
As an improvised dance, it means you have to listen to your partner intently as a follower and, if you’re lucky, are listened to in turn. It’s perhaps unsurprising that tango is used therapeutically for a wide number of purposes, to help with everything from Parkinson’s to dementia or as a way of warding off loneliness.
In my adventures on the dancefloor I’ve met countless people who have discovered dance after life-changing events – perhaps because dance is the opposite of death. But, unlike other dances, such as salsa or samba, which cheerfully bully us into a party mood, tango allows us to feel our grief, our yearning, our sorrow. And, somehow, in accepting those emotions, in tangoing through them in the arms of another human being, it is possible to find a kind of bliss.
### The Paris Dancer by Nicola Rayner is published by Head of Zeus at £9.99. Buy it for £8.99 at
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faf9AYaTFkU | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/west-virginia-football-coach-says-hes-banning-his-players-from-dancing-tiktok | # College football news: Rich Rodriguez bans WVU players from TikTok dancing | Fox News
## West Virginia Mountaineers
West Virginia football coach says he's banning his players from dancing on TikTok
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Speaking to reporters during the team’s spring training program on Monday, Rodriguez was asked about his stance on social media and if he’s implemented a ban for his players.
Jacksonville State head coach Rich Rodriguez talks on his headset during college football action at AmFirst Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama, Nov. 16, 2024. (Dave Hyatt/Hyatt Media LLC)
Rodriguez said there’s not a social media policy for the football team but there is one thing he is banning his players from taking part in.
"They're going to be on it, so I'm not banning them from it. I'm just banning them from dancing on it," he said. "It's like, look, we try to have a hard edge or whatever, and you're in there in your tights dancing on TikTok.
"Ain't quite the image of our program that I want," he continued.
Rodriguez said when he spoke to the team he expressed the importance of a group mindset – something he believes social media doesn't prioritize.
Jacksonville State coach Rich Rodriguez walks on the sideline during the Southern Mississippi game at Burgess-Snow Field AmFirst Stadium in December 2024. (IMAGN)
"Everything today is about trying to make everybody individual – it’s all about the individual… football is one of the last things that’s gotta be more about the team than the individual. So I banned I guess I did that."
Rodriguez seemed indifferent about his players wanting to "watch their TikTok" long after their football careers are over.
"I hope our focus can be on winning football games. How about let's win the football game and not worry about winning the TikTok?"
West Virginia Mountaineers head football coach Rich Rodriguez speaks to the crowd during a timeout during the first half against the Cincinnati Bearcats at WVU Coliseum in February 2025. (Ben Queen-Imagn Images)
The social media platform has grown in popularity with college athletes over the years, many of whom have posted dance videos.
But the trend will stop with Rodriguez, 61, who returns for his second stint as the Mountaineers head coach nearly two decades after he first left the program.
_The Associated Press contributed to this report._
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yAKt5GUzRll | https://www.outkick.com/culture/donald-trump-kid-rock-have-dinner-month-thanks-kid-rock | # Donald Trump, Kid Rock And Bill Maher Will Have Dinner This Month At The White House Thanks To Kid Rock
One of the wildest collaborations of public figures is going to happen later this month, and it's all thanks to Kid Rock.
It’s no secret that Bill Maher is not a fan of Donald Trump (hang with me, I promise this connects). Since Trump burst onto the political scene in 2016, Maher has been one of the most vocal opponents of the sitting president, often using his show "Real Time with Bill Maher" to make his opinions known.
Kid Rock, an ardent Trump supporter, looked at this situation and saw an opportunity. He revealed that he was able to set up a dinner that will involve himself, Trump, and Maher at the White House at the end of March.
"I’m actually going to try and unite this country and I’m starting at the end of the month I’m taking Bill Maher to the White House for dinner. This guy who has done nothing but talk smack about the president since day one," Rock .
Remember, while Maher may not be the biggest fan of Trump himself, that doesn’t mean he’s a complete idiot. Maher has actually built himself quite the reputation for calling out the stupidity and hypocrisy within the Democrat party. , and doesn’t think that men belong in women’s sports.
Of course, this won’t solve some of the big disunity problems the country has. But given that we live in an age where entertainers have a lot of influence over how people think, this could have a noticeable impact.
I love this idea, if for no other reason because of how random it is. A musician, a comedian, and the president having dinner at the White House? Sounds like the start of a good joke - and a great meeting.
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AdzWjX631bR | https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/mar/04/football-league-burnley-concede-at-last-but-win-anyway-birmingham-lose | # Football League: Burnley concede at last but still win; Birmingham lose
**Burnley**’s run of clean sheets finally came to an end on Tuesday night, but they kept the heat on in the promotion race with a 2-1 win at **Cardiff**. Yousef Salech’s firm header in the 42nd minute was the first goal they had conceded in 1,132 minutes of league action, a run of 12 consecutive clean sheets broken. But by the time Salech scored it, early goals from Josh Brownhill and Maxime Estève had already put Burnley in charge and the win puts them two points behind second-placed Sheffield United.
## Where are you? Delia Smith no longer on Norwich’s board after takeover
Second-half goals from Joe Gelhardt and Abu Kamara gave **Hull** a 2-0 victory against fellow strugglers **Plymouth** for their first home win of the year. Gelhardt, on loan from Leeds, turned in on the rebound to break the deadlock before Kamara sealed the best move of the game as Hull ended a run of five home games without a win, moving up to 19th place Plymouth’s winless away run in the league now stands at 18 games.
Goals from Zak Vyner and Harry Cornick ended **Bristol City**’s winless run on the road as they won 2-0 at **Millwall**, where home fans showed support for goalkeeper Liam Roberts after his red card against Crystal Palace in the FA Cup. It was Bristol City’s first away win in 10 attempts to put them level on points with sixth-placed West Brom. Millwall were playing for the first time since Roberts was sent off for a on Palace forward Jean-Philippe Mateta and the home fans sang “There’s only one Liam Roberts”.
**Swansea** took a fourth point from two games under caretaker boss Alan Sheehan as they held **Preston** to a goalless draw at Deepdale. Milutin Osmajic, who had revelled in helping Preston into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup with a on Saturday, spurned several good opportunities for the hosts as Swansea moved 10 points clear of the relegation zone.
**Birmingham**’s lead at the top of was cut to nine points as they suffered a surprise 3-1 defeat at **Bolton**. Emil Hansson gave Blues the lead midway through the first half but Bolton hit back through John McAtee, George Thomason and Aaron Collins.
Aaron Collins fires in Bolton’s third goal against Birmingham to seal a rare defeat for the runaway leaders. Photograph: Paul Currie/Shutterstock
Second-placed **Wycombe** kept up their pursuit as they beat **Bor... (continued content)
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99xRmSjMksu | https://apnews.com/sports/boston-college-eagles-clemson-tigers-boston-college-sports-mens-college-basketball-bf75f06bc3dc417faa67253d0330909b | No. 11 Clemson looks for 25th victory this season in matchup with Boston College | AP News
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The former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has left Manila on a plane headed to The Hague, hours after he was served with an arrest warrant from the international criminal court over the killings resulting from his .**
**President Ferdinand Marcos Jr told a press conference that a plane carrying Duterte took off at 11.03pm local time on Tuesday. “The plane is en route to The Hague in the Netherlands, allowing the former president to face charges of crimes against humanity in relation to his bloody war on drugs,” he said.
Duterte’s youngest daughter, Veronica Duterte, said on social media that the plane had been used to “kidnap” her father.
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Parts of a carved and decorated traditional ocean-going canoe (waka) found in the Chatham Islands, around 800km east of , could be the most significant discovery of its kind in Polynesia, archaeologists say.
The Chatham Islands is an archipelago administered as part of New Zealand. Over the past month, archaeologists and local volunteers have unearthed more than 450 artefacts from the waka found smashed to pieces in a creek on the northern coast of the main island, known as Rēkohu to the .
As dating and other analysis of the material gets under way, lead archaeologist Justin Maxwell expects the waka will reveal new insights about Polynesian boat building, voyaging and trade. He said the age of the waka is not yet clear.
> "No matter how old it is, we can’t overstate how incredible it is. It is by far the most important discovery in , possibly Polynesia, and it will go down as one of the most important finds of all time in Polynesia," Maxwell said.
Maxwell said he knew it was an extraordinary discovery when he saw the first images, long before he set foot on the island in January to begin excavations.
> "Normally, when waka have been found, whether it’s elsewhere in Polynesia or in Aotearoa, you find very small parts of them. With this one, we have hundreds of components … and a wide range of materials," Maxwell said.
> "These things are holy grail stuff. To find all of these components preserved is incredible and it’s going to help us learn so much more about Polynesian waka technology."
Local farmer and fisher Vincent Dix and his son Nikau first spotted unusual bits of timber last winter after heavy rains had washed out the creek. They took the planks home, initially thinking they might make a nice coffee table, but then quickly realised this was something precious when they found a carved piece.
The recovered parts range from a five-metre long wooden plank with holes for lashings to small pieces of iridescent pāua (abalone) shell and obsidian used in decorations. Several smaller carved planks still hold exquisitely crafted discs of obsidian embedded in the timber. The team also found strings of plaited rope and other woven material, likely part of a sail.
For Maui Solomon, the chair of the Moriori Imi Settlement Trust, there’s no doubt this is a “Moriori ancestral waka” that brought some of his ancestors to the islands hundreds of years ago.
Solomon, a lifelong advocate of the correct telling of Moriori history, also recognises the waka’s notching and long bird-like handles as prominent features used in smaller traditional coastal Moriori boats.
He says the discovery aligns with oral traditions recorded in 19th-century Moriori history.
The work to determine the age of the waka is just beginning. Maxwell has permission from both Moriori and tribal authorities to take small samples for radiocarbon dating and analysis to identify the materials and their sources.
> "The waka has to tell its own story," said Ward Kamo, speaking on behalf of the Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri iwi trust.
Meanwhile, conservator Sara Gainsford and her team have set up an impromptu laboratory on the Dix family’s Wharekauri Station. There, all parts of the waka are preserved in tanks and containers, covered in water from the creek they came from.
> "We’re documenting everything and keeping it in a stable state so that we can give the community a chance to discuss what they want to do. It’s a lot to take in and a huge undertaking to care for a waka of this size."
A local team of conservators will look after the material over the coming weeks while the community decides the next steps, but the plan is for the material to stay on the island. This first excavation season uplifted only a small portion of the waka, Maxwell said. Most of it remains in the creek, now reburied and covered to protect it from the elements.
For Solomon, the discovery is incredibly exciting.
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FBM1pipAkCK | https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2025/mar/12/saint-laurent-closes-paris-fashion-week-bold-statement-anthony-vaccarello | # Saint Laurent closes Paris fashion week with bold statement of intent
Broad shoulders and slim skirts reflected designer Anthony Vaccarello’s intention to create a ‘simplicity of silhouette’
Saint Laurent has cross-generational cool. On the last night of , Kate Moss sat next to Catherine Deneuve, both in black tailoring, sheer blouses and high heels. Pedro Almodóvar and Rossy de Palma smiled for the cameras, while Hailey Bieber and Charli XCX kept their shades on.
Saint Laurent’s daytime silhouette this season is an inverted triangle, with broad shoulders narrowing to slim skirts and sheer tights. For evening, it flipped upside down, with slinky sweaters and grand ball skirts. The colours were of cocktail ring gemstones: emerald, sapphire, ruby and garnet.
Models present the Saint Laurent winter 2025-2026 collection show in Paris. Photograph: Benoît Tessier/Reuters
There was leopard print, naturally, in silk blouses with a silicone gloss. With slicked-back hair, shards of rock crystal jewellery, hands nonchalantly in pockets – nothing so mundane as a handbag here – the models oozed aloof Parisian chic, sauntering easily in spike heels to the voice of Nina Simone.
Designer Anthony Vaccarello said before the show he wanted the look to be clean, no ornamentation, no decoration. “Simplicity of silhouette – as if created with a few pencil strokes – has defined the Saint Laurent ideal.”
Under Vaccarello, the house of Saint Laurent has its sights set bigger than fashion. Not content with being one of the leading names in style, the company has ambitions to be a cultural powerhouse. This show was moved from its usual slot at the beginning of Paris fashion week to the end to avoid a clash with the Oscars, because Saint Laurent Productions is now a fully – fledged movie studio, producing the multi Oscar-nominated Emilia Pérez.
Saint Laurent has also produced Parthenope, a new film by Paolo Sorrentino. Film is seen by Saint Laurent as a platform to amplify its cool image beyond style into the broader culture, and Vaccarello recreated Yves Saint Laurent’s famous 1966 Le Smoking tuxedo jacket for the actor Celeste Dalla Porta to wear on screen. A Saint Laurent-backed project with the director Jim Jarmusch is also in the works.
Saint Laurent’s cultural ambitions are also reflected in an ambitious revamp of its Paris flagship boutique in collaboration with the Judd Foundation, which promotes the work of the late American artist Donald Judd. Furniture by Judd is for sale at the Paris store, displayed alongside Saint Laurent evening gowns and handbags, while an exhibition of Judd’s woodcuts and prints is on display on an upper floor. The house has also diversified into the restaurant industry, with the opening of a Paris branch of LA’s Sushi Park.
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R6OcpaFYbwI | https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/mar/10/microplastics-hinder-plant-photosynthesis-study-finds-threatening-millions-with-starvation | # Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesize, according to a new assessment.
The analysis estimates that between 4% and 14% of the world’s staple crops of wheat, rice, and maize is being lost due to the pervasive particles. It could get even worse, the scientists said, as more microplastics pour into the environment.
About 700 million people were affected by hunger in 2022. The researchers estimated that microplastic pollution could increase the number at risk of starvation by another 400 million in the next two decades, calling that an “alarming scenario” for global food security.
Other scientists called the research useful and timely but cautioned that this first attempt to quantify the impact of microplastics on food production would need to be confirmed and refined by further data-gathering and research.
The annual crop losses caused by microplastics could be of a similar scale to those caused by the climate crisis in recent decades, the researchers behind the new research said. The world is already facing a challenge to produce sufficient food sustainably, with the global population expected to by around 2058.
Microplastics are broken down from the vast quantities of waste dumped into the environment. They hinder plants from harnessing sunlight to grow in multiple ways, from damaging soils to carrying toxic chemicals. The particles have infiltrated the entire planet, from the to the .
“Humanity has been striving to increase food production to feed an ever-growing population these ongoing efforts are now being jeopardised by plastic pollution,” said the researchers, led by Prof Huan Zhong, at Nanjing University in China. “The findings underscore the urgency to safeguard global food supplies in the face of the growing plastic crisis.”
People’s bodies are already widely contaminated by microplastics, consumed through and . They have been found in , , , , and . The impact on human health is largely unknown, but they have been .
Prof Denis Murphy, at the University of South Wales, said: “This analysis is valuable and timely in reminding us of the potential dangers of microplastic pollution and the urgency of addressing the issue, but some of the major headline figures require more research before they can be accepted as robust predictions.”
The new study, , combined more than 3,000 observations of the impact of microplastics on plants, taken from 157 studies.
Previous research has indicated that microplastics can damage plants in multiple ways. The polluting particles can reaching leaves and on which the plants depend. When taken up by plants, microplastics can , induce , and , which can reduce the level of the photosynthetic pigment chlorophyll.
The researchers estimated that microplastics reduced the photosynthesis of terrestrial plants by about 12% and by about 7% in marine algae, which are at the base of the ocean food web. They then extrapolated this data to calculate the reduction in the growth of wheat, rice, and maize and in the production of fish and seafood.
Asia was hardest hit by estimated crop losses, with reductions in all three of between 54m and 177m tonnes a year, about half the global losses. Wheat in Europe was also hit hard as was maize in the United States. Other regions, such as South America and Africa, grow less of these crops but have much less data on microplastic contamination.
In the oceans, where microplastics can coat algae, the loss of fish and seafood was estimated at between 1m and 24m tonnes a year, about 7% of the total and enough protein to feed tens of millions of people.
The scientists also used a second method to assess the impact of microplastics on food production, a machine-learning model based on current data on microplastic pollution levels. It produced similar results, they said.
“Importantly, these adverse effects are highly likely to extend from food security to planetary health,” Zhong and his colleagues said. Reduced photosynthesis due to microplastics may be also cutting the amount of climate-heating CO2 taken from the atmosphere by the huge phytoplankton blooms in the Earth’s oceans and unbalancing other ecosystems.
Prof Richard Lampitt, at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre, said the conclusions should be treated with caution. “I have considerable concerns about the quality of the original data used by the model and this has led to overspeculation about the effects of plastic contamination on food supplies,” he said. The researchers acknowledged that more data was needed and said this would produce more accurate estimates.
The world’s nations failed to reach an agreement on a UN treaty to curb plastic pollution in December, but will restart the talks in August. The scientists said their study was “important and timely for the ongoing negotiations and the development of action plans and targets”.
Prof Richard Thompson, at the University of Plymouth said the new study added to the evidence pointing towards the need for action. “While the predictions may be refined as new data become available, it is clear … that we need to start towards solutions. Ensuring the treaty addresses microplastic pollution is of key importance,” he said.
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3b6BWXO6nDQ | https://www.foxnews.com/sports/four-point-play-ftw-tyrese-haliburtons-clutch-shots-seal-pacers-115-114-win-vs-bucks | Four-point play FTW! Tyrese Haliburton's clutch shots seal Pacers' 115-114 win vs. Bucks
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Historically, when your team is leading by three points with 3.9 seconds left on the game clock, you don't want to give up a 3-pointer, and you definitely don't want to give up a shooting foul from beyond the arc. And yet, that is exactly the scenario that and the were on the wrong end of on Tuesday evening.
With the game nearly decided, Antetokounmpo committed a shooting foul on , whose fadeaway 3-point attempt miraculously found the bottom of the net with three seconds left on the game clock.
Haliburton went the free-throw line, completed the four-point play and the No. 5 seed walked away with a 115-114 win over the No. 4 seed Bucks. The Pacers now have the same record as the Bucks (36-28) with another meeting between the two sides scheduled for Saturday, March 15 at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
If it's anything like Saturday night's result, it should be a thriller.
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