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Tigran Gambaryan faces allegations of ‘serious criminality’ on behalf of world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

A Nigerian court has ruled that Tigran Gambaryan, the Binance executive detained on charges of tax evasion and money laundering, can face trial on behalf of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange.

In a judgment in Abuja on Friday – Gambaryan’s 40th birthday – the presiding judge, Emeka Nwite, denied the American national bail, saying he was likely to abscond.

‘Bullet wounds are common’: crime rife in DRC’s rebel-besieged city of Goma

Robberies, shootings, extortion and rapes have surged since the Rwandan-backed M23 militia cut off the eastern Congolese capital

In broad daylight on 16 April, three armed and uniformed men held up a city centre mobile phone shop.

Threatening staff, they helped themselves to about £700 worth of goods, before making off on a motorbike, disappearing into the busy streets of Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

South Africa calls on ICJ to order Israel to end Rafah offensive

Lawyers urge international court of justice to issue urgent measures over assault on Gaza’s southernmost city

South Africa has asked the international court of justice (ICJ) to urgently order Israel to end its assault on Rafah, halt its military campaign across Gaza, and allow international investigators and journalists into the territory.

In a court hearing, lawyers for South Africa expanded a written request for judges to issue an emergency order to stop the offensive into Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city.

‘Realities of apartheid’: South African artist wins Deutsche Börse photography prize

Lebohang Kganye blends oral traditions, family photos and theatre in a ‘new and fresh way’ to trace personal history of apartheid era

The South African artist Lebohang Kganye has won the prestigious Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation prize for her work that uses large-scale cutouts and elements of set design to trace and depict her family history during the apartheid era.

The Johannesburg-based artist took home the £30,000 prize for her winning exhibition, which is on display at the Photographers’ Gallery in central London and is called Haufi nyana? I’ve come to take you home.

Nigerian activists condemn mass ‘forced marriages’ of 100 girls and young women

Petition launched to halt mass ceremony that organisers say is for 100 orphans whose parents were killed by gangs

Human rights activists in Nigeria have launched a petition to stop a plan to push 100 girls and young women into marriage in a mass ceremony, which has caused outrage in the west African country.

The plan, sponsored by Abdulmalik Sarkindaji, the speaker of the national assembly in the largely Muslim north-western state of Niger, were criticised by Nigeria’s women’s affairs minister, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye. She said she would seek a court injunction to stop the ceremony next week and establish if any of the girls were minors.

Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramids’ stones

Discovery of the branch, which ran alongside 31 pyramids, could solve mystery of blocks’ transportation

Scientists have discovered a long-buried branch of the Nile River that once flowed alongside more than 30 pyramids in Egypt, potentially solving the mystery of how ancient Egyptians transported the massive stone blocks to build the monuments.

The 40-mile-long (64km) river branch, which ran by the Giza pyramid complex among other wonders, was hidden under desert and farmland for millennia, according to a study revealing the find on Thursday.

Toxic ‘forever chemicals’ ubiquitous in Great Lakes basin, study finds

PFAS chemicals present in air, rain, atmosphere and water in basin, which holds nearly 95% of US freshwater

Toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” are ubiquitous in the Great Lakes basin’s air, rain, atmosphere and water, new peer-reviewed research shows.

The first-of-its-kind, comprehensive picture of PFAS levels for the basin, which holds nearly 95% of the nation’s freshwater, also reveals that precipitation is probably a major contributor to the lakes’ contamination.

This story was amended on 18 May 2024 to clarify that Buffalo does not border Lake Ontario.

Netflix’s One Hundred Years of Solitude brings fame to Gabriel García Márquez’s Colombian hometown

Locals hope TV adaptation of One Hundred Years of Solitude will bring new life to Aracataca, birthplace of author’s magical realism

In sweltering mid-afternoon heat, children splash in the clear water of the canal that threads through town as elderly neighbours look on from rocking chairs on the porches of their sun-washed houses. Butterflies spring from every bush, sometimes fluttering together in kaleidoscopes.

At the foot of Colombia’s Sierra Nevada mountains, about 20 miles from the Caribbean coast, Gabriel García Márquez’s fictional world of Macondo lives on.

Fans queue round the block as tiny Mexican taco stand wins Michelin star

There was more business than usual and some bemused regulars after El Califa de León was rewarded for its ‘exceptional’ offering

El Califa de León, an unassuming taco joint in Mexico City, measures just 3 metres by 3 metres and has space for only about six people to stand at a squeeze. Locals usually wait for 5 minutes between ordering and picking up their food.

All that changed on Wednesday, however, when it became the first Mexican taco stand ever to win a Michelin star, putting it in the exalted company of fine dining restaurants around the world, and drawing crowds like it has never seen.

Teen who texted 911 rescued after she was trafficked to California from Mexico

In texts received in Spanish and translated to English, the girl tried to describe her location, though she did not know where she was

Authorities rescued a 17-year old girl after she was trafficked to Ventura county, California, from Mexico two months ago and texted 911 for help.

On Thursday, the Ventura county sheriff’s office announced that on 9 May authorities rescued the girl after she sent messages to 911. The text message correspondence began with a call taker at a 911 communication center, according to the sheriff’s office, which added that the messages were received in Spanish and translated into English.

Mayoral candidate and five others killed in shooting at campaign rally in Mexico

Young girl was among six people killed in gunfire in an area of Chiapas where shootings have become common and widespread

A mayoral candidate and five other people have been killed when gunmen opened fire at a campaign rally in the violence-racked southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

State prosecutors said a young girl was among the six people killed in the gunfire late on Thursday, along with the mayoral candidate Lucero López Maza. Two others were injured, they said.

Buenos Aires metro fare jumps 360% amid Argentina’s harsh austerity measures

Libertarian president Javier Milei has slashed public spending as he wrestles to tame hyperinflation, now at 289% annually

Commuters in Buenos Aires have been hit by an overnight 360% increase in subway fares, in one of the most dramatic price hikes in a harsh budget austerity campaign launched by Argentina’s libertarian president, Javier Milei.

After weeks of hearings, a judge on Thursday lifted an order that had temporarily blocked the scheduled increase in subway fares. That cleared the way for the change to take effect on Friday morning as office workers across Buenos Aires streamed through the turnstiles of South America’s oldest underground metro.

China to cut mortgage rates as part of plan to prop up property market

Local authorities will be allowed to turn unsold homes from developers into affordable housing

China will cut mortgage rates and allow local authorities to turn unsold homes from developers into affordable housing, in a series of drastic measures by Beijing aimed at propping up the country’s faltering property market.

The People’s Bank of China said it would scrap the minimum rate of interest and reduce down-payment ratios to 15% for first-time buyers and 25% for second homes. It will also create a 300bn yuan (£32.8bn) facility to support local state-owned companies to buy homes at reasonable prices, it said in a series of statements on Friday.

New Caledonia riots: parts of territory ‘out of state control’, French representative says

Days of unrest in the French Pacific territory – sparked by a plan to change voting rules – have left five dead

Tensions remained high in Nouméa, the capital of New Caledonia, on Friday after days of riots as the French government’s representative said areas of the Pacific territory have “escaped” state control.

Louis Le Franc, high commissioner of the Republic in New Caledonia, announced new security deployments. The number of police and gendarmes on the island will rise to 2,700 from 1,700 by Friday evening.

Weather tracker: heavy snow hits eastern highlands in South Korea

As much as 40cm fell in less than a day in part of Seoraksan national park. Plus, a powerful tornado in Australia

There was unusually heavy snowfall this week in the highlands of the mountainous region of eastern Gangwon province in South Korea. Between 5.30pm local time on Wednesday and 9am on Thursday, as much as 40cm fell at the Socheong shelter of Seoraksan national park, while 20cm was recorded at its Jungcheong shelter.

This unexpected snowfall has caused damage ahead of a harvest on wild vegetable farms that operate on the mountains. Conditions over the next few days are expected to improve, with warmer and drier weather over the weekend.

Chinese social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’

Targeting posts boasting of personal wealth appears to be part of campaign to ‘purify the internet cultural environment’

Chinese social media companies have launched a new crackdown on user content, targeting posts that show off personal wealth and financial extravagance.

In a statement posted online on Wednesday, Weibo said it had spent this month carrying out special management work on “undesirable value-orientated content”, including content “showing off wealth and worshipping money”.

Hundreds of French police deployed amid New Caledonia riots

State of emergency in place because of deadly unrest over bill that will let French people vote in provincial elections after 10 years of residence

Hundreds of police reinforcements have arrived in the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia as the government in Paris insisted talks would not happen until calm had been restored.

As many as 1,000 extra police and gendarmes are being deployed to bolster the 1,700-strong force already in New Caledonia after three nights of violent riots that have killed five people, including two police officers.

Zelenskiy says situation is ‘difficult’ on visit to Kharkiv; Putin calls China relationship an international ‘stabilising factor’ – as it happened

Ukrainian military says its has forced Russia to reduce tempo of offensive; Russian president thanks Xi Jinping for ‘trying to solve Ukraine crisis’. This live blog is closed

Vladimir Putin has said that Russia-China cooperation is not directed against any other power and is a stabilising factor for the world, during his meeting with Xi Jinping.

It is of crucial significance that relations between Russia and China are not opportunistic and are not directed against anyone. Our cooperation in world affairs today acts as one of the main stabilising factors in the international arena.”

In our new journey we intend to remain good neighbours, trusted friends and reliable partners, consistently strengthening the relationship between our two nations … defending international equality.”

Negative drug tests recorded for personnel who packed Jack Fitzgibbon parachute before deadly jump

Defence says they carry out random drug testing on an ongoing basis and investigations into Fitzgibbon’s death continuing

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All defence personnel involved in packing and checking Lance Corporal Jack Fitzgibbon’s parachute before his tragic death had tested negative for prohibited substances, the Australian defence force says.

On Sunday the ABC reported six unidentified soldiers serving at the Royal Australian Air Force base in Richmond had “failed comprehensive drug screening in mid-February and early March” and were facing potential expulsion from the ADF.

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Labor rank and file tell Victorian government to ‘get serious’ on long-delayed airport rail

Rail, Tram and Bus Union’s Vik Sharma says Melbourne’s lack of airport train line is a global embarrassment

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Rank and file Victorian Labor members have piled pressure on the state government to “get serious” on building a train line to Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport.

A motion to get the city’s stalled airport rail link project back on track was unanimously passed by party members and unionists at the Victorian Labor state conference on Sunday.

Pro-Palestine protesters vow to rally as La Trobe joins universities enforcing encampment ban

La Trobe on Friday followed Deakin in issuing a formal directive for protesters to end their encampment

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Pro-Palestine students and staff at La Trobe University have called the university’s directive to end their sit-in an “attack on free speech”, and vowed to rally against the encampment crackdown until management meets their demands.

La Trobe University on Friday followed Deakin University in issuing a formal directive for protesters to end their encampment on the Bundoora campus, amid a wave of student pro-Palestine sit-ins across the nation.

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Police officer allegedly stabbed in the head in Sydney’s CBD

Paramedics treated an officer for non-life-threatening head injuries and police arrested a 33-year-old man

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A police officer has allegedly been stabbed in the head Sydney’s central business district.

The officer was treated by paramedics for non-life-threatening head injuries and was taken to St Vincent’s hospital in the city after the incident on Sunday afternoon.

Budget replies reveal Coalition ‘all over the shop’, PM says, labelling Dutton’s nuclear policy ‘shocking’ – as it happened

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Crowdfunding campaign launched for Namatjira portraits

Australian presenter and comedian Dan Ilic has launched a crowdfunding campaign to have Vincent Namatjira’s latest exhibition, Australia In Colour, projected on to a billboard in Times Square.

This is an invitation to help get as many people to know about Australia In Colour as possible by putting the highlight of the show on a huge billboard in Times Square the week of the 27th May. We need to raise about $30,000 by Thursday. Any excess money raised will be donated to a charity of the artist’s choice.

Every Victorian deserves to have a roof over their head and that’s why we’re pulling every lever we can to enable 800,000 homes to be built over the next decade.

Victorian premier accuses pro-Palestine protesters of bringing ‘violence, homophobia and antisemitism’ to Labor conference

Six motions calling for end to Israel-Gaza conflict carried after Jacinta Allan says she is ‘disgusted’ by behaviour of protesters at Labor state conference

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The Victorian premier, Jacinta Allan, has accused pro-Palestinian protesters of bringing “violence, homophobia and antisemitism to the front door of state conference”.

On Saturday morning, ahead of speeches by Allan and the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, a group of protesters entered the Moonee Valley Racecourse building and began chanting outside the conference room filled with MPs, unionist and other rank-and-file members.

Eurostar reverses wheelchair policy that left user stranded, after Observer campaign

Passengers were left abandoned and humiliated after operator banned staff from providing assistance

Eurostar has reversed a new accessibility policy that left a wheelchair user stranded and has retrained its London staff following pressure from the Observer.

Travellers with disabilities claimed that they would be barred from Eurostar services after the company banned its London staff from pushing passenger wheelchairs. Those who require assistance were told they must travel with a companion or cancel their ticket if they were unable to access services unaided, according to passengers who contacted the Observer.

Assad officials face landmark Paris trial over killing of student and father

Prosecution of three high-ranking Syrian officials to be tried in absentia could pave way for president’s case

At midnight on 3 November 2013, five Syrian officials dragged arts and humanities student Patrick Dabbagh from his home in the Mezzeh district of Damascus.

The following day, at the same hour, the same men, including a representative of the Syrian air force’s intelligence unit, returned with a dozen soldiers to arrest the 20-year-old’s father Mazzen.

Suspect in court as Putin’s friends capitalise on shooting of Slovakian PM Robert Fico

Media is barred from hearing as 71-year-old man appears in closed session over attempted assassination of prime minister

The suspect in the shooting of Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico appeared in a closed court hearing on Saturday outside Bratislava amid growing fears about the future of the deeply divided nation.

The media was barred from the hearing, and reporters were kept behind a gate by armed police officers wearing balaclavas.

Disappearing ink, fake polls and voter fraud: EU fears as Russian propaganda ads target Euro elections

Researcher uncovers vast Facebook campaign and accuses Meta of ‘lack of willingness’ to counter it

The stories are doom-laden, laced with vitriolic sneers about Emmanuel Macron, Volodymyr Zelenskiy and Ursula von der Leyen. Ukrainians are “ready to depose” their leader, Macron is breaking French “rules” with aid to Ukraine, an “uncontrolled influx” from the east is “seriously harming the Germans”.

According to new research, these are just a few examples of a vast pro-Russian propaganda campaign washing over Facebook accounts of French and German citizens, before the European parliament elections next month.

Eight climate activists arrested in Germany over airport protest

About 60 flights cancelled after members of Letzte Generation glue themselves to ground at Munich

Eight climate activists have been arrested after causing Munich airport to close, leading to about 60 flight cancellations.

Six activists broke through a security fence and glued themselves to access routes leading to runways, officials and local media reported.

Zelenskiy says situation in Kharkiv under control but he fears second Russian attack

Ukraine’s president says air defences must quadruple to halt Russian advance as morale falls among troops

The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has said he expects Russia to step up its offensive in the north-east and warned Kyiv has only a quarter of the air defences it needs to hold the front line.

Russian forces, which had made only moderate advances in recent months, launched a surprise assault in Kharkiv region on 10 May that has resulted in their biggest territorial gains in a year-and-a-half.

Israeli minister vows to quit war cabinet if PM fails to agree new Gaza plan

Benny Gantz’s threat to withdraw his opposition party from coalition calls into question future of government

The Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has threatened to resign if Benjamin Netanyahu fails to adopt an agreed plan for Gaza, calling into question the future of the Israeli government.

During a press conference on Saturday, Gantz announced that if a plan for postwar governance of the territory is not consolidated and approved by 8 June, his opposition National Unity party will withdraw from the coalition government.

Islamic Jihad leader killed in West Bank and 70 targets hit in Gaza, says Israel

IDF says ‘senior terrorist operative’ Islam Khamayseh was killed in strike on the city of Jenin

Israel says its jets have struck 70 targets across Gaza in the past 24 hours, while an airstrike in Jenin killed a “significant” Islamic Jihad figure who operated as the head of logistics for the organisation’s brigade in the city.

The strike, carried out on Friday night by a fighter jet and a helicopter, killed Islam Khamayseh, a “senior terrorist operative in the Jenin camp” who was responsible for a series of attacks in the area, the IDF said.

Hamas ‘rejects’ any military presence in Gaza as aid begins to arrive along US-made pier – as it happened

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Israel on Friday attacked South Africa’s case against it in the international court of justice as an “obscene exploitation” of the genocide convention, claiming it aimed not to protect Palestinian civilians but to defend Hamas militants.

Israel’s representatives told the court their country was fighting a war of self-defence it “did not want and did not start”. They said Israel had made “extraordinary” efforts to protect civilians, and had complied with orders from the court to let more aid into Gaza.

Israeli abuse of jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouti ‘amounts to torture’

With thousands now held without charge, lawyers say Israel is
signalling that no detainee is safe

Marwan Barghouti spends his days huddled in a cramped, dark, solitary cell, with no way to tend to his wounds, and a shoulder injury from being dragged with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Barghouti holds almost mythic status within Palestinian politics, seen as a figure whose potential to unify different factions has only grown during his 24 years in prison.

Supplies arrive in Gaza via new pier but land routes essential, says US aid chief

Samantha Power says barely 100 trucks of aid a day enter Gaza, far less than 600 needed to address threat of famine

Humanitarian assistance has begun to arrive in Gaza along a US-made pier, but the US aid chief said the new sea corridor could not be a substitute for land crossings, and warned that deliveries of food and fuel entering Gaza had slowed to “dangerously low levels”.

The White House national security spokesperson, John Kirby, confirmed on Friday that truckloads of humanitarian aid, including food from the United Arab Emirates, sent by ship from Cyprus, had been unloaded on the Gaza coast and handed over to the control of the UN.

Israel recovers bodies of three hostages taken by Hamas, including Shani Louk

Bodies of Amit Buskila and Itzhak Gelerenter also recovered from Gaza as Israel says 129 hostages remain in captivity

The bodies of three hostages kidnapped by Hamas, including the German-Israeli Shani Louk, have been retrieved from Gaza by the Israeli military, it announced.

The other two hostages were identified as Amit Buskila, 28, and Itzhak Gelerenter, 56, according to the military spokesperson Rear Adm Daniel Hagari, who said the three victims were taken to Gaza after being killed by Hamas at the Nova music festival.

Fresh floods in Afghanistan kill at least 60 after heavy rain brings devastation

Thousands of homes and farming land damaged in Ghor province, a week after over 300 people killed in flash floods

At least 60 people have been killed in a fresh bout of heavy rain and flooding in central Afghanistan, according to an official.

Dozens others remained missing, said Abdul Wahid Hamas, spokesperson for Ghor’s provincial governor, on Saturday. He said the province had suffered significant financial losses, with thousands of homes and properties damaged and hundreds of hectares of agricultural land destroyed in the floods on Friday, including in the province’s capital city, Feroz Koh.

Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan shot dead in Afghanistan attack

Four suspects arrested at the scene of attack in Bamiyan, as local hospital says other tourists wounded were in a stable condition

Three Spanish tourists and an Afghan civilian have been killed in a shooting attack in Bamiyan province, central Afghanistan.

The Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, wrote on social messaging platform X that he was “shocked by the news of the murder of Spanish tourists in Afghanistan”.

‘Impossible’ heatwave struck Philippines in April, scientists find

Human-caused climate crisis brought soaring temperatures across Asia, from Gaza to Delhi to Manila

The record-breaking heatwave that scorched the Philippines in April would have been impossible without the climate crisis, scientists have found. Searing heat above 40C (104F) struck across Asia in April, causing deaths, water shortages, crop losses and widespread school closures.

The extreme heat was made 45 times more likely in India and five times more likely in Israel and Palestine, the study found. The scientists said the high temperatures compounded the already dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza, where displaced people are living in overcrowded shelters with little access to water.

Kazakh court jails former minister for 24 years for brutal murder of wife

Kazakhstan to toughen penalties for domestic violence as killing of Saltanat Nukenova prompts national outcry and shines spotlight on high femicide rates

A former Kazakh government minister has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for the torture and murder of his wife in one of the most high-profile cases of domestic violence in Kazakhstan’s history.

Kuandyk Bishimbayev, 44, was shown in surveillance footage repeatedly beating Saltanat Nukenova, 31, after they quarrelled in a restaurant he owned in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, in November 2023. A forensic examination later found evidence of strangulation.

Rohingya being forcibly conscripted in battle between Myanmar and rebels

Myanmar military has conscripted 1,000 Rohingya men and boys since February, with fears some are being used as human shields, according to NGOs

For more than four hours Abdullah* waited in the darkness as soldiers marched 30 of his neighbours from their homes in the Myanmar border state of Rakhine and forced them by gunpoint to join him on the truck that would take them all to a military base.

By the morning they were standing in front of a military commander ordering them to fight with the army against a local rebel group – some of the 1,000 Rohingya people the Myanmar military has conscripted since February, according to Human Rights Watch.

‘Pressured to withdraw’: BJP accused of intimidation tactics in India polls

Opposition say ruling party undermining democracy by using police to harass candidates into not contesting in elections

When the people of Gujarat cast their votes last week in India’s six-week-long election, there was one constituency in the state that stood silent. There were no polling stations or impatient queues of people, and no one with the tell-tale inky finger. In Surat, no voting was necessary – the outcome was already decided.

Mukesh Dalal, from the ruling Bharatiya Janata party (BJP), won the seat by default after every other candidate was either disqualified or dropped out of the race. It was the first time in 73 years that Surat’s candidate was appointed, not elected.

Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents

‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics

Some schools in England are sending police to the homes of children who are persistently absent, or warning them their parents may go to prison if their attendance doesn’t improve, the Observer has learned.

Headteachers say they are now under intense pressure from the government to turn around the crisis in attendance, with a record 150,000 children at state schools classed as severely absent in 2022-23. From September, all state schools in England will have to share their attendance records every day with the Department for Education.

Inflation in the UK is about to tumble. But how far – and for how long?

The chancellor will have good news to pass on this week. But he knows the cost of living crisis may not be over yet

Jeremy Hunt knows it. Rachel Reeves knows it too. The Office for National Statistics will come bearing good news on Wednesday when it releases the latest inflation figures. The only real question is just how good the news will be.

In the year to March, annual inflation as measured by the consumer prices index stood at 3.2%. The figure for April will be a lot lower and if Hunt gets lucky it might even fall as low as the government’s 2% target.

‘Embrace the bog’: Chelsea flower show expert champions flood-proof garden

As the prestige flower event begins, horticulturalists are shown how a waterlogged patch can help counter climate crisis

Gardeners should “embrace the bog” that has formed in backyards across the country after record rain, a designer at this week’s Chelsea flower show has said.

Naomi Slade will unveil her design for a floodproof garden on 21 May, showing that even with the unusually wet weather seen in recent months, British gardens can still be full of colourful flowers.

Rishi Sunak faces cabinet backlash over plans to curb foreign student visas

Education secretary Gillian Keegan, Jeremy Hunt and David Cameron oppose move, while university leaders warn of economic and cultural impact

Rishi Sunak is facing a cabinet revolt over plans to scrap a graduate visa scheme that allows overseas students to live and work in the UK for up to two years after graduation.

Under pressure from some on the right of his party to demonstrate that the Tories are tougher on immigration than Labour, Downing Street is considering further restricting or even ending the graduate scheme, which some believe can be used as a backdoor entry route to the UK.

Heart patients forced to wait over a year for treatment in England

Waiting lists are at a record high, almost double since 2020, with heart disease being the largest cause of premature death in deprived areas

Fifteen hospital trusts across England each have more than 200 patients waiting longer than a year for heart procedures, NHS figures reveal.

The British Heart Foundation (BHF) warns that heart care waiting lists are now at a record high, reaching 414,596 at the end of March 2024 in England, almost double what it was in 2020. The number of people waiting longer than a year for heart tests and treatments has risen to 10,893. Four years ago, the figure was just 53.

Hospitals to share waiting lists under Labour plans for quicker care

Party says pooling resources across regions would deliver 40,000 extra appointments a week for patients

Hospitals would have to share waiting lists and pool resources under Labour’s plans to reduce waiting times by delivering up to 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week.

The party has announced that patients would be offered appointments at nearby hospitals, rather than necessarily at their local one, which would enable people to receive faster treatment. Hospital staff and resources would be pooled across a region and would run evening and weekend surgeries.

Police arrest six student protesters at University of Pennsylvania

Pro-Palestinian students were attempting to take over a university hall to protest school’s refusal to negotiate in ‘good faith’

More than a dozen pro-Palestinian activists, including six students at the University of Pennsylvania, were arrested after attempting to occupy a hall on the university campus late Friday.

The protesters were arrested around 9pm after trying to take over Fisher-Bennett Hall but had been met with a response from university and Philadelphia police, according to reports. The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that protesters caused the evacuation of an alumni event at the Penn Museum.

Six-month-old shot repeatedly during standoff with child’s father

Child is in hospital in a stable condition, as police say father was found dead of self-inflicted gunshot wound

A man suspected of shooting his 6-month-old son multiple times after taking the boy and his mother hostage was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound in the rubble of a suburban Phoenix home that caught fire during a swat standoff, police said.

The baby was reported to be in a critical but stable condition at a local hospital Saturday, police said in a statement. They said earlier his injuries suffered the day before were not believed to be life-threatening.

At about 3am on Friday, the father of the child allegedly broke into the home where the child and mother lived, according to police in Surprise, Arizona, about 30 miles north-west of Phoenix. The child’s father did not live in the house, police said, adding that the man held the mother and child hostage for several hours before the mother managed to escape.

Virginia governor allows Confederate groups to keep tax exemptions

Republican Glenn Youngkin also vetoed bills related to maintaining access to contraception, saying they were ‘not ready’

Virginia governor Glenn Youngkin has vetoed two bills that would have stripped tax exemptions for the United Daughters of the Confederacy, an organization that has opposed the removal of statues of southern state generals during the US civil war and other markers of the southern states’ attempt to secede from the Union in defense of slavery.

The Republican governor vetoed several measures, including those related to maintaining access to contraception, saying in a statement they were “not ready to become law”.

Alabama poultry plant could be closed for 30 days for allegedly hiring minors

At least two children have already been killed while working in Mar-Jac Poultry plants in the US south over the last year

A poultry plant in Jasper, Alabama, has been accused of hiring minors and could be shut down for 30 days, according to a newly released US Department of Labor lawsuit.

Mar-Jac Poultry, the largest employer in Walker county, is accused of violating federal labor laws when it hired four minors as young as 16 who were allegedly discovered working overnight at the company’s slaughterhouse.

Missouri Republican party fails to boot KKK-linked candidate from gubernatorial ticket

Judge declines to remove Darrell McClanahan, who claims one-year honorary membership in terror group, from GOP primary race

A long-shot Missouri gubernatorial candidate with ties to the Ku Klux Klan will stay on the Republican ticket, a judge ruled on Friday.

Cole county circuit court judge Cotton Walker denied a request by the Missouri GOP to kick Darrell McClanahan out of the August Republican primary.

‘She’s in the pantheon now’: Kristi Noem and the politicians who hit self-destruct

The dog-killing South Dakota governor’s VP hopes are in tatters. But she’s not the first politician to flame out with an own goal

She could have been a contender. But then she wrote a book. And suddenly Kristi Noem was caught like a rabbit – or a rambunctious puppy – in the headlights.

The governor of South Dakota found herself insisting that a false claim she met the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un had been put in her book by accident. Wait, said Elizabeth Vargas of NewsNation, you recorded the whole audiobook version and read this passage out loud. Why didn’t you take it out then?

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Suomalainen Leo Ranta, 29, erottuu joukosta Etelä-Korean armottomassa viihdebisneksessä

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Venny Helén, 20, leikkii niin pitkään kuin selkä kestää – ”Aikuistumiseen ei ole kiire”

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Look of the Week: Blackpink headline Coachella in Korean hanboks

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Scientists identify secret ingredient in Leonardo da Vinci paintings

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Arkkipiispa on istunut Suomen ortodoksien ylimpänä kirkkoisänä vuodesta 2001 lähtien.

Taiwan | Taiwanin uusi presidentti toivoi ”rationaalista” keskustelua parlamentin ajauduttua kaaokseen

Taiwanin ulkoministeri vertaa maataan jo Ukrainaan.

Uusi teknologia | Virolaiset robotit valtaavat Suomen pala palalta: Se kertoo muutoksesta maiden välillä

Ruokarobotit levittäytyvät yli sataa liikkeeseen Suomessa. Robottiauto kuljettaa matkustajia Tampereen Hervannassa. Molempien takana ovat virolaiset.

Lähi-itä | Yhdysvallat taivuttelee Saudi-Arabiaa tunnustamaan Israelin

Kansallisen turvallisuuden neuvonantaja laskeutuu Israeliin keskelle uutta poliittista kriisiä.

Nyrkkeily | Tyson Fury raivosi superottelun tappion jälkeen – löysi tulokselle erikoisen syyn: ”Hänen maansa on sodassa”

Tyson Fury pauhasi hävityn ottelun jälkeen.

Ukraina-seuranta | The Washington Post: Kansliapäällikkö Andri Jermakista on tullut Ukrainan ”todellinen vallankäyttäjä”

HS seuraa Ukrainan sotaa ja sen seurauksia hetki hetkeltä.

Juva | Alaikäiset loukkaantuivat vakavassa onnettomuudessa

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Jääkiekko | Aleksander Barkov voitti arvostetun tittelin ja some täyttyi suitsutuksesta – ”Täysin ansaittu”

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NHL | Pakkovoiton edessä ollut Edmonton tasoitti ottelusarjan 3–3:een

Kanadalaisseurojen tulevan seitsemännen kohtaamisen voittaja etenee länsilohkon finaaleihin, jossa vastassa on Dallas Stars.

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Edullista sähköä selittävät muun muassa hyvä tuuli- ja vesivoimatuotanto sekä lämmin sää.

Tampere | Terassilaudat syttyivät palamaan – Palomestari varoittaa jättämästä astioita aurinkoon

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Liputuspäivät | Sunnuntaina liputetaan kaatuneitten muistopäivän kunniaksi

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Jalkapallo | Lukas Hradecky juhli tunteikasta mestaruutta tyttärensä kanssa, eikä kyyneleiltäkään vältytty – ”Miten voi olla mahdollista?”

Lukas Hradecky nosti tytärtään painavamman lautasen ilmaan historiaa tehneen joukkueen kapteenina.

Nyrkkeily | Nyrkkeilyn raskaan sarjan kiistaton mestaruus ratkesi: voittaja on hajaäänin Ukrainan Oleksandr Usyk

Britannian Tyson Fury sai vain yhden tuomarin puolelleen.

Mopomiitti Oulussa | Keula pystyssä autoa päin osunut kevytmoottoripyörä katkesi kahtia

Poliisin tietoon tuli illan aikana kaksi kokoontumiseen liittynyttä onnettomuutta.

Inari | Neljä pelastettiin tulvan saartamasta autosta

Pelastuslaitos pelasti autossa olleet neljä henkilöä veneellä.

Sää | Auringonpaiste ja kesäinen lämpö jatkuvat sunnuntaina

Metsäpalovaroitus on voimassa lähes koko maassa.

Leirintäalueet | Kotimaan leirintäalueilla on takanaan jo useita hyviä kesiä – myös alkavaan kesään suhtaudutaan toiveikkaasti

Kaikonneiden venäläismatkailijoiden tilalle ovat tulleet saksalaiset ja hollantilaiset.

Jääkiekko | Barkov voitti jälleen NHL:n parhaan puolustavan hyökkääjän palkinnon

Aleksander Barkov sai Selke Trophyn jo toisen kerran urallaan.

Lukijan mielipide | Eutanasialaki kunnioittaisi kuolevien toiveita

Saattohoitoa ei valitettavasti ole tänä päivänä vielä saatavilla kaikkialla maassamme.

Lukijan mielipide | Toimiva joukkoliikenne on autoilijan etu

Ilman muita liikkumisen muotoja autoilu olisi Helsingissä huomattavasti nykyistä hankalampaa.

Kolumni | EU:n tila on sekava, ja siksi äänestäjällä on vaikeaa

Kun koko Euroopan unionin tulevaisuus on epäselvä, oman ehdokkaan valitseminen europarlamentin vaaleissa tuottaa päänvaivaa.

Maailman lehdet | Ruotsidemokraattien trollitehdas sähköisti Ruotsin median

Ruotsidemokraattien Jimmie Åkesson piti Youtubessa kannattajilleen ärhäkän puolustuspuheen.

Lukijan mielipide | Mal-sopimukset on saatava maaliin

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Lukijan mielipide | Tarvitsemme lisää joustavaa sähkönkulutusta

Joustava kulutus vakauttaa sähköverkkoa, sähkön hintaa, vauhdittaa puhtaan sähköntuotannon investointeja ja helpottaa kaikkien sähkömarkkinoilla toimivien elämää.

Lukijan mielipide | Työttömiä ihmisiä pidetään yhtenä massana

Yhteiskuntamme tekee kovaa vauhtia paluuta takaisin 1950-luvulle.

Essee | Mitä Immanuel Kant sanoisi Venäjästä, ydinsodan uhasta ja konferenssimatkailusta?

Jos vaadimme kaikilta samanlaista suhtautumista johonkin, olemme astuneet turmeluksen tielle, kirjoittaa kielitieteilijä Janne Saarikivi.

Pääkirjoitus | Sairauskuluvakuutusten suosio kertoo, ettei hoitoon pääsyyn luoteta

Sairauskuluvakuutuksen ottamista kiihdyttävät epäluottamus ja pelko siitä, että julkisella sektorilla ei pääse riittävän nopeasti hoitoon.

Lukijan mielipide | Eläinkokeista on luovuttava

Euroopassa erilaisiin eläinkokeisiin käytetään vuosittain yli 11 miljoonaa eläintä.

Lukijan mielipide | Suomessa tarvitaan monipuolisia majoituspalveluita

Asuntojen lyhytaikaisella vuokrauksella vastataan ensisijaisesti majoittujien tarpeisiin.

Lukijan mielipide | Haluaisitko sinä taloyhtiön hallitukseen?

Hallituksen jäsenillä on tärkeä ja vastuullinen työ yhdessä isännöitsijän kanssa pitää hyvää huolta yhtiöstä.

Eurovaalit | EU otti yhteistä velkaa – Osa suomalaisista ehdokkaista antaisi velanoton jatkua

EU-vaaliehdokkaat ehdottavat velanoton vaihtoehdoksi sitä, että EU kehittäisi uusia tulonlähteitä.

Muistokirjoitus | Rohkea ja päättäväinen esikuva

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Ukrainan auttaminen | Sari Vainikainen osti tuhansien kellon, koska tykkää siitä, miten ”inhottavalla asialla lyödään rahoiksi” Ukrainan puolesta

Mikromekaanikon idea johti jo ensimmäiseen tuhansien eurojen arvoiseen lahjoitukseen Ukrainan punaiselle ristille.

Arvotalot | Jugendhuvilan paneelien arvoitus johti yllättävään ratkaisuun

Arvokkaan jugendhuvilan historiallisten seinäpaneelit ovat peräisin todennäköisesti vanhasta laivasta, mutta mistä laivasta?

Snooker | Suomalainen lentokapteeni teki kaverinsa kanssa keksinnön, joka mullistaa snookerin tuomaroinnin

Sami Erkkilällä on käynyt hyviä sattumia. Osittain niiden avulla hänestä on tullut snookerin ammattilaisturnausten tuomari. Lisäksi hän on ollut kehittämässä videotarkistusjärjestelmää.

Lukijan mielipide | Sosiaalityön kelpoisuusehdoista on pidettävä kiinni

On täysin selvää, että tällaista työtä ei voi tehdä turvallisesti tai tuloksellisesti ilman maisteritutkinnon tuomaa riittävää pätevyyttä.

Lukijan mielipide | Puhdas siirtymä ei saa pilata vesistöjä

Puhtaalla siirtymällä tulee olla konkreettiset tavoitteet Suomen vesistöille, pohjavedelle ja muulle luonnolle.

Kirjat | Ymmärrämme internetin väärin kolmella eri tavalla, sanovat Veikka Lahtinen ja Pontus Purokuru

Tietokirjailijat Veikka Lahtinen ja Pontus Purokuru pohtivat uudessa kirjassaan, mikä internetissä on vialla.

Asuminen | Suomeen nousee nyt minitaloja, mutta hinta voi yllättää – Tällaista on asua 50 neliön talossa, joka on etenkin koiraihmisten mieleen

Kristiina ja Jukka Korpinen vaihtoivat hevostilan 50 neliön miniomakotitaloon. Tavaran tilalle tuli mielenrauhaa ja yksinkertaisempaa arkea. Minitalon hinta ei kuitenkaan ole aina kovin mini.

Venäjä | Jelena Rodina moitti Putinia, pian sairaalan psykiatrit käynnistivät työleiriäkin pahemman rangaistuksen – HS julkaisee tiedot Putinin vangeista

Venäjällä on nyt ennätysmäärä poliittisia vankeja. Keitä he ovat, ja miksi heidät on tuomittu? HS kertoo vankien kohtaloista ja julkaisee kaikkien 1 050 vangin nimilistan. Se todistaa, miten laajasti sananvapautta Venäjällä rajoitetaan.

Kansantalous | Suomen talouden pitäisi ottaa opiksi Harry Potterista, sanoo arvostettu taloustieteilijä

Suomi on Ruotsiin verrattuna pahasti takamatkalla aineettomaan pääomaan sijoittamisessa ja sen hyödyntämissä.

Etelä-Afrikka | Yksitoista kalastajaa kateissa troolarin upottua Atlantilla

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Yleisurheilu | Reetta Hurske hurjasteli kauden kotimaisen kärkiajan

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Asekauppa | Markkinaoikeus teki maanpuolustuksen kannalta poikkeuksellisen ison ratkaisun

Markkinaoikeus hylkäsi saksalaisen Heckler & Kochin valituksen Suomen ja Ruotsin välillä tehdystä käsiaseiden hankintaa koskevasta sopimuksesta.

Formula 1 | Max Verstappen sivusi Ayrton Sennan ennätystä

Verstappen on ajanut paalupaikalle kahdeksan kertaa peräkkäin.

Gazan sota | Israelin sotakabinetin jäsen uhkaa vetäytyä hätätilahallituksesta

Entinen Israelin asevoimien komentaja Benny Gantz haluaa, että sotakabinetti laatii suunnitelman Gazan tulevaisuudesta kesäkuun 8. päivään mennessä.

Vahingot | Autoilijan matka tyssäsi avoimeen kaivoon Helsingin Pasilassa: Kaupunki kieltää vastuunsa

Sadevesikaivosta puuttunut kansi ja kehys eivät kaupungin mukaan olleet kunnossapidon vika. Auton vauriot jäivät autoilijan maksettavaksi.

Yleisurheilu | Eveliina Määttänen hurjassa kevätvireessä – juoksi aivan SE-lukemien tuntumaan

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Kirja-arvostelu | Pohdi, mikä olisi pahinta mitä voisit toiselle ihmiselle tehdä ja kerro se kymmenellä: Palkitun kirjailijan synkkää romaania lukiessa tulee paha olo

Argentiinalaisen Mariana Enriquezin Yö kuuluu meille -romaanissa isä ja poika yrittävät selviytyä Pimeyttä palvovan kultin kanssa.

Kirja-arvio | ”Goottilaisen realismin kuningattaren” novelleissa väkivalta ja kauhu ovat osa arkea

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Revontulet | Äitienpäiväviikonlopun avaruusmyrsky voi toistua

Äitienpäiväviikonlopun aurinkomyrskyn aiheuttanut auringonpilkkuryhmä kääntyy uudelleen näkyviin kahden viikon päästä.

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Jukka Jalonen ei ollut juttutuulella.

Jalkapallo | Lukas Hradeckyn Leverkusen teki historiaa – pieni tytär mukana nostamassa pokaalia

Leverkusenin kapteeni Lukas Hradecky juhlii Bundesliigan mestaruutta.

Jääkiekon MM-kisat | Jesse Puljujärven hermot olivat koetuksella MM-areenan uumenissa – ”Ei mistään muusta kysytäkään”

Jesse Puljujärvi loisti, mutta Leijonille jäi taas luu käteen.

Podcastit | Yle julkaisi huumemyönteiseksi kritisoidun podcastin: kuuntelimme, millainen se on

Hanna Tikanderin mielestä huumeiden viihdekäytöstä on tärkeää keskustella julkisesti.

Ylioppilaskirjoitukset | Opettajat vaativat Ylioppilastutkintolautakunnalta selitystä arvosanojen putoamisiin

Ylioppilaskokeiden lopullinen arviointi Ylioppilastutkintolautakunnassa herättää kysymyksiä osassa opettajista.

Venäjän hyökkäys | Ilmari Käihkö: Venäjän ilmastrategia ansaitsee enemmän huomiota

Eurooppa on saanut Natolta moitteita siitä, että osa maista keskittyy omaan varusteluunsa Ukrainan tukemisen sijaan.

Sää | Sunnuntain sää jatkuu aurinkoisena ja lämpimänä, mutta alkuviikosta viilenee

Maanantaina päivälämpötilat jäävät koko maassa alle 20 asteeseen.

Kommentti | Tästä syystä Jesse Puljujärvi, 26, loistaa Leijonissa – sanat MM-areenan uumenissa kertovat kaiken

Nyt näyttää aidosti siltä, että Puljujärvi on viimein ymmärtämässä vahvuutensa kaukalossa, kirjoittaa Teemu Suvinen Prahasta.

Jääkiekko | Jesse Puljujärven superilta ei riittänyt – Kanada sysäsi Leijonat katastrofin partaalle

Leijonat kohtaa MM-kisoissa lauantaina kivikovan Kanadan ja Connor Bedardin.

Kommentti | Vuoden kovinta elokuvaa saadaan vielä odottaa

Odotukset Cannesin elokuvajuhlien toiselle viikolle ovat kovia, sillä vielä ei ole nähty todellisia helmiä, kirjoittaa HS:n kulttuuritoimittaja Veli-Pekka Lehtonen.

Eurovaalit | Raportti: Eurovaaleissa on ehdolla paljon nuoria, mutta heidän on vaikea menestyä

Sdp:n ehdokkaista jopa 70 prosenttia on naisia.

Afganistan | Syöksytulvat tappaneet ainakin 50 ihmistä: ”Tilanne on todella huolestuttava”

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Koripallo | Yksi epäonnistunut donkki maksoi liikaa Korisliigan finaalissa

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Espoo | Moottoripyörä ja auto tuhoutuivat täysin törmäyksessä

Moottoripyörän ja auton törmäys sytytti Espoossa pienen maastopalon.

Nato | Saksa on saamassa Naton alueellisen merivoimien johtoportaan, kertoo Saksan merivoimien komentaja

Keskustelussa vastaavaa esikuntaa on aiemmin väläytelty Ruotsiin. Ruotsin puolustusministeri sanoo, että keskustelua on käyty siitä, voisiko esikunta olla tulevaisuudessa kiertävä.

Sää | Lauantai oli viides perättäinen hellepäivä, ylin lämpötila 25,5 astetta

Kaikkiaan hellettä mitattiin lauantaipäivän aikana kuudella Ilmatieteen laitoksen havaintoasemalla.

Kommentti | Helsinkiläinen koripalloyleisö heräsi vihdoin

Paluuta takavuosikymmenien jättiyleisöihin ei Helsingin Kisahallissa kuitenkaan ole, kirjoittaa Heikki Miettinen.

Pääkirjoitus | Itsenäisyysliikkeiden vetovoima heikkenee Euroopassa

Katalonian vaaleissa nähtiin historiallinen käänne, kun Katalonian itsenäisyyttä kannattavat puolueet eivät ensimmäistä kertaa sitten vuoden 1984 saaneet enemmistöä alueparlamenttiin.

Jääkiekon MM-kisat | Sveitsi löylytti Tanskaa Leijonien lohkossa – NHL-tähti hämmästyi fanien tempusta: ”Uskomatonta”

Sveitsi on taas hurjassa iskussa MM-kisoissa. Onnistuuko se vihdoin peittoamaan viime vuosien mörkönsä?

Lapset | Näin vanhemmat perustelevat lapsensa kielijänteen leikkausta: ”Lääkärit sanoivat vain, ettei mitään ongelmaa ole”

Suomen Lastenlääkäriyhdistys on huolissaan yleistyneistä kieli- ja huulijänteiden leikkauksista.

Jääkiekko | Yle: HIFK valitsi urheilujohtajakseen Leijonien maailmanmestarin

HIFK:n edellinen urheilujohtaja Tobias Salmelainen irtisanoutui keväällä.

Pakotteet | Venäjä takavarikoi kolmen eurooppalaispankin omaisuutta yli 700 miljoonan euron arvosta

Kiistan keskipisteessä ovat Euroopan unionin Venäjää vastaan määräämät pakotteet.

Yhdysvallat | Näin amerikkalaisen unelman peruspilari murentui – ”Olen vihainen, surullinen, petetty ja peloissani”, sanoo potkut saanut professori

Amerikkalaiset ovat lyhyessä ajassa menettäneet uskonsa korkeakoulutukseen. ”Kaikki sortuu”, sanoo 22-vuotias opiskelija Hunter Neel. Mitä oikein tapahtui?

Georgia | Georgian presidentti käytti veto-oikeuttaan kiisteltyä ulkomaisen vaikuttamisen lakiesitystä vastaan

Presidentin mukaan laki on ”olemukseltaan venäläinen” ja Georgian perustuslain vastainen. Parlamentti voi kumota presidentin veton yksinkertaisella enemmistöllä.

Sanalouhos | Jos sinulla on hyvä kielipää, pärjäät tässä pelissä – Kokeile, osaatko täyttää Sanalouhoksen

HS:n Sanalouhos-pelissä tehtävänäsi on etsiä sanat ruudukosta. Peli ratkeaa, kun saat kaikki kirjaimet käytettyä.

Konserttiarvio | Manfred Honeck sähköisti RSO:n parhaimpaansa

Dvořák-ohjelma esitteli tšekkiläisyyden ydintä.

Saksa | Liittokansleri vieraili rankkasateiden aiheuttamien tulvien tuhoalueella

Lounais-Saksan Saarlandissa tulvat olivat pahimpia lähes 30 vuoteen, mutta kuolonuhreja ei ollut.

Miniristikko | Taivas on kattona! Ei, nyt on muita kattoja

HS:n 5x5-miniristikko ilmestyy päivittäin vaihtuvalla aiheella. Kokeile saatko kaikki sanat omille paikoilleen.

Televisioarvio | ”Itku pitkästä ilosta” pätee jälleen: alkoholin iloja hehkuttava tiedesarja päätyy krapulaan

Ruotsalaissarjan alku on epätyypillinen: alkoholia ei nähdä kirouksena vaan jopa siunauksena. Ote kuitenkin muuttuu sarjan edetessä.

Inflaatio | Onko jäätelön hinta jo liian korkea? Näin kommentoivat kesäpäivää Helsingissä viettävät ulkopaikkakuntalaiset

HS kävi tarkastamassa Esplanadien jäätelökioskien hinnat. Ne ovat nousseet, mutta puistoon saapuneita ulkopaikkakuntalaisia hinnat eivät hetkauttaneet.

Tuomiot | Mies seurasi naista ravintolan wc-koppiin ja raiskasi tämän

Kolmekymppinen mies raiskasi naisen ravintolan vessassa. Mies tuomittiin ehdolliseen vankeuteen.

Sähkö | Pörssisähkön hinta saattaa pompata korkeaksi myös kesällä

Naapurimaiden sähkönsiirron tilanne voi aiheuttaa hintaheilahteluja myös tulevana kesänä.

Ficon murhayritys | Slovakian pääministeri on tajuissaan – Ampujaksi epäilty pysyy vangittuna

Slovakian pääministeri Robert Fico joutui ampumisen uhriksi keskiviikkona. Pääministeri on edelleen tehohoidossa.

EU | Mäkelä: Perussuomalaiset ei kannata uusia yhteisvelkajärjestelyjä

Keskusta syytti perjantaina hallituksen linjaa Euroopan unionin uudesta yhteisvelasta epäselväksi.

Henkilö | Ville Juurikkala kuvasi maailman suurimpia rocktähtiä ja kärsi riippuvuuksista, mutta yksi kappale sai hänet kyseenalaistamaan elämäntapansa

Rockvalokuvaaja Ville Juurikkalan ura lähti valtavan nopeaan nousuun 2000-luvun alkuvuosina. Vuosien ajan kuvioon kuului paitsi unelmaelämää Los Angelesissa myös vaikea alkoholiongelma ja työnarkomania.

Formula 1 | Kuhina Valtteri Bottaksen ympärillä yltyy – kuvat varikolta kiihdyttivät jatkohuhuja

Valtteri Bottas sanoi aiemmin, että todennäköisyys F1:ssä jatkamiseen on 99 prosenttia.

Ydinaseet | Venäjä ilmoitti ottaneensa mannertenväliset Bulava-ohjukset käyttöön

Ydinsukellusveneiden Nuija-ohjusta on kehitelty 26 vuotta, vastaava ilmoitus on annettu kahdesti aiemminkin.

Jääkiekon MM-kisat | Raimo Summaselta hälyttävä huomio Mikael Granlundin ykkösnyrkistä – ”Kova paikka”

Leijonien ketjupaletti meni uusiksi. Raimo Summanen analysoi.

Gazan sota | Yhdysvaltain Sullivan matkaa Lähi-itään aseleponeuvottelujen polkiessa paikallaan

Suomi esitti perjantaina 12 muun maan kanssa Israelille vetoomuksen, ettei se laajentaisi hyökkäystään Rafahiin.

Sähkö | Pörssisähkön keskihinta jää sunnuntainakin miinukselle

Halvimmillaan sähkö on iltapäivällä.

Ukraina | Uusi laki liikekannallepanosta voimaan: Tämä kaikki muuttuu

Zelenskyi hyväksyi vankien ottamisen asepalvelukseen.

Maksaminen | Mobilepayn käyttäjät voivat siirtää pian rahaa ulkomaille

Mobilepay on lanseeraamassa kesäkuussa ominaisuuden, joka mahdollistaa kuluttajien väliset rahansiirrot Suomen, Tanskan ja Norjan välillä.

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Al Jazeera

At 26 years old, Steve Chingwaru uncovered 420 tonnes of gold in buried mining waste. Now everyone wants to hire him.

India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 5: Who votes and what’s at stake?

Voters to decide the fate of 695 candidates, including opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, in the fifth phase of polls.

Oleksandr Usyk beats Tyson Fury to become undisputed heavyweight champion

Ukraine's Usyk beat UK's Fury by a split decision to become the first unifying title fighter since 1999.

Can the world’s top court stop Israel’s offensive in Rafah?

Israel refutes South Africa's accusation that its Gaza military campaign is a genocidal act against Palestinians.

UN says 800,000 people have fled Rafah as Israel kills dozens in Gaza

Israel says it recovered remains of one captive while Hamas claims several attacks against Israeli troops across Gaza.

Israel’s Gantz demands Gaza post-war plan, threatens to quit gov’t

Netanyahu rival lays out six-point strategy, including forming an international coalition to help govern Gaza after war.

Russian court seizes two European banks’ assets amid Western sanctions

Freezing hundreds of billions of dollars in lenders' assets was part of dispute over gas project halted by sanctions.

At least 23 people missing off Tunisia coast, authorities say

Search and rescue operations under way while five suspects have been arrested, Tunisian National Guard says.

Georgia’s president vetoes controversial ‘foreign agents’ bill

President Salome Zourabichvili says the law is 'Russian in its essence', but parliament is expected to overturn veto.

Vietnam nominates public security minister to be new president

To Lam has been public security chief since 2016 and has taken a hard line on human rights movements in the country.

Three Afghans, three Spanish tourists killed in Bamyan shooting

Group of tourists and their companions was fired on while walking through a market in central Afghanistan.

Violent protests rage in France’s New Caledonia amid growing civil unrest

France’s Pacific Islands territory has been rocked by riots for nearly a week over planned electoral reforms.

Are seed-sowing drones the answer to global deforestation?

Drones are being used to replant degraded areas of forest in Brazil - how successful have they been so far?

Slovak PM Fico in ‘serious condition’ as shooting suspect appears in court

Court near Bratislava rules that man accused in assassination attempt will be held in custody.

Sri Lanka’s killing fields cast a long shadow

Impunity for crimes committed during the civil war has fuelled post-war repression in Sri Lanka.

Israel’s PR battle is getting harder

Eight months into the war on Gaza, disunity and disarray is making Israel’s PR and messaging much tougher.

Death toll rises to six in New Caledonia riots as unrest spreads

Hundreds of heavily armed marines and police patrol the French territory's capital Noumea after a night of violence.

At least 50 killed in heavy rains, floods in Afghanistan’s Ghor province

Officials in the central region expect the number of casualties to increase as rising waters destroy thousands of homes.

Zelenskyy warns Russia’s Kharkiv offensive may only be ‘first wave’

New laws overhauling army mobilisation rules in Ukraine take effect in effort to address acute troop shortages.

Lebanon’s economic crisis endures, as does the EU’s ‘fear’ of refugees

Analysts question whether EU grants to Lebanon have anything to do with getting its economy out of the hole it is in.

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 814

As the war enters its 814th day, these are the main developments.

‘Refuge of the last dreamers’: Luang Prabang, a city suspended in time

Once a royal city in ancient Laos, Luang Prabang is home to Buddhist temples nestled in a valley on the Mekong River.

India’s biggest election prize: Can the Gandhi family survive Modi?

The pocket boroughs of Amethi and Rae Bareli have stood by the first family of Indian politics through ups and downs.

Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk: Foul-mouthed Fury shoves Usyk at weigh-in

'Forget his belts. I'm coming for his heart, he's getting it tomorrow,' Fury threatened in a brief bust-up with Usyk.

Has India’s Muslim population really exploded?

A new government report claims that India's Muslim population share has grown 43 percent since 1950. What's the truth?

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New York Times

Benny Gantz, a centrist member of leadership, presented the prime minister with an ultimatum that demanded a plan for the future of Israel’s war.

Are Those Mimes Spying on Us? In Pakistan, It’s Not a Strange Question.

Pakistanis suspect the national intelligence agencies of being behind practically everything — even street performers working for tips in Islamabad.

Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool, a Love Affair in Street Art and Silverware

A coach’s soccer legacy is often reduced to titles and trophies. In Liverpool, a beloved manager will endure in murals, music and shared memories.

France Issues Scratch-and-Sniff Baguette Postage Stamps

The celebration of French heritage in the run-up to the Paris Olympics was unveiled on the feast day of Saint Honoré, the patron saint of bakers.

Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening.

A system of dams and canals may soon be unable to provide water to one of the world’s largest cities, a confluence of unchecked growth, crumbling infrastructure and a changing climate.

Xi Jinping Embracing Vladimir Putin in Defiance of the West

Western leaders looking for signs that the Chinese leader used his influence on President Vladimir V. Putin to end the war in Ukraine are likely to be disappointed.

Russians Poured Over Ukraine’s Border. There Was Little to Stop Them.

The stunning incursion into the Kharkiv Region lays bare the challenges facing Ukraine’s weary and thinly stretched forces as Russia ramps up its summer offensive.

Under Israeli Bombs, a Wartime Economy Emerges in Gaza

Amid the destruction, a marketplace of survival has arisen focused on the basics: food, shelter and money.

Slovak Prime Minister Is Improving After Second Operation, Official Says

The suspect in the shooting of the prime minister, Robert Fico, appeared before a judge, who ordered that he would remain in custody until he is charged and tried.

Rescuers in Nepal Retrieve the Bodies of an American Climber and Her Guide

The two were racing to climb the 14 tallest mountains in the world when they were killed in an avalanche.

Russia Presses Attacks in Northeast Ukraine, Seeking Buffer Zone on Border

Advances by Russian forces have raised fears that they could bring their artillery in range of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Being Muslim in Modi’s India

Families grapple with anguish and isolation as they try to raise their children in a country that increasingly questions their very identity.

A Would-be Assassin Stirs Europe’s Violent Ghosts

Political violence and polarization stalk Europe today, with ominous echoes of the past.

When a Tale of Migration Is Not Just Fiction

When the director and crew of “Io Capitano” toured Senegal with their acclaimed movie, audiences responded with their life stories.

U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War

The talks were the first since Iran attacked Israel last month in retaliation for its killing of an Iranian general.

Moorhead C. Kennedy Jr., 93, Dies; Hostage Who Chided Foreign Policy

A Foreign Service officer, he was one of 52 hostages seized in Iran and held for 444 days. He later challenged the U.S. government to reshape its diplomacy with the Islamic world.

Rex Murphy, a Dominant Pundit on the Right in Canada, Dies at 77

In newspaper columns and on radio and TV, he was his country’s “premier provocateur,” gaining a wide audience for his conservative attacks on liberals and environmentalists.

Georgia’s President Vetoes Foreign Influence Law

The law has triggered protests and threatens to derail the nation’s pro-European aspirations in favor of closer ties with Russia.

The Northern Lights Forecast in the U.K.

Sightings of the aurora borealis are unlikely in the U.K. this weekend, but the northern lights could return on Monday, forecasters said.

Backlash to Anitta’s Music Video Evokes a Painful History in Brazil

Outrage over the pop star’s new music video brought Brazil’s struggle with religious intolerance into view.

Queen of the Book Club

Sitting down for lunch with Reese Witherspoon, whose book picks have become a force in the publishing industry.

Appreciating Alice Munro, Who Brought Innovation to Short Fiction

The Nobel laureate, whose precisely written stories about southwestern Ontario many considered “without equal,” died this week at 92.

Slovakian Charged in Shooting ‘Was Against Everything’

People who know the suspect described a “weird and angry” loner who wrote erotic poetry, and whose resentments ranged across the political spectrum.

How Modi Demonizes India’s Muslims

With India’s election in full swing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party are using animated videos to attack Muslims.

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Reuters exclusively reported that Raiffeisen Bank International was warned by the U.S. Treasury in writing that its access to the […]

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BHP-Anglo American deal raises alarm in Japan’s steel industry

Reuters exclusively reported that Japanese steelmakers have raised concerns with Australian authorities that BHP Group could become too dominant in the […]

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India projects biggest power shortfall in 14 years in June

Reuters exclusively reported that India is projecting its biggest power shortfall in 14 years in June after a slump in hydropower […]

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US eyes curbs on China’s access to AI software behind apps like ChatGPT

Reuters exclusively reported that the Biden administration is poised to open up a new front in its effort to safeguard U.S. […]

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Uniper’s dormant Russian gas contracts may pose hurdle to listing

Reuters exclusively reported that legacy gas contracts with former main supplier Gazprom could become a key hurdle for utility Uniper […]

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Elon Musk visits China as Tesla seeks self-driving technology rollout

Reuters exclusively reported that Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on a flight heading to Beijing on Sunday to kick off […]

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UAE planning second nuclear power plant

Reuters exclusively reported that the United Arab Emirates will tender shortly for the construction of a new nuclear power plant […]

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ByteDance prefers TikTok shutdown in US if legal options fail

Reuters exclusively reported that TikTok owner ByteDance would prefer shutting down its loss-making app rather than sell it if the […]

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Google parent announces first-ever dividend; beats on sales, profit; shares soar

Reuters was first to report on Google-parent Alphabet declaring its first ever quarterly dividend and announcing a massive $70 billion […]

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Russia does not rule out LNG exports stagnating in next 4 years

Reuters exclusively reported that Russia’s liquefied natural gas exports could stagnate in the next four years under the two less-rosy […]

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NPR

Dr. Adam Hamawy is a former U.S. Army combat surgeon currently in Gaza. He said he's treating primarily civilians, rather than combatants: "mostly children, many women, many elderly."

The controversy over King Charles' portrait

The first portrait painted of King Charles since his coronation has some critics seeing red. NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben discusses the controversy with art journalist Holly Black.

A member of Israel's war cabinet says he'll quit if there is no plan to replace Hamas

The ultimatum by war cabinet member Benny Gantz reflects discontent among Israel's leadership about Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's handling of the Gaza war and his far-right political partners.

Boeing's troubled Starliner spacecraft launch is delayed again

A helium leak pushed back a planned launch to May 25. Boeing's program that would shuttle astronauts to and from the International Space Station has been plagued with problems.

Over 300 people have died after flash floods in Afghanistan

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Arshad Malik, Afghanistan country director for Save the Children, about the aftermath of the deadly floods that hit several provinces there last weekend.

In India's elections, many say cash-for-votes is an open secret

Cash-for-votes is such a pervasive problem in India that the election commission says it seized nearly half a billion dollars of cash and inducements before the polls even opened last month.

What Russia's latest military offensive means for Ukraine

NPR's Scott Simon talks with strategic studies professor Phillips O'Brien of the University of St. Andrews in Scotland about the significance of Russia's latest military offensive in Ukraine.

The assassination attempt on Slovakian PM is the latest example of violence in Europe

There's a lot of finger-pointing in Slovakia following the assassination attempt this week on its prime minister. It's another example of political violence that's been taking place in Europe of late.

A Crimean couple in Ukraine says they're reliving an 80-year-old story

A Crimean Tatar couple in Ukraine, displaced by Russian troops, sees parallels to the Soviets' forced deportation of 200,000 Tatars from Crimea 80 years ago.

U.S. says the first shipment of aid has reached Gaza through its floating pier

The U.S. military says the first shipment of aid has moved ashore into Gaza over a new, massive floating pier. It wants to scale up to 150 trucks entering Gaza per day.

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The Cipher Brief

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — As Taiwan prepares for the inauguration of President-elect Lai Ching-te on May 20, it’s also preparing for fresh provocations from Beijing. “The [...] More

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How a ‘Russian Law’ Brought Georgia to the Brink

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — In a former Soviet republic, tens of thousands of people take to the streets to protest Russian interference. The Kremlin [...] More

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Amid Dire Warnings About Russia, Europe Has A Troop Problem

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — When France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned that Europe might have to send troops to Ukraine to stop Russia from advancing elsewhere in [...] More

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After $130 Billion in U.S. Aid, Why Israel Can ‘Stand Alone’

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — “If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week, in response to President [...] More

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Former Top NATO Commander Warns of “Drone Swarm” Threat

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — While the use of lethal drones is escalating in Ukraine, Russia, the Middle East and elsewhere, the global proliferation of the technology [...] More

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South China Sea Flareups Raise Fears of Wider Conflict

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The South China Sea is boiling again. “The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no [...] More

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Congress Probes Russia Link to “Havana Syndrome”

SUBSCRIBER+ REPORTING — Congress waded into an explosive debate Wednesday, in the wake of revelations that Russia may have been behind the so-called “Havana Syndrome” [...] More

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On Putin’s “Victory Day,” A Warning To the West

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It’s an unusually busy week in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin has been inaugurated for a fifth term, the military is [...] More

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Will American ATACMS Help Ukraine Win the War?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — In late March, hunkered in his sandbag-lined compound with visiting Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pleaded for [...] More

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Cybersecurity Official: Many Water Facilities Still Unaware of Threat – and Unprepared

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Last week The Cipher Brief published a look at the threat to the nation’s water supply posed by cyberattacks – an [...] More

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Raising Awareness of Cyber Threats – With Some Help From Hollywood

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS — While top cybersecurity officials sound the alarm over intrusions by Russia, China and individual hackers into U.S. critical infrastructure, they’ve noticed another [...] More

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Former Afghan Intelligence Chief Sees “Jihadist Utopia” Since U.S. Withdrawal

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The last Afghan head of intelligence before the 2021 Taliban takeover of Afghanistan believes terrorist groups have regained a foothold in the [...] More

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Is Made-in-Ukraine the Answer to Russia’s War Machine?

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Russia’s relentless assault on Ukraine has forced a revival of Ukraine’s domestic defense industry. Ukraine tripled defense production in 2023, the first full [...] More

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A Russia-China Show of Force in the Arctic

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — As Russia and China put on a show of force in the Arctic, security officials are voicing concerns over NATO’s readiness [...] More

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What are Adversaries Doing in the U.S. Water Supply?

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — It’s a serious threat to the nation’s critical infrastructure that not enough people are talking about. That’s the view of [...] More

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Russia’s Response to U.S. Aid: Shrugs, Disinformation and Warnings of Nuclear War

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Russia’s reaction to the new infusion of U.S. aid for Ukraine has ranged from shrugs to fury, from warnings of nuclear [...] More

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The Long Arm of China’s Security Services

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — When Chinese President Xi Jinping came to San Francisco last November to meet with President Joe Biden, Chinese pro-democracy activists in [...] More

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Is Afghanistan A Lost Cause for America? Observations from One of the Last Americans Out

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — More than two years after its withdrawal from Afghanistan, the U.S. still does not have a clear way forward in the [...] More

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