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  • Merz ‘not giving up on working with Trump’ despite Iran war spat Agence France-Presse in Berlin
    German chancellor downplays US military drawbacks and president’s barbs in TV interviewThe German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said he will not give up on working with the US president, Donald Trump, despite a spat between the leaders over the war in Iran.“I am not giving up on working on the transatlantic relationship,” Merz told the public broadcaster ARD in an interview due to air on Sunday night. “Nor am I giving up on working with Donald Trump.” Continue reading...
     

Merz ‘not giving up on working with Trump’ despite Iran war spat

3 May 2026 at 20:27

German chancellor downplays US military drawbacks and president’s barbs in TV interview

The German chancellor, Friedrich Merz, has said he will not give up on working with the US president, Donald Trump, despite a spat between the leaders over the war in Iran.

“I am not giving up on working on the transatlantic relationship,” Merz told the public broadcaster ARD in an interview due to air on Sunday night. “Nor am I giving up on working with Donald Trump.”

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© Photograph: dts News Agency Germany ARD/Thomas Ernst/Shutterstock

© Photograph: dts News Agency Germany ARD/Thomas Ernst/Shutterstock

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  • Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship Matty Edwards and agencies
    Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken illWhat is hantavirus, the infection thought to have killed three on cruise ship?A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people – including an elderly married couple – and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and South Africa’s health department said on Sunday.The WHO said an investigation was
     

Three passengers dead after suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship

3 May 2026 at 22:55

Dutch husband and wife and third unidentified person reported to have died, with three further people taken ill

A suspected outbreak of the rare hantavirus infection on a cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean killed three people – including an elderly married couple – and sickened at least three others, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and South Africa’s health department said on Sunday.

The WHO said an investigation was under way but that at least one case of hantavirus had been confirmed. One of the patients was in intensive care in a South African hospital, the UN’s health agency said in a statement to the Associated Press, and the WHO was working with authorities to evacuate two others with symptoms from the ship.

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  • California, Arizona and Nevada propose water-saving plan for Colorado River Roque Planas
    Proposal includes cutbacks for three years as negotiations over future of shrinking reservoirs have been unsuccessfulThe states of California, Arizona and Nevada have proposed voluntary water-saving measures for the next three years aimed at buying time while negotiations remain deadlocked over the future of shrinking reservoirs filled by the Colorado River.The Colorado River provides water to some 40 million people in the American west. But the two massive reservoirs filled by the river, Lake M
     

California, Arizona and Nevada propose water-saving plan for Colorado River

3 May 2026 at 19:32

Proposal includes cutbacks for three years as negotiations over future of shrinking reservoirs have been unsuccessful

The states of California, Arizona and Nevada have proposed voluntary water-saving measures for the next three years aimed at buying time while negotiations remain deadlocked over the future of shrinking reservoirs filled by the Colorado River.

The Colorado River provides water to some 40 million people in the American west. But the two massive reservoirs filled by the river, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both stand at historically low levels, after consistent overdrawing coupled with reduced snowpack and warming from climate change.

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© Photograph: Guillermo Arias/AFP/Getty Images

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  • Teens storm Scientology church in New York in latest ‘speed running’ incident Lucy Campbell
    Group broke through locked door in Manhattan, damaging property and injuring a staff member, church saysA group of youths forced their way into a Scientology church in New York on Saturday in the latest in a string of nationwide “speed running” incidents that have gone viral on social media in recent weeks.The group broke through a locked door to gain entry to the Church of Scientology on West 36th Street in Manhattan, throwing objects, damaging the property and injuring a staff member as worshi
     

Teens storm Scientology church in New York in latest ‘speed running’ incident

3 May 2026 at 19:28

Group broke through locked door in Manhattan, damaging property and injuring a staff member, church says

A group of youths forced their way into a Scientology church in New York on Saturday in the latest in a string of nationwide “speed running” incidents that have gone viral on social media in recent weeks.

The group broke through a locked door to gain entry to the Church of Scientology on West 36th Street in Manhattan, throwing objects, damaging the property and injuring a staff member as worshippers and visitors attended a seminar, the church said in a statement to the Guardian.

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© Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP

© Photograph: Chris Pizzello/AP

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