Mission

Milioni di documenti che testimoniano generazioni di traumi sono stati salvati da Gaza e Gerusalemme Est in un'operazione di dieci mesi dell'Unrwa. Il tragitto da Gerusalemme Est ad Amman avrebbe dovuto essere semplice: un breve viaggio verso il Mar Morto, l'attraversamento del checkpoint di frontiera e l'arrivo rapido nella capitale giordana. Ma all'inizio dell'estate del 2024, tale distanza è apparsa come un ostacolo quasi insormontabile per gli operatori umanitari dell'Unrwa (l'Agenzia delle Nazioni Unite per i soccorsi e i lavori di assistenza ai rifugiati palestinesi), mentre cercavano di mettere in sicurezza enormi quantità di documenti d'archivio di vitale importanza per decenni della storia recente palestinese. Continua a leggere...

L'Australia Palestine Advocacy Network afferma che le critiche a Israele vengono regolarmente rappresentate come antisemite – e che le voci palestinesi vengono escluse dal dibattito.Ricevi le nostre email con le ultime notizie, l'app gratuita o il podcast quotidiano.Le voci palestinesi vengono escluse dal dibattito sulla coesione sociale, ha dichiarato l'organismo di rappresentanza dei palestinesi in Australia dopo che gli è stato negato il permesso di comparire davanti alla commissione reale sull'antisemitismo e la coesione sociale.L'Australia Palestine Advocacy Network (Apan) ha presentato memorie dettagliate sulle questioni dell'antisemitismo – incluso come esso venga definito – nonché sul razzismo e sulla coesione sociale, ma è stata informata di non avere un interesse "diretto e sostanziale" nelle udienze pubbliche, attualmente in corso a Sydney. Continua a leggere...

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Il ministro della Salute Mark Butler afferma che sei persone della MC Hondius, oltre all'equipaggio del volo charter, saranno isolate per settimane Segui il nostro blog in diretta sulle notizie dall'Australia per gli ultimi aggiornamenti Ricevi le nostre email con le ultime notizie, l'app gratuita o il podcast quotidiano Gli australiani e i neozelandesi che si trovavano a bordo della nave da crociera colpita dal letale hantavirus trascorreranno le prime tre settimane di quarantena presso il centro nazionale di resilienza di Bullsbrook, appena fuori Perth. L'equipaggio del volo che li riporterà in patria dovrà unirsi a loro, ha dichiarato il ministro della Salute australiano, Mark Butler. Continua a leggere...

I dati provenienti dalle missioni che mostrano una coltre nevosa criticamente bassa sulle montagne di tutto l'ovest destano allarme tra gli esperti. Molto al di sopra delle vette frastagliate della Sierra Nevada in California, la vista dalla cabina di pilotaggio è mozzafiato. A prima vista, le montagne appaiono avvolte in una candida coltre bianca. Ma mentre l'equipaggio di volo si prepara per una missione ad alto rischio, i sensori a bordo di questo velivolo specializzato dimostrano che le apparenze possono ingannare. "Questo è un anno decisamente secco", afferma Tom Painter, CEO di Airborne Snow Observatories. Continua a leggere...

• Allison Transmission ha registrato un aumento dei ricavi dell'84% nel Q1 2026, alimentato principalmente da una recente acquisizione in un contesto di incertezza macroeconomica. • L'azienda ha confermato le previsioni per l'intero anno 2026 rilasciate il 23 febbraio, tenendo conto dei risultati del primo trimestre e dei rischi geopolitici. • Questa performance sottolinea la crescita trainata dalle acquisizioni nel settore delle trasmissioni, con implicazioni per i fornitori industriali.

• L'8 maggio 2025, l'India ha condotto un test riuscito del missile avanzato Agni-5 dotato di tecnologia MIRV dall'isola Dr APJ Abdul Kalam al largo dell'Odisha, visibile fino al Bangladesh. • Sotto il nome in codice Mission Divyastra, il singolo missile ha dispiegato testate multiple in grado di colpire diversi obiettivi simultaneamente, collocando l'India tra le nazioni d'élite con tale capacità strategica. • Il Ministro della Difesa Rajnath Singh ha descritto il test come un 'salto enorme' nella preparazione della difesa contro 'crescenti percezioni di minaccia', con l'intero volo tracciato da sistemi terrestri e navali.

• Le emissioni sono state sottostimate di un fattore di cinque nei piani per l'Essex del colosso tecnologico, mentre i piani di Greystoke nel Lincolnshire mostrano un errore simile • Gli sviluppatori che lavorano per Google hanno dichiarato in modo significativamente errato quanto due proposti datacentre per l'IA contribuiranno alle emissioni totali del Regno Unito nei documenti di pianificazione esaminati dal Guardian. • L'azienda tecnologica desidera costruire due enormi datacentre: un progetto di 52 ettari (130 acri) a Thurrock e un altro presso un aeroporto a North Weald, entrambi nell'Essex. Per farlo, gli sviluppatori sono tenuti a presentare documenti di pianificazione che calcolino quanta parte dell'impronta di carbonio totale del Regno Unito sarà costituita dalle emissioni di questi progetti. Continua a leggere...

• Le promesse di ridurre le emissioni e di utilizzare aerei più efficienti dal punto di vista del carburante non riescono a fermare l'aumento, con l'impronta di carbonio di Ryanair cresciuta del 50% rispetto al 2019 • Le emissioni derivanti dai voli in Europa hanno ora superato i livelli pre-pandemia, con l'impronta di carbonio di Ryanair superiore del 50% rispetto al 2019, come dimostrato da una ricerca. • Le emissioni totali dell'aviazione continuano ad aumentare nonostante gli impegni dell'industria per la decarbonizzazione e l'introduzione di aerei più efficienti, spinti dalla massiccia espansione dei vettori low-cost. Continua a leggere...

• Il Gabinetto dell'Unione ha dato il via libera alle ultime due unità di semiconduttori nell'ambito della Fase 1 della India Semiconductor Mission il 5 maggio 2026, finalizzando progetti per un investimento totale di 3.936 crore di rupie. • Queste approvazioni rientrano nel piano di spesa di 76.000 crore di rupie per la India Semiconductor Mission 1.0, volta a potenziare la produzione nazionale di chip. • La mossa risponde alle crescenti esigenze tecnologiche dell'India e riduce la dipendenza dalle importazioni, posizionando il Paese come un hub globale per i semiconduttori.

• Nel suo quarto giorno di udienze pubbliche, la commissione reale sull'antisemitismo ha ascoltato testimonianze secondo cui gli australiani ebrei sono stati pressati affinché si dimettissero e sono stati aggrediti verbalmente. • Agli australiani ebrei è stato chiesto di utilizzare nomi «meno ovviamente ebraici», hanno avvertito la pressione di dover rassegnare le dimissioni e sono stati insultati dai colleghi a seguito degli eventi del 7 ottobre 2023. • Durante il quarto giorno di udienze pubbliche, la commissione reale sull'antisemitismo ha inoltre ascoltato l'inviato australiano per l'antisemitismo, il quale ha affermato che l'odio verso gli ebrei è diventato «quasi di moda», mentre un'infermiera di Sydney ha dichiarato che il New South Wales Health «non è sicuro per le persone ebree».

School said its admission process is ‘based on merit’ and it is committed to complying with state and federal lawsThe US Department of Justice found on Wednesday that the medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles illegally considered race in admissions as the Trump administration ramps up scrutiny of colleges’ processes for selecting students.The finding escalates the Trump administration’s ongoing standoff with UCLA, which has focused mostly on the main campus’s response to allegations of antisemitic harassment. Continue reading...

The third day of hearings of the royal commission on antisemitism and social cohesion heard further evidence from Jewish AustraliansFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastViolent antisemitic abuse was allowed to proliferate across a Jewish political candidate’s social media as part of a broader trend designed to intimidate Jewish Australians from public life, a royal commission has heard.Joshua Kirsh launched a campaign as an independent candidate for the New South Wales upper house in late 2025 but found his advertisements online bombarded by antisemitic tropes, abuse and threats. Continue reading...

Jewish children face antisemitic abuse, swastikas etched on school walls and other students performing Nazi salutes, hearing toldFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastJewish children in Australia face antisemitic abuse at school, see swastikas daubed on walls and witness classmates perform Nazi salutes: they live with antisemitism “all day, every day”, a Sydney Jewish mother has told a royal commission hearing.The woman, known as Dina before the commission, said Australia had become a more hostile, more dangerous place for Jews, most horrifically demonstrated by the Bondi massacre in December in which 15 people were shot and killed. Continue reading...

International Energy Agency findings show government must commit to rapid cuts in emissions of greenhouse gas, climate experts sayEmissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from Australian coalmines are more than double official government estimates reported to the UN, according to a new International Energy Agency report.Climate and energy analysts said the report had again highlighted an “enormous gap” in the country’s reported methane emissions from coalmines and should serve as a wake-up call. Continue reading...

Treasurer says next week’s budget will save more than it spends. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe government is boasting of making bigger than usual savings in next week’s budget, with Jim Chalmers saying his fourth budget will have “more restraint”.The treasurer said:Responsible economic management has been a hallmark of this Albanese Government and the May Budget will be our most responsible yet.We’re getting the budget in better nick because that helps to fund the things that Australians need and deserve like Medicare, aged care and cost-of-living relief.In this Budget you’ll see more responsible economic management and more restraint from the Albanese Government. Continue reading...

• The Election Commission declared the April 29 polling void in 15 stations in Magrahat Paschim and Diamond Harbour constituencies in South 24 Parganas due to violence and disturbances. • Repolling is scheduled for May 2 from 7 am to 6 pm under strict monitoring to ensure a fair electoral process. • The decision addresses reports of disruptions that compromised the integrity of the vote in these areas.

• The Trinamool Congress (TMC) moved the Supreme Court on Friday for an urgent hearing challenging the Election Commission of India's decision to appoint only central government employees as counting supervisors for West Bengal Assembly elections. • Chief Justice of India Surya Kant directed an urgent hearing for Saturday, with the plea to be heard by a bench of Justices PS Narasimha and Joymalya Bagchi, indicating high-priority consideration of the electoral dispute. • The challenge reflects ongoing political tensions in West Bengal regarding electoral fairness and governance, with TMC opposing what it views as potential bias in vote counting procedures.

The Green party leader reshared a post on social media that appeared to show officers kicking the suspect in the Golders Green attack in the headFull report: Zack Polanski’s criticism of Golders Green attack arrest will have ‘chilling effect’, says Met chiefMorning, welcome to our UK politics blog.The Metropolitan police commissioner Mark Rowley has denied he was “intervening in politics” after he wrote an open letter to Zack Polanski over the way officers arrested the Golders Green attack suspect. Continue reading...

• On April 14, 2026, the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) completed its primary mission early, creating the largest-ever 3D map of 47 million galaxies. • The dataset represents a sixfold increase over all previous galactic measurements, enabling new analysis of the universe's shape and size. • This breakthrough could reconcile quantum physics and general relativity toward a theory of everything, positioning US National Laboratories to lead global science.

Fadi Saqr is accused of mass killings of civilians in Tadamon, Damascus, where people say he must face justiceA Syrian rights commission is preparing a case accusing Fadi Saqr, a militia leader within the Assad regime, of involvement in crimes against humanity and war crimes, a senior Syrian official has told the Guardian.Saqr is a former commander of the National Defence Forces (NDF) militia and is widely accused of involvement in the mass killing and forcible disappearance of civilians in the Tadamon neighbourhood of Damascus, as well as other parts of the Syrian capital. Continue reading...

Interim report contains 14 recommendations, after inquiry examined agencies’ actions before the attack in which 15 people were killedFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastSydney’s Jewish community told police of a “high” threat of an attack at December’s Chanukah by the Sea festival at Bondi beach, but NSW police appeared not to have completed a comprehensive risk assessment for the event, an interim royal commission report has found.The interim report of the royal commission into antisemitism and social cohesion, established in the wake of December’s terror attack, found no gap in current laws that could have prevented the shooting. But it did call for greater better coordination of policing at Jewish festivals and events. Continue reading...

The astronauts joined president in Oval Office for a press conference, and it wasn’t long before he praised himselfDonald Trump hosted the crew of the historic Artemis II lunar flyby mission at the White House on Wednesday.The four astronauts – commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialists Christina Koch and Jeremy Hansen – joined the president in the Oval Office for a celebratory meeting and press conference. Continue reading...

John Edwards, the data privacy watchdog, says he is fully cooperating with ICO’s independent report into ‘HR matters’The UK’s information commissioner has stepped back from his job after the data protection regulator launched an independent workplace investigation into unspecified “HR matters”.John Edwards, the national watchdog for information rights, data privacy and transparency among public bodies, said he was cooperating with the investigation in a post on his LinkedIn account. Continue reading...

Revised figures increase fears about how the energy-intensive sites could worsen the climate emergency The UK government vastly underestimated the climate impact of artificial intelligence, it has emerged, after officials raised their estimate of carbon emissions from the technology by a factor of more than 100.According to new data quietly published this week, energy use by AI datacentres in the UK could cause the emission of up to 123m tonnes of carbon dioxide (MtCO₂) – about as much as generated by 2.7 million people – over the next 10 years. Continue reading...

Battle of the blockades may still have more time to run as both the US and Iran try to assert control over the strait of HormuzDonald Trump’s decision to extend the naval blockade of Iran indefinitely may do nothing to reduce world oil prices – but it could amount to a recognition that further US military escalation in breach of the nominal ceasefire comes with greater risk against a regime disinclined to surrender.In theory, Trump’s military options are increasing. A third US carrier strike group, the George HW Bush, is due to arrive in the Middle East within days after rounding South Africa. A second taskforce of 2,500 US marines is sailing from the Pacific and is due to arrive by the end of April. Continue reading...

Unwanted vessels left to decay release fibreglass shards into the water, harming marine life. Steve Green – with his trusty van Cecil – is determined to clean things upSteve Green, a boat engineer from Cornwall, was pulled over by the police just before Christmas. He was driving a decrepit-looking VW campervan and towing an even more dilapidated yacht up to Truro. He hadn’t broken any laws, but he admits that Cecil the campervan, which runs on donated chip oil from local pubs and has a crane and a winch on the front, “wasn’t quite what VW intended”.Green (and Cecil) are on a mission to rid the beautiful hidden creeks of Cornwall’s Helford and Fal rivers of 166 abandoned fibreglass yachts, which are leaking plastic and toxins into the predominantly marine waters. Marine biologists have likened the thousands of shards of fibreglass they have found embedded in the flesh of sea-creatures in areas with wrecks such as these to asbestos, a substance known to have a noxious effect on humans.Green uses a detachable crane system at the front of his van to move around bags of plastic after they have been weighed. Cecil is upholstered in recycled denim Continue reading...

• A comprehensive analysis from the National Center for Atmospheric Research shows US carbon dioxide emissions fell 8.2% year-over-year in Q1 2026, driven primarily by renewable energy sources now supplying 34% of national electricity generation. • Solar and wind capacity additions reached record levels with 42 gigawatts of new renewable infrastructure installed in 2025, according to data released by the Department of Energy and independent research institutions. • Climate scientists attribute the acceleration partly to state-level climate policies and federal incentives from the 2024 Clean Energy Investment Act, though transportation and industrial sectors still require significant emission reductions.