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宇宙飛行士たちは記者会見のため Oval Office で大統領に合流したが、彼が自画自賛を始めるまでに時間はかからなかった。Donald Trump は水曜日、歴史的な Artemis II 月周回飛行ミッションのクルーを White House に招待した。4人の宇宙飛行士 — コマンダーの Reid Wiseman、パイロットの Victor Glover、ミッションスペシャリストの Christina Koch、Jeremy Hansen — は、祝賀会と記者会見のため Oval Office で大統領に合流した。 続きを読む...

独占記事：都市部の83万9,000戸の住宅が表面水洪水の脅威にさらされており、特に社会住宅（公営住宅）の入居者が金銭的負担の影響を最も受けやすい状況にある。National Housing Federation (NHF) の分析によると、イングランドで洪水のリスクが高い住宅の10軒に8軒が現在、町や都市部に位置しており、社会住宅の入居者が不釣り合いに大きな経済的打撃を受ける可能性があるとしている。調査の結果、都市部の83万9,000戸の住宅が現在「表面水洪水の高リスク」に分類されており、これは2018年以来3倍に増加したことになる。続きを読む...

Secondhand car buyers urged to carefully inspect vehicles, while owners told to beware tests that are suspiciously quickRise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper recordsYou have just bought a secondhand car. It was older than you wanted, but were reassured because it had recently passed its MOT.Within a few days, you notice a problem with the steering and take it into a garage to be checked. As well as that issue, they find the tread depth of the tyres is so low it should not have passed the test. Continue reading...

• President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump are preparing to welcome His Majesty King Charles III of the United Kingdom for an official visit to the White House. • The visit represents a significant diplomatic engagement between the United States and the United Kingdom at the highest levels. • Such state visits typically include formal ceremonies, bilateral meetings, and discussions on international policy matters.

• Egypt has convened an emergency regional summit with Ethiopia, Sudan, and other Nile Basin nations to address water allocation disputes intensified by Sudan's ongoing civil war and dam infrastructure threats. • The summit, held in Cairo on Friday, focused on protecting the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Blue Nile water flows during heightened regional conflict; negotiations remain deadlocked. • US officials are monitoring the summit closely, concerned that water scarcity could fuel refugee crises across the Horn of Africa and destabilize a critical US partner region.

Top buyers promised access at Mar-a-Lago event as Democrats and watchdogs warn of pay-to-play risksDonald Trump is slated to star at a cryptocurrency bash on 25 April at his Mar-a-Lago club for scores of purchasers of his crypto memecoin $Trump that has enriched him while in office. The move is fueling renewed criticism from top Democrats and ethics watchdogs that he is using the presidency for financial gains in a break with ethical norms.The Trump-linked Fight Fight Fight LLC has hyped the event as “THE MOST EXCLUSIVE CRYPTO & BUSINESS CONFERENCE IN THE WORLD”. It’s promising a luncheon with Trump as its keynote speaker, according to the memecoin’s official website and its social media account. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Labour MP calls on DVLA to take action, saying ‘speeding, hit and runs and worse’ are going unpunishedMore than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where their owners live, it has emerged, part of what a Labour MP has called an increasing problem of “ghost owners” who cannot be held accountable for their driving.According to a freedom of information request to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 18,260 vehicles were listed in its records as being registered to the DVLA’s own address, meaning the owner’s location was not known. Continue reading...