Welcomes

Kent の Northward Hill で捉えどころのない nightingale が「順調」に推移しているが、専門家は生息地の喪失に懸念を表明している Kent の RSPB Northward Hill における dawn chorus は音の饗宴だ。メロディアスな robin、2音の cuckoo、whitethroat のかすれたさえずり。隣接する Thames 湿地帯のガチョウや牛の鳴き声さえも、その交響曲に加わる。しかし4月下旬、一羽の精力的な歌い手が主役を独占する。West Africa から到着して数週間、nightingale は夜から早朝にかけて複雑な歌を披露する。つがいを探し、縄張りを主張するその歌声は、ある時はソウルシンガーのように甘く旋律的で、またある時はカーアラームのように激しい。 続きを読む...

Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla arrived in the United States on Monday afternoon for a four-day trip, welcomed by self-proclaimed royal fan U.S. President Donald Trump even as the U.S. president ‌has ‌differed with the British government over the Iran war.

PM to meet partners in region to discuss effort to ‘support and sustain ceasefire’ and reopening the strait of HormuzSarah Jones, the policing minister, has been giving interviews. She has been talking about Keir Starmer’s visit to the Gulf, but hasn’t said anything that really adds to the (rather limited) information about the visit put out by Downing Street.Jones told Times Radio:[Starmer] is going to the Gulf for a number of reasons. Firstly you will have seen last week with the foreign secretary, and this week with our officials, where we have played a real leading role bringing together about 40 countries looking at the challenge that we have in the strait [of Hormuz] and how we can make sure that opens up as quickly as possible to bring some normality back to that system. so there will be that aspect.He wants to see the work of our brave personnel who are there in the region, of course, with our three very key principles of protecting British interests and protecting British citizens and our allies. He will want to see the work of that. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Pacific island’s new leader Lord Fakafānua discusses ‘exciting’ US partnership as critics fear impacts of seabed explorationThe recently elected leader of Tonga has described a deal to partner with the US on deep-sea mineral exploration as an “exciting development” amid concern in the small Pacific nation over the practice of seabed mining and the potential environmental impact.Tonga is located in the South Pacific Ocean, a region attracting growing interest over whether critical minerals buried in the seabed could be extracted to help power industries and green technologies. Continue reading...