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Groep parlementsleden en lords beschuldigen regering er in feite van niet te voldoen aan de wil van het parlement over het vrijgeven van dossiers

• Onderzoek wijst uit dat ethyleenoxide (EtO) ongeveer 60 keer kankerverwekkender is dan in 2006 werd gedacht • Een nieuw plan van de regering-Trump om de regelgeving uit 2024 voor giftige ethyleenoxide (EtO)-vervuiling in te trekken, is breder bedoeld om de bevoegdheid van de Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) te beperken om de bescherming van de volksgezondheid rondom gevaarlijke emissies te versterken, en zou kunnen leiden tot de uitstoot van meer van het toxine in de lucht. • Recent onderzoek heeft aangetoond dat EtO ongeveer 60 keer kankerverwekkender is dan men dacht toen de laatste regelgeving in 2006 werd ontwikkeld. In 2024 voerde de Biden-EPA een regel in die de regelgeving verscherpte om de bijgewerkte wetenschap weerspiegelen, en vereiste dat de EtO-uitstoters in het land hun emissies collectief met ongeveer 90% zouden verminderen. Lees verder...

• Israel and Palestinian Authority delegations reconvened ceasefire talks in Cairo on April 12 with US State Department officials facilitating discussions aimed at establishing a lasting truce in Gaza. • Negotiators are discussing humanitarian aid corridors, Israeli security arrangements, and parameters for Palestinian governance, with a tentative framework potentially emerging within two weeks according to US officials. • The talks mark a significant shift after months of stalled diplomacy, though Israeli settlements expansion and Palestinian factional divisions continue to complicate negotiations.

Critics say ‘election integrity’ plan to compile national voter list is unconstitutional and will be blocked by the courtsDonald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order seeking to restrict mail-in voting and compile a national voter list in a move that is unprecedented and likely unconstitutional.The order directs the administration to establish a federal list of confirmed citizens that can legally vote in each state, and orders the postal service to send mail-in ballots only to those on the list. During a press conference at the White House, Trump said the administration would like to require voter ID and proof of citizenship, and repeated falsehoods about mail-in voting. Continue reading...

Leaseholders criticise plan to reclaim funds spent on destroyed Spectrum Building in DagenhamPeople who lost their homes when a tower block in Dagenham burned down say they are being made to pay for the building’s fire safety works after the government demanded its money back.Former leaseholders of the Spectrum Building, a seven-storey block of flats which was demolished after a major fire in August 2024, said it was “absolutely outrageous” the Greater London Authority (GLA) was seeking to reclaim £6m for the safety works because the blaze meant they were never completed. Continue reading...