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Een groeiend aantal Labour-parlementariërs is niet in de stemming om gehoor te geven aan oproepen van bondgenoten van de premier om het vertrouwen in hun leider te behouden. UK politics live – laatste updates “Heeft Keir genoeg gedaan om te overleven?” was de vraag die angstige Labour-parlementariërs elkaar maandag stelden, na de toespraak die door velen werd beschouwd als cruciaal voor Starmers kansen op politiek overleven. Maar de angst bij velen van hen – zwaar getroffen door de verkiezingsnederlaag van donderdag – kwam niet voort uit de zorg dat de premier mogelijk zou worden afgezet. Maar juist uit de zorg dat hij dat niet zou worden. Lees verder...

• Gouverneur vraagt mensen om 'te bidden voor Mississippi' terwijl de National Weather Service melding maakte van een 'zeer grote en gevaarlijke tornado' • Krachtige stormen, waaronder ten minste één bevestigde tornado, trokken door delen van Mississippi, waarbij honderden woningen instortten, bomen werden ontworteld en stroomlijnen omvergingen, aldus autoriteiten donderdag. • Er waren geen onmiddellijke meldingen van doden of ernstig gewonden door de stormen die woensdagnacht verschillende counties troffen. Lees verder...

• A CNN investigation based on satellite imagery and damage assessments found that Iranian strikes damaged at least 16 U.S. military installations across eight Middle Eastern countries during the conflict. • Some U.S. military facilities suffered extensive harm classified as operationally unusable or facing difficult repair decisions, suggesting the scale of attacks was far greater than publicly acknowledged. • The report raises questions about whether the Pentagon has understated both physical damage and the true financial costs of the Iran war, challenging official public accounting of the conflict.

Newspaper broke embargo on confidential briefing note about the royal couple’s movements five days before they arrived in Melbourne for their Australia visitThe Daily Mail’s “aggressive” approach to reporting on Prince Harry and Meghan’s Australian visit has “irreparably damaged” the Sussexes’ ability to brief press ahead of trips, Guardian Australia has been told.The Daily Mail broke the embargo by publishing the royal couple’s movements five days before they landed in Melbourne, despite that information being strictly non-publishable until they arrived. Continue reading...

‘Serious risk of major ecological disaster’ as vessel drifts for weeks after being struck by suspected drone attackA severely damaged Russian tanker carrying liquified natural gas that has been adrift in the Mediterranean for two weeks, raising concerns of a “major ecological disaster”, has floated into Libyan waters, Italy’s civil protection agency said on Wednesday.The Arctic Metagaz was part of a Russian “shadow fleet” used to circumvent sanctions imposed on the country’s oil and gas after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. It was struck in a suspected drone attack close to Maltese waters earlier this month, causing a huge hole. The crew is believed to have been rescued between Malta and Libya. Continue reading...

• UAE's Fujairah oil port sustained damage during escalating Iran war operations as the conflict enters its third week, with regional oil infrastructure becoming a focal point of military action. • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arashi denied claims that Iran seeks a ceasefire or negotiations, stating "We are ready to defend ourselves for as long as it takes" and rejecting US overtures for talks. • The damage to critical Gulf oil infrastructure underscores the war's impact on global energy markets and regional stability, with implications for worldwide crude supplies.