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• Deze stap komt terwijl de regering probeert de boringen, houtkap, mijnbouw en begrazing op door belastingbetalers gefinancierde grond te stimuleren. • Het ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken schaft een regel af die natuurbehoud op hetzelfde niveau stelde als ontwikkeling, terwijl de regering van Donald Trump beperkingen voor industrieën versoepelt. • De regel uit 2024, aangenomen onder oud-president Joe Biden, was bedoeld om de focus van het Bureau of Land Management te verleggen, dat toezicht houdt op ongeveer 10% van het land in de VS.

• Tegenstanders stellen dat het plan van de regering prioriteit geeft aan de grootschalige landbouw ten koste van wilde dieren en beschermde soorten • Nieuwe juridische stappen zijn erop gericht een plan van de regering-Trump te voorkomen om tot 24 miljoen acres aan federaal land open te stellen voor veegrazing, wat door tegenstanders wordt omschreven als een geschenk aan de big agriculture en wat zou kunnen leiden tot een piek in sterfgevallen onder reeds bedreigde wolven, grizzlyberen, steelhead-zalmen en ander wild. • Het plan roept ook op tot het openstellen van delen van het Grand Canyon National Park en andere kwetsbare landschappen.

• Waterminister Rose Jackson noemt uitdroging in de Gwydir-regio 'verwoestend' nadat wetsvoorstel door de Eerste Kamer is gepasseerd • De watertoevoer naar uitgedroogde wetlands in New South Wales, waar een dringende reddingsmissie om stervende wilde dieren te redden werd ontplooid, is een stap dichter bij hervatting nadat nieuwe wetgeving door de Eerste Kamer van het staatsparlement is aangenomen. • De waterminister, Rose Jackson, vertelde het parlement donderdagavond dat de impact van het stopzetten van de waterstroom in de internationaal significante Gwydir-regio 'verwoestend' was, terwijl zij wetswijzigingen introduceerde die volgens haar het hervatten van de stroming mogelijk maken.

Jeremiah Manele is afgezet na maanden van politieke onrust in de natie die wordt gezien als een van China's nauwste partners in de Pacific. De premier van de Salomonseilanden, Jeremiah Manele, verloor de macht in een motie van wantrouwen in het parlement van het land in de Zuid-Pacific, waarmee een einde komt aan maanden van politieke onzekerheid.Het parlement is verdaagd om de gouverneur-generaal de gelegenheid te geven regelingen te treffen voor de verkiezing van een nieuwe premier. Lees verder...

• Dr. Sanjay Katkar, Joint Managing Director van Quick Heal Technologies, waarschuwt dat AI-gestuurde cyberaanvallen de bedrijfsbeveiliging transformeren te midden van de snelle digitalisering van India via UPI, digitale publieke infrastructuur en de adoptie van de cloud. • De nieuwste threat telemetry van Seqrite Labs onthult dat organisaties te maken hebben met continue cyberblootstelling, waarbij AI zowel de offensieve aanvalsstrategieën als de defensieve maatregelen op machinasnelheid hervormt. • Legacy-kwetsbaarheden blijven een kritiek punt van zorg ondanks vorderingen in beveiligingstechnologie, wat snellere aanpassingen van de verdediging vereist.

De groep van 13 vrouwen en kinderen vertrok woensdag vanuit Syrië naar Australië, waarbij autoriteiten aangaven dat sommige volwassenen mogelijk worden aangeklaagd. Een groep van 11 vrouwen en kinderen is geland in Melbourne nadat zij sinds de val van Islamic State meer dan zeven jaar lang waren vastgehouden in Syrische detentiekampen. Sommige vrouwen kunnen mogelijk worden vervolgd voor strafbare feiten – waaronder terrorismegerelateerde misdrijven en slavernij – waarbij de Australian federal police (AFP) verwacht wordt donderdag later op de dag een update te geven. Lees verder...

• Na felle kritiek, onder meer van acteur en fervent golfer Mark Wahlberg, stelt de staat: ‘we hebben gewerkt om het aanbod te verhogen van 9 holes naar een 12-holesbaan’ • Volg onze Australia news live blog voor de laatste updates • Ontvang onze breaking news e-mail, gratis app of dagelijkse nieuwspodcast

• Expro Group Holdings heeft plannen aangekondigd om haar statutaire zetel te verplaatsen naar de Kaaimaneilanden, onder voorbehoud van goedkeuring door de aandeelhouders die wordt verwacht in juni 2026, als onderdeel van een strategische herstructurering. • Het bedrijf zet daarnaast een overname van 215 miljoen dollar voort als onderdeel van haar kapitaalinzetstrategie, gezien de verwachtingen van een sterkere activiteit in de energieservicesector. • De dubbele initiatieven weerspiegelen de inspanningen van Expro om haar bedrijfsstructuur te optimaliseren en gerichte M&A-activiteiten na te streven om de aandeelhouderswaarde te verhogen.

Four months after US capture of Nicolás Maduro, officials hail repairing of ties as American Airlines flight lands at Simón Bolívar airportUS and Venezuelan officials have hailed a new era in diplomatic relations as the first direct commercial flight between the two countries in more than seven years landed in Caracas.Nearly four months ago, US special forces attack helicopters and planes swept into the skies over Venezuela’s capital after Donald Trump ordered the capture of its president, Nicolás Maduro. Continue reading...

• Alabama Crimson Tide secured a commitment from top-ranked quarterback Elijah Haven, as announced 15 hours ago on April 25. • Coach praised the recruit, stating 'They hit all of the boxes,' highlighting Haven's fit for the program. • The addition bolsters Alabama's 2027 recruiting class amid intense SEC competition.

Internal email proposes US should reassess support for UK claim to islands because of lack of support for Iran warUK politics live – latest updatesThe UK’s position on the Falklands is resolute and unchanging, Downing Street has insisted, after a leaked Pentagon internal email proposed the US should reassess its support for Britain’s claim to the islands because of a lack of support over Iran.Keir Starmer’s spokesperson did not push back against the likely veracity of the email but insisted that the UK’s defence and security relationship with the US remained extremely strong. Continue reading...

Radio presenter arrives for case management hearing into allegations he breached his Kiis FM radio contractFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastKyle Sandilands says his legal fight with ARN Media is getting “pretty ugly” and he just wants to get back on air.The former Kiis radio breakfast host made the comments on Friday morning as he arrived at the federal court in Sydney in a Rolls Royce in front of a large media pack. Continue reading...

FoI data reveals that 438 people with criminal convictions were given licences in Wolverhampton, UK’s ‘taxi capital’More than 150 people convicted of violent crimes were granted taxi licences last year by Wolverhampton city council, dubbed the UK’s “taxi capital”, data has revealed.The Guardian obtained data via a freedom of information request that revealed 438 people with criminal convictions were last year granted taxi and private hire driver licences by the West Midlands local authority – which has issued far more taxi licences than any other authority. Continue reading...

Radio company ARN’s defence alleges the shock jock denigrated executives, censors, critics and the audience of the Kyle and Jackie O ShowFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesSign up for Guardian Australia’s free weekly media newsletter hereKyle Sandilands repeatedly berated Kiis FM executives, the radio station’s censors, critics of the Kyle and Jackie O Show and the Melbourne audience in expletive-laden rants, according to federal court documents.The details of the alleged tirades, which aired months before the shock jock was sacked and accused of “serious misconduct” by ARN, are contained in the company’s defence of an $85m claim filed by Sandilands. Continue reading...

NSW and Queensland governments ‘severely underdelivered’ on promised infrastructure to improve water flows, independent review findsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTwo state governments have drastically underdelivered more than $160m in infrastructure measures to improve river health in the northern Murray-Darling basin eight years since they were promised, a major independent review has found.This includes failure by the New South Wales government to secure any of the private land access needed to improve water flows over floodplains in the state’s Gwydir region where scientists had to scramble to rescue turtles in dried up wetlands last week. Continue reading...

Pilot made emergency landing on small plot of grass at Temecula home amid low fuel and shifting windsA balloon landed in a southern California backyard – a balloon with 13 people.The enormous hot-air balloon, with a pilot and passengers in the basket, descended perfectly on Saturday on a small plot of grass at a home in Temecula. Hunter Perrin said he had no idea that he had visitors until a neighbor alerted him. Continue reading...

River ecologist says ‘classic bureaucratic tangle’ led to government agency stopping flows to Gwydir wetlands region in March Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA leading scientist has criticised an “appalling” New South Wales government agency decision to stop water flowing to wetlands in the state’s north-west, saying it was “absolutely crazy” that researchers had to scramble to save animals buried in drying mud.Guardian Australia reported on Saturday that turtles, waterbirds, frogs and sheep had died after Water NSW abruptly stopped flows to the Gwydir wetlands region near Moree in March. Continue reading...

Growing numbers in the capital Honiara are playing the street card game Pass for a chance of a big payout, while risking big lossesAs the school day ends in Honiara, *Irene, a 43-year-old teacher in a floral dress with a yellow daisy in her bun, steps on to a minibus.After 10 minutes, Irene gets off the bus, walks down an alley, and enters a damp, smoky shelter. Plastic tables fill the space and playing cards are scattered on the floor. Irene has stopped by a hidden gambling table in a western suburb of Honiara to play Pass, a street card game gaining popularity in the Solomon Islands capital. Continue reading...

More than 1,000 people were in shelters across Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands as Sinlaku moved awaySuper Typhoon Sinlaku hammered the Northern Mariana Islands, flipping over cars, toppling utility poles and ripping away tin roofs.Authorities were just beginning to assess the damage left behind by the typhoon, which first hit the islands on Tuesday night local time and continued with a barrage of fierce winds and relentless rains for hours on Wednesday. So far, there have been no reports of deaths. Continue reading...

David Parrish, who won Cape Wrath Ultra in 2023, had been attempting gruelling route again as fundraising challengeA 35-year-old ultramarathon champion from Dumfries has died while attempting to beat the record for a race to the most north-westerly point on mainland Britain.David Parrish, a former Royal Marine, was trying to become the fastest man to complete the Cape Wrath trail, one of Britain’s most gruelling race routes. Continue reading...

Stephen Doughty says US withdrawal of support means bill cannot complete passage through parliamentA treaty over ceding sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius has become “impossible to agree at political level” and the corresponding bill will not complete its passage through parliament, a Foreign Office minister has said.Stephen Doughty told the Commons that the agreement with Mauritius was initially negotiated in close coordination with the US, but Donald Trump’s position “appears to have changed”. Continue reading...

Typhoon expected to make landfall Tuesday in Northern Mariana Islands and bring heavy winds, rain and floodingA dangerous super typhoon in the Pacific Ocean is barreling toward a group of remote US islands.Super Typhoon Sinlaku is expected to make landfall Tuesday in the Northern Mariana Islands and bring destructive winds, widespread heavy rain and flooding, the National Weather Service said Monday. Continue reading...

Rapidly strengthening storm brings destructive winds, flooding risk and dangerous seas to western PacificThe Mariana Islands archipelago in the western Pacific, home to the US territories of Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands, is bracing for extreme weather early this week as Super Typhoon Sinlaku approaches.The system originated as a cluster of thunderstorms over the seas of Micronesia before strengthening into a tropical storm and then a typhoon on Friday and Saturday. Continue reading...

Mauritian foreign minister pledges to ‘spare no effort’ to regain control of islands, as US fails to give approval of deal A senior official in Mauritius’ government has vowed that the Chagos Islands will be “decolonised” after Keir Starmer was forced to shelve legislation to hand the islands back to Mauritius.On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks, after a lack of support from Donald Trump. Continue reading...

Officials accept that time has run out to pass law after US dropped its support for planThe UK government has been forced to shelve its legislation to hand the Chagos Islands back to Mauritius, after the US dropped its support for the agreement.On Friday, UK government officials acknowledged that they had run out of time to pass legislation within the current parliamentary session, which ends in the coming weeks. Continue reading...

Vehicle veered into a ravine on island of La Gomera while transporting a tour group for a boat excursionA man has died and 27 people are in hospital after a bus carrying British passengers crashed in the Canary Islands, local officials have said.The incident happened at 1.15pm local time on Friday when the vehicle veered into a ravine on the GM-2 highway near the town of San Sebastian de La Gomera. Continue reading...

The restructuring will close all regional offices, which manages 193m acres of land, roughly the size of TexasSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxUS public lands will “pay the price” of a drive by Donald Trump’s officials to restructure the agency that oversees them, union leaders have warned, accusing the administration of forcing workers to decide whether to relocate or resign.All regional offices of the US Forest Service, which manages 78m hectares (193m acres) of land – roughly the size of Texas – are set to close as part of an overhaul launched by the Trump administration. The service has already shed hundreds of staff members since Trump returned to power last year. Continue reading...