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• Amerikaanse autoriteiten arresteerden de Franse burger Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé nadat ze een immigratieafspraak had gemist • Het geklaag in het immigratiedetentiecentrum van Louisiana begon 's nachts, herinnert Marie-Thérèse Ross-Mahé zich, nu ze terug is in Frankrijk. “Kinderen die huilden, en zelfs baby's.” • De detentie van de 85-jarige vorige maand, als onderdeel van het immigratieoffensief van de regering-Trump, haalde internationale koppen. Nu, bijna een maand na haar vrijlating, was ze bereid erover te praten – en over het liefdesverhaal op latere leeftijd dat haar naar de VS had gebracht. Lees verder...

• Insiders van Downing Street suggereren dat de minister van Volksgezondheid nog niet over de steun beschikt voor een poging tot leadership • UK politics live – laatste updates • Keir Starmer was er op dinsdag steeds zekerder van dat hij de directe bedreiging voor zijn functie had afgeslagen, nadat een uitdaging van Wes Streeting uitbleef, ondanks dat verschillende bondgenoten van de premier het kabinet hadden verlaten.

• De Amerikaanse president zegt dat het vredesvoorstel van Teheran 'volledig onacceptabel' is en 'een stuk vuilnis'. • We hervatten onze live verslaggeving van de Amerikaans-Israëlische oorlog tegen Iran nadat Donald Trump zei dat het staakt-het-vuren 'op life support' staat, nadat hij het vredesvoorstel van Teheran had afgewezen en het 'volledig onacceptabel' noemde. • Verwijzend naar het staakt-het-vuren dat sinds 7 april van kracht is, zei Trump: "Ik zou het de zwakste noemen, op dit moment, na het lezen van dat stuk vuilnis dat ze ons stuurden – ik heb het niet eens uitgelezen."

• Sun Life Financial maakte bekend dat het inkomen over het eerste kwartaal van 2026 met 49,9% daalde naar 340 miljoen dollar, wat wijst op uitdagingen in de Aziatische en Canadese activiteiten te midden van volatiele markten. • De daling werd veroorzaakt door hogere claims in collectieve voorzieningen en investeringsverliezen, waarbij de kernwinst per aandeel daalde van 3,10 dollar vorig jaar naar 1,56 dollar. • Dit markeert een aanzienlijke vertraging voor de verzekeraar, wat het sentiment van beleggers in Aziatische markten beïnvloedt waar het bedrijf een aanzienlijke blootstelling heeft, waaronder Hong Kong en de Filipijnen.

• De Amerikaanse president zegt dat hij overweegt om de marinebegeleiding in de Straat van Hormuz te hervatten in een poging de Iraanse blokkade te beëindigen • Crisis in het Midden-Oosten – live updates • Donald Trump heeft verklaard dat het staakt-het-vuren met Iran op "beademing" staat en dat hij overweegt om de militaire escortes van de Amerikaanse marine voor schepen door de Straat van Hormuz te hervatten om de Iraanse blokkade van deze cruciale waterweg te beëindigen.

• De partijleider heeft zich luidkeels uitgesproken over de winst in Londen en er heerst een gevoel dat de verliezen erger hadden kunnen zijn. • Volgens elke gezonde redenering had de Conservatieve partij een nacht om te vergeten tijdens de lokale, burgemeesters- en gedecentraliseerde verkiezingen van donderdag. • Ze verloren ongeveer 500 raadsleden in Engeland en gaven de controle over drie lokale overheden op aan Reform UK van Nigel Farage – waarbij ze verloren van de rechtse nieuwkomers in Engeland, Wales en Schotland.

• Acteur Ted Danson vertelde in zijn podcast 'Where Everybody Knows Your Name' dat een recente gezondheidsschrik hem dwong om zijn prioriteiten in het leven te herzien. • In gesprek met gast Valerie Bertinelli beschreef Danson het incident als 'zeer bevrijdend' en bevestigde dat het nu 'volledig goed' met hem gaat. • De ster van 'A Man on the Inside' benadrukte dat de schrik 'echt' aanvoelde, waardoor hij besloot om 'dingen anders aan te pakken'.

Natuurbeschermer zegt dat hij ‘overweldigd is door de felicitaties’ terwijl de mijlpaal wordt gevierd met een evenement in de Royal Albert Hall

Janine Roebuck, from London, says she no longer considers herself deaf after double cochlear implants restored hearingAn opera singer who hid her deafness for more than 30 years has described “life-changing” surgery that has the potential to become the norm for thousands of NHS patients.Janine Roebuck, 72, from London, had double cochlear implants fitted to restore her hearing, a method now being trialled nationwide to see whether it can transform the lives of thousands more people. Continue reading...

• The World Economic Forum and KPMG released "Empowering Defenders: AI for Cybersecurity," a white paper showing organizations using AI extensively in security operations have reduced average breach costs by $1.9 million. • The study found AI deployment shortened breach lifecycles by approximately 80 days, with data from 20 partner case studies including IBM, Accenture, Check Point Software, ING, KPMG, and Saudi energy giant Aramco. • Ninety-four percent of cyber leaders surveyed called AI the defining force in cybersecurity, marking a shift from theoretical promise to quantified operational proof.

WhatsApp group has bought tens of thousands of meals for people via Facebook pageCarl used to own pubs – several of them – and a string of hotels. Then two years ago, rising costs forced him into bankruptcy. Now he sleeps on the beach in summer, and in winter sits in an all-night McDonald’s nursing a single cup of coffee.Carl’s daughters are in a different part of the country with his ex-wife. To maintain the illusion that he lives a normal life, Carl is careful only to video-call them from the local Wetherspoon’s with a meal and a drink carefully positioned in shot. That way, he reasons, he looks like a man with somewhere to be. Continue reading...

Ana Viladomiu has been a ‘privileged’ resident of the once derided, now revered Barcelona apartment building for almost 40 yearsImagine that you live in an enormous, beautiful apartment designed by one of the world’s most admired architects in the most expensive street in Spain and for which you pay a derisory rent, with the right to live there until you die.Meet the writer Ana Viladomiu, 70, the last tenant of Antoni Gaudí’s Casa Milà on the elegant Passeig de Gràcia in Barcelona. Viladomiu is in fact the last tenant in any of Gaudí’s buildings, unless you include the peregrine falcons that nest in the Sagrada Família. Continue reading...

• The US life sciences industry gained momentum in 2026 despite NIH cuts and trade threats, fueled by AI advancements and major pharma deals. • Karius's AI genomic tests for immunocompromised patients detect 50% more pathogens in one day, analyzing millions of DNA reads after testing over 100,000 cases. • Biotech winter ended, shifting focus to preventive health via AI, data, and precise therapeutics amid administration priorities.

Experts estimate ‘accounting of the harm that was done’ by 200 years of chattel slavery would be US$2tn in damagesBritain stole 25 million years of life and labour through slavery in Barbados, according to new research by a team of international experts.Their report concludes that Barbados’s population of African descent have suffered damages estimated at up to US$2tn (£1.5tn) from 200 years of chattel slavery. Continue reading...

• Samuel Monroe Jr., known for 1990s films 'Menace II Society' and 'Tales from the Hood,' is on life support after contracting meningitis 18 months ago while filming in Las Vegas. • His wife, Shawna Stewart, confirmed doctors misdiagnosed the infection, leading to immense financial strain over nine months in hospitals and rehab centers. • The family launched a GoFundMe on April 28, 2026, seeking $50,000 for care; it has raised 7% so far, including $1,000 from radio host Kurt Alexander.

A Nevada judge sentenced Dances With Wolves actor Nathan Chasing Horse on Monday to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.

Dances With Wolves actor assaulted Indigenous women and girls, exploiting his position as a spiritual leaderNathan Chasing Horse has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls.A Nevada judge gave the Dances With Wolves actor his sentence Monday. A jury had previously convicted him of 13 charges, mostly related to sexual assault. He was accused by three women, including one who was 14 when the assaults began. He was acquitted on some charges. Continue reading...

Ellen Mulvey ran up huge betting losses online and wrote ‘addiction is the worst disease’ before she diedA family is calling for wholesale reform of the gambling industry after an inquest heard details of the life and death of Ellen Mulvey, a “generous and caring” woman with a high-flying City job who also had a secret addiction.Mulvey’s family believe she lost hundreds of thousands of pounds gambling without their knowledge, first via mainstream operators and then on unlicensed platforms. Continue reading...

After she had to travel out of state to access care, Rachel Fulton joined the Center for Reproductive Rights’ suit, which an appeal has now halted indefinitelyIt was the worst day of Rachel Fulton’s life. She stood outside her doctor’s office, reeling with the news that her dearly wanted pregnancy needed to end. But her day would, somehow, become even worse: Fulton lives in Tennessee, where abortion is banned except for very narrow threats to the patient’s life. She had to travel hours to another state to receive care from an unfamiliar doctor far from home.Fulton joined a lawsuit, along with five other patients, in 2023 against the state of Tennessee for violating their right to life. The American Medical Association and two doctors also joined the lawsuit because they say they have been prevented from providing the standard of care for their patients. Continue reading...

Metric gives fuller picture than life expectancy, which is simply how long people live, says Health Foundation People in UK spend fewer years in good health than a decade ago, study findsThe obesity crisis, the record 2.8 million working-age Britons too sick to do so and the rising prevalence of mental illness are sobering reminders that the UK population’s health is not good.But even for those familiar with this troubling situation, the Health Foundation’s analysis of the latest Office for National Statistics figures on healthy life expectancy sheds uncomfortable new light on the country’s poor and deteriorating health. Continue reading...

Wendy Duffy died at Pegasos clinic in Basel as assisted dying bill in England and Wales fails to passA grieving mother has ended her life at a clinic in Switzerland four years after the death of her only child.Wendy Duffy, 56, a physically healthy woman, died at the Pegasos clinic in Basel after struggling to cope with the death of her 23-year-old son, Marcus. Continue reading...

John Ashby to serve minimum of 14 years after admitting rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assaultA man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 14 years for the religiously aggravated rape and assault of a Sikh woman.John Ashby, 32, had admitted charges of rape, robbery, intentional strangulation and religiously aggravated assault on Tuesday. Ashby asked to see his barrister and changed his pleas around an hour after being sworn at and told to “sort your shit out” by a member of the public who approached the dock of Birmingham crown court. Continue reading...

Adam Hall, of Tyne and Wear, will serve at least 23 years in prison, with victims describing lasting traumaA “callous, calculating sexual predator” who raped and deliberately infected young, vulnerable men with HIV has been jailed for life and told he must serve at least 23 years.Adam Hall, 43, of Washington, Tyne and Wear, is the second man in the UK ever to be found guilty of intentionally setting out to spread the virus. Continue reading...

Scientists think they are looking at chemical building blocks of life preserved for 3.5bn yearsNasa’s Curiosity rover has detected organic molecules on Mars, including chemicals widely considered building blocks for the origin of life of Earth.Five of the seven molecules identified in a dried lakebed near the equator had never previously been observed on the red planet. The analysis, performed by the robotic rover, cannot establish whether the organic compounds are linked to potential ancient life on Mars or were delivered by meteorites or formed through geological processes. However, they imply that if microbial life once thrived on Mars, chemical fingerprints should remain there today. Continue reading...

Ashkan Thibodeaux, five years old, saved his kid brother Wyatt after he fell into ‘icy water’ of creek they were exploringSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxA five-year-old Minnesota boy reportedly jumped into frigid water after his younger brother fell in on Easter Sunday to successfully rescue him – and has subsequently had to fight for his life at a hospital, a battle in which he is making steady progress, according to his family.Ashkan Thibodeaux’s story, which has captured widespread attention in corners of the internet dedicated to spotlighting remarkable displays of bravery, began with exploring a creek in Minnesota’s Itasca county alongside his kid brother, Wyatt, on 5 April, his family and their supporters say. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Report finds Natural England has created no new SSSIs, which protect areas from development, since 2023The government’s wildlife watchdog for England is failing to save nature because it has stopped giving protection to rare wildlife and habitats, according to a new report.No new sites of special scientific interest (SSSIs) have been designated by Natural England since 2023. SSSIs are nationally or internationally important places for rare wildlife and habitats. Without the designation, endangered species can be at risk of being lost to development. Continue reading...

Cook, who will assume the role of executive chair, will be succeeded by John Ternus as CEO on 1 SeptemberApple announced on Monday that it had named a replacement for Tim Cook as CEO, with head of hardware engineering John Ternus to succeed him. Cook will stay at the company in the role of executive chair.“It has been the greatest privilege of my life to be the CEO of Apple and to have been trusted to lead such an extraordinary company. I love Apple with all of my being,” Cook said in a press release. Continue reading...