Pushing

• Vastgoedgeschillen, roofbouwdoor ontwikkelaars en stijgende zeespiegels brengen deze historische zwarte gemeenschap in gevaar. • Op het perceel van een halve acre van Arthur Champen op Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, dempt een bosje southern live oaks, palmettos en dennenbomen het geraas van de auto's op de nabijgelegen snelweg 278. • Zijn haint blue-gekleurde huis, verlicht door de zon, staat op palen om het te beschermen tegen de overstromingen die bij vloed optreden.

Na twee jaar in het parlement heeft de leider van Reform UK £2 miljoen verdiend bovenop zijn salaris als lid van het Lagerhuis. Analyse laat zien dat het inkomen van Nigel Farage sinds zijn verkiezing tot MP de £2 miljoen heeft bereikt.

NAHT leader says schools watchdog for England does not raise standards, amid opposition to ‘Nando’s-style’ scoringSchool leaders are being pressurised “to the point of destruction”, the head of a teaching union has said, as he put the education establishment “on notice”.During a speech to the union’s annual conference in Belfast, Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), outlined his criticisms of Ofsted, the schools watchdog for England. . Continue reading...

Prime minister explicitly blames US president for British consumers’ higher bills as he concludes tour of Gulf statesGood morning. Keir Starmer is wrapping up his three-day tour of Gulf states today, and we are starting some conclusions. What we have not got is any sort of plan for a resolution of the Iran war; Starmer is not one of the main protagonists in this conflict, what he has said publicly about his talks with Gulf leaders has consisted largely of platitudes, we still have no idea about when, if or how the strait of Hormuz will fully open, and the outcome will be determined by Iran and a rash and unpredictable US president.But Starmer has been giving some thought to how the UK should respond to the era of global uncertainty we now find ourselves in and he has set out some of his thinking in an article for the Guardian. The full piece is here. Continue reading...

• President Trump stated at a Thursday cabinet meeting that Iran is "begging to make a deal" to end the war, claiming Iran has offered him "eight big boats of oil" as a goodwill gesture—later revising the number to 10. • Trump insisted he is not the one pushing for negotiations despite Iran's repeated official denials of direct talks with the United States as the conflict enters its fourth week. • U.S. Special Envoy Steve Woodcock indicated strong signs Iran could be convinced to reach a peace deal, while Trump also criticized NATO allies for failing to send naval assets to secure the Strait of Hormuz.

• Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang introduced the BlueField-4 STX storage infrastructure and new Vera CPU at the company's GTC conference in California on March 16, with the Vera CPU delivering twice the efficiency and 50% faster performance than traditional processors. • The Vera Rubin AI platform now has seven new chips in full production destined for the world's largest AI factories, alongside a preview of DLSS 5, described as Nvidia's most significant graphics breakthrough since real-time ray tracing in 2018. • Growing public skepticism about AI adoption is emerging, with a Pew Research Centre poll showing 50% of US adults feel more concerned than excited about increased AI in daily life, up from 37% in 2021.