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• Staatsmedia meldt dat Teherans reactie op het vredesplan via Pakistan is doorgegeven, terwijl er meldingen zijn van drone-aanvallen of incursies in de VAE, Koeweit, Qatar en Irak • Iran heeft verklaard te hebben gereageerd op een Amerikaans vredesvoorstel, op een dag waarop een maand oud staakt-het-vuren tekenen van verslechtering vertoonde door meldingen van drone-aanvallen in de regio • Iraanse staatsmedia meldden dat de Iraanse reactie is doorgegeven aan Pakistaanse bemiddelaars, zonder verdere details te geven

• Per 30 april 2026 rapporteerde de VS 1.814 bevestigde mazelengevallen, waaronder 12 onder internationale bezoekers, volgens CDC-gegevens bijgewerkt op 1 mei. • 93% van de gevallen (1.688) is gerelateerd aan uitbraken, met 25 nieuwe uitbraken in 2026 na 24 eerdere. • Deze stijging onderstreept aanhoudende tekorten in vaccinatiegraad, wat bijdraagt aan uitdagingen voor de volksgezondheid na 2.288 gevallen in 2025.

Personeel van het Amerikaanse CDC komt naar verluidt het schip op de Canarische Eilanden tegemoet om Amerikanen te begeleiden op een vlucht naar Nebraska

Governor asks people to ‘pray for Mississippi’ while National Weather Service reported ‘very large and dangerous tornado’Powerful storms that included at least one confirmed tornado tore through parts of Mississippi, collapsing hundreds of homes, tearing up trees and downing power lines, authorities said Thursday.There were no immediate reports of deaths or severe injuries from the storms that struck several counties Wednesday night. Continue reading...

• A hantavirus outbreak struck a cruise ship, sickening multiple passengers and prompting health alerts. • HHS is addressing allegations of overmedication with SSRIs alongside the infectious disease response. • The incident highlights rare but severe risks of rodent-borne viruses in confined travel settings.

Damaged Volkswagen SUV with a person on top of the vehicle was seen speeding through pedestrian zone, local broadcaster saysTwo people have been killed and two severely injured when a car ran into a crowd in the centre of the eastern German city of Leipzig, local broadcaster MDR has reported, citing police.Leipzig police confirmed to Reuters that there were injuries from a driving car but could not give more details. Continue reading...

Two were found dead in the early hours of Sunday in boat carrying about 82 people, several of whom were injuredTwo female Sudanese asylum seekers have died trying to cross the Channel in the early hours of Sunday morning, off the coast of Boulogne.According to some reports, one was a teenager aged 16 and the other a woman in her 20s. They were found dead in the boat, which had run aground on the beach of Neufchâtel-Hardelot, according to Christophe Marx, the secretary general of the Pas-de-Calais Prefecture. Continue reading...

US secretary of state will be in Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, the one-year anniversary of Pope Leo’s papacyUS secretary of state Marco Rubio will travel to Rome this week, a visit reportedly aimed at thawing frosty relations with the Italian government and the Vatican.Rubio will be in the Italian capital on Thursday and Friday, which will also mark the one-year anniversary of the papacy of Pope Leo, the first US-born pontiff. Continue reading...