Wachttijden in Engelse ziekenhuizen verbeterd, zegt Streeting
De vertrekkende minister van Volksgezondheid verklaart dat het 'plan van Labour voor de NHS werkt' nadat ziekenhuizen een belangrijke doelstelling hebben behaald.
theguardian.comDe vertrekkende minister van Volksgezondheid verklaart dat het 'plan van Labour voor de NHS werkt' nadat ziekenhuizen een belangrijke doelstelling hebben behaald.
theguardian.comHet gebrek aan uitdaging door de minister van Volksgezondheid had Starmer en zijn bondgenoten gerustgesteld – maar toen ontstonden er briefings over een speculatieve lancering op donderdag Terwijl de onofficiële politieke wapenstilstand rond de troonrede naderde, zonder enig teken van een uitdaging voor het leiderschap door Wes Streeting, namen sommige van zijn Labour-collega's aan dat de kans van de minister van Volksgezondheid om voor de hoogste functie te gaan mogelijk voorgoed voorbij was. “Er is een risico dat hij de David Miliband van deze generatie wordt als hij nu niets doet,” zei één Kamerlid, verwijzend naar een andere langdurige troonopvolger die nooit de laatste stap zette. Lees verder...
theguardian.comDiplomatieke inspanningen continueren ondanks gevechten in en rond de betwiste straat van Hormuz in de afgelopen dagen Midden-Oosten crisis – live updates De Amerikaanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken, Marco Rubio, heeft verklaard dat Washington vrijdag een reactie van Iran verwacht op zijn voorstellen voor een interim-overeenkomst om het conflict in het Midden-Oosten te beëindigen, terwijl Iran de VS ervan beschuldigde het steeds kwetsbaarder wordende staakt-het-vuren dat vorige maand werd aangekondigd te hebben geschonden. In de afgelopen dagen hebben plaatsgevonden de grootste escalaties in de gevechten in en rond de betwiste straat van Hormuz sinds het begin van de informele wapenstillingsperiode. De toename van het geweld volgde op de aankondiging – en daaropvolgende snelle pauze – door Donald Trump van een nieuwe marine-missie die gericht was op het openen van de strategische waterweg. Lees verder...
theguardian.comA rescue mission involving volunteer helicopter crew and public donations ended in joy after Molly was located and brought home A spot of furry black and white appears among the jagged rocks of New Zealand’s alpine backcountry. It is Molly the border collie, sitting near the foot of a waterfall where she had been separated from her owner one week earlier.Molly was rescued on Tuesday after an avalanche of donations from the public funded a volunteer team made up of former helicopter pilots and crew to mount a search in the wilderness. Continue reading...
theguardian.comRule change follows high court challenge brought by two doctors prevented from working in specialist fieldsDoctors who have been prevented from working in the NHS while they wait for asylum decisions are celebrating after the Home Office agreed to lift the ban. The changes come into force on Thursday.The changes to the immigration rules follow a high court challenge by two specialist doctors who had the relevant qualifications to work for the NHS but were prevented from taking up work. Doctors who have a break in their practice can quickly become deskilled. Until now, the ban has remained in place despite shortages of doctors and other healthcare professionals in some parts of the NHS. Continue reading...
theguardian.comScott Peyton left the Lafayette, Louisiana, diocese after priest admitted to abusing his son and was excommunicated months laterA Louisiana man who resigned as a Roman Catholic deacon after a priest molested his son and then was excommunicated from the church entirely by his local bishop is asking global church leaders to inform him of the fate of his appeal against the prelate’s decision, something that was supposed to be resolved more than a year earlier.In a letter to the Vatican entity in charge of clerical discipline, a canon – or church – law attorney representing Scott Peyton asserts that his case is “nuanced and requires careful consideration”. “To the extent that the delay reflects such diligence, he is grateful,” said the letter to the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), prepared by Dawn Eden Goldstein on 3 February and obtained recently by the Guardian. Continue reading...
theguardian.comPeople struggle to cook and businesses bear brunt as closure of strait of Hormuz slows imports of liquefied petroleum gasFor four days, Maya Rani, 36, has been arriving each morning at a gas distributor’s office in Delhi, her six-month-old daughter in her lap, waiting for hours. And each day she returns home empty-handed, told that a cooking gas cylinder may not be available for at least another week. Around her, the queue keeps growing, people clutching forms and documents, hoping to secure a cylinder.The flame in her kitchen began to fade last week and her husband, as he always does, took their 5kg cylinder to a local refiller. This time, there was nothing. The only option left was to apply for a government-subsidised supply, a process that has meant repeated visits, long waits and no certainty. Continue reading...
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Afbeelding: The Art Newspaper• The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved the Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act of 2025 on March 16, with the bill now awaiting President Trump's signature to become law. • The legislation eliminates procedural legal defenses in Nazi-era art recovery claims, including acquisitive prescription, the act of state doctrine, and international comity, allowing foreign states to be subject to U.S. court jurisdiction for Nazi-looted art claims. • Representative Laurel Lee stated the new version ensures claims "are evaluated on their merits—not dismissed because of technical legal barriers," expanding upon the 2016 predecessor legislation.
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