RAF Fairford alert: Several arrested, homes evacuated near US air base - key details

RAF Fairford alert: Several arrested, homes evacuated near US air base - key details

Times of India •

Several men were arrested near RAF Fairford on suspicion of violations under the Explosives Act. Residents of the nearby village of Whelford were evacuated to a leisure center in Cirencester. Police established a cordon around the area while an Army explosive ordnance disposal team assessed several vehicles. Counter-terrorism police are leading the investigation but have not confirmed a link to RA...

Pope Leo continues his visit to France in Lourdes

Pope Leo continues his visit to France in Lourdes

France 24 •

Pope Leo XIV continued his visit to France in Lourdes, at the major Catholic pilgrimage site in the foothills of the Pyrenees, where he celebrated mass before around 150,000 people. Hendro Munstermann, a Vatican correspondent for the Dutch newspaper Nederland Dagblad, joins us from Lourdes to share his impressions and tell us more about the Pope’s visit.

Housing crisis fuels Madrid protest

Housing crisis fuels Madrid protest

France 24 •

Tens of thousands of people gathered in the Spanish capital on Saturday to call for greater protection for tenants. The protest was sparked by the eviction of an elderly woman who was forced out of her lifelong home after her rent nearly quadrupled. Her case has resonated with many Spaniards who say rising rents, partly driven by tourism, are making cities increasingly unaffordable. Morgan Ayre re...

UK: Several arrested as bomb disposal team examines vehicles

UK: Several arrested as bomb disposal team examines vehicles

France 24 •

Earlier on Sunday, British police evacuated nearby homes following a major incident at a British military base. Several men were arrested on suspicion of explosives offences, while police said they believed the situation was contained. France 24 correspondent Benedicte Paviot tells us the latest from London.

Counter-terrorism police investigate ‘major incident’ near RAF Fairford

Counter-terrorism police investigate ‘major incident’ near RAF Fairford

The Guardian •

People evacuated from village after men are arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near Gloucestershire airbase used by US forcesCounter-terrorism police are leading the investigation that saw several men arrested on suspicion of explosives offences near an RAF base.After the declaration of a major incident at RAF Fairford, a bomb squad was sent to the village of Whelford with extra security...

The hidden risks of using traditional Chinese medicine with Western prescriptions

The hidden risks of using traditional Chinese medicine with Western prescriptions

SCMP •

In the second instalment of a four-part Health Matters series on traditional Chinese medicine, Aidyn Fitzpatrick investigates the drug-interaction risks of combining Chinese remedies with Western medicine, and how Hongkongers can protect themselves from avoidable complications. An elderly woman with a mechanical heart valve was taking warfarin, a blood thinner to prevent and treat blood clots, whe...

‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky

‘Hell on earth’: last residents eat weeds to survive in Russian-occupied Oleshky

The Guardian •

Supplies cut off from Ukrainian city where bodies are being left to be eaten by dogs because of deadly risk from dronesThe phone message sent out of Russian-occupied Oleshky was grimly matter of fact: food for the 2,000 or so civilians still remaining in the city and its surrounding villages had finally run out.“We’re in Oleshky [and] we can’t get out. We’re going hungry … Right now, I’ve got abso...

Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI

Democracy blindsides Silicon Valley’s power players looking to transform the world with AI

The Guardian •

‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’The Stanford ethicist Rob Reich was once invited to a dinner organized by a Silicon Valley mogul to discuss what a state designed to maximize science and tech powered by commercial models might look like. The gathered technologists were drawn to the idea of building a small n...

‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

‘It’s hard to sell a house when it’s covered in baboon faeces’: Cape Town divided over plan to remove its monkeys

The Guardian •

Two troops of chacma baboons are breaking into homes and shops but animal rights activists insist coexistence is the answerCape Town’s city council has said it will “imminently” round up two baboon troops coming into repeated conflict with residents. The animals will be sterilised and permanently moved to a newly constructed sanctuary. The plan has been fiercely criticised by animal rights activis...

Bangkok flood warnings ‘came too late’ Thais say, worst flood in 15 years

Bangkok flood warnings ‘came too late’ Thais say, worst flood in 15 years

SCMP •

Deep floodwaters in Bangkok drove thousands of residents into shelters as others scrambled to buy groceries or dry out their homes on Sunday after days of heavy rain inundated markets, roads, and residences. Pedestrians in plastic rain ponchos waded through murky knee-deep water in the Thai capital, some venturing into a supermarket while others floated their belongings in plastic tubs. “People ca...