Israel to ban MSF from working in Gaza over refusal to provide staff list
MSF said it would not share the list as it had not been able to ensure staff would remain safe.
Read Full StoryLatest News
US committee is reconsidering all vaccine recommendations
Move is dramatic departure for advisory group under Kirk Milhoan, who says he doesn’t like the term ‘established science’All vaccine recommendations are being reconsidered by the US’s vaccines committee, according to its top adviser, who in recent interviews slammed vaccination requirements for attending school and said vaccines should be taken on the advice of an individual’s doctor.The stance from Kirk Milhoan, chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), represents a dramatic departure for the group tasked with making US vaccine recommendations for decades, signaling an increasingly hostile approach from the Trump administration to routine vaccines. Continue reading...
The battle for Paris: can Rachida Dati fend off scandal to become next mayor?
Seen by rivals as a dangerous rightwinger, others hope the controversial culture minister can snatch Paris from the leftShe was the first woman of north African and Muslim heritage to hold a major French government post and she redefined political celebrity in France. Now Rachida Dati wants to become mayor of Paris and take the city from the left, which has been in power for 25 years.“I want to bring back authority,” Dati, France’s culture minister, told Le Figaro last month, promising a law and order drive to arm municipal police with guns. Her opponents call her a dangerous rightwinger who would turn the French capital into a “Trumpist laboratory”. Continue reading...
Cuba on the brink as Trump turns up the pressure: ‘There is going to be a real blockade’
Country is already suffering acute fuel shortage; experts say complete cutoff will be ‘catastrophic’ to its infrastructureIt’s just gone midday on Linea, one of the main roads through Havana’s Vedado neighbourhood, and Javier Peña and Ysil Ribas have been waiting since 6am outside a petrol station. They’re passing the time fixing a leak on Ribas’s 1955 gold and white Mercury.A tanker has pulled up on the forecourt in front of them, and so the queue behind is growing fast. Although this station only takes US dollars, at a cost far out of reach of most Cubans, Peña says it’s their only choice. “There is no gas in the national pesos,” he says, shrugging. Continue reading...
UK minister puts pressure on Andrew to testify in US to give Epstein victims what they ‘deserve and need’ – latest news
Andrew Mounbatten-Windsor features heavily in the latest tranche of the Epstein files, released on Friday by the US justice departmentWe can bring you more from the interview with housing secretary Steve Reed on Sky News’ Trevor Phillips programme this morning (see this post for what Reed said about Peter Mandelson in the same interview).When asked if the British government would comply with an extradition request from the US if there was a charge brought against Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Reed said he could not answer that question as it was an “entirely hypothetical” one. Continue reading...
Starmer’s visit to China was not a reset, but a new way forward
The UK prime minister’s China visit reflects the realities of a new global order that has upended traditional alliances.
As Rafah reopens, Palestinians are ‘given an impossible choice’
‘It’s a crime that Palestinians are given an impossible choice.’
Polls open in Costa Rica as centre-right populists aim to extend mandate
Laura Fernandez, President Chaves's protege and ex-chief of staff, is frontrunner and could avoid April 5 run-off.
Fela Kuti becomes first African to get Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award
Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti has become the first African artist to receive a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
Saint-Maximin leaves Club America after children face racist attacks
Ex-Newcastle winger Allan Saint-Maximin quits Mexican club after he posts: 'Protecting my children is my priority.'