Uganda's 80-year-old president in bid to extend 40-year rule
Yoweri Museveni has been endorsed by the ruling party as its candidate in the 2026 election.
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Texas floods: search continues with dozens dead or missing
Hundreds of rescuers searching for those missing in devastating floods including girls from Camp Mystic, a Christian youth campTexas continues grim flood recoveryJonathan Porter, the chief meteorologist at AccuWeather, a private weather forecasting company that uses National Weather Service data, said it appeared evacuations and other proactive measures could have been undertaken to reduce the risk of fatalities.In a statement, he said:People, businesses, and governments should take action based on flash flood warnings that are issued, regardless of the rainfall amounts that have occurred or are forecast.I would like to express sincere condolences to all the families who have lost loved ones, in particular their daughters who were in a summer camp in the disaster caused by flooding of the Guadalupe River in Texas. We pray for them. Continue reading...
Patients with ultra-rare diseases worry new FDA rules will leave them without treatment
Testing is difficult for drugs for rare diseases, and new rules may make it harder for sufferers to obtain life-saving drugsUS drug regulators have increasingly signaled a focus on faster approvals and rare diseases, but patients with ultra-rare ailments fear they are falling through the cracks, especially given challenges to conducting clinical trials.One drug, elamipretide, garnered a narrow recommendation from independent advisers for the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), but the agency rejected the drug’s application in May and recommended another potential pathway for approval. Continue reading...
Dozens of MPs ‘refused safety measures’ for their staff despite rising abuse
Exclusive: group representing Commons workers say some parliamentarians ‘wilfully ignored’ security adviceDozens of MPs have refused safety measures for their staff despite record levels of abuse and a spate of violent attacks, according to a group representing Commons workers.Staff employed by MPs said they had been put in “extremely dangerous” situations after a small number of parliamentarians “wilfully ignored” security advice. Continue reading...
Maga influencer and de facto national security adviser Laura Loomer holds outsized sway on Trump
The 32-year-old was instrumental in high-profile national security firings, and has cheerled the attacks on IranAfter years of claiming to be the vanguard of a new “America First” isolationist movement rebelling against the neoconservative policies of the George W Bush administration that led to the bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Maga’s online influencers are cheering for another war in the Middle East.And not just any war: they are applauding Donald Trump’s high-risk decision to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities, a move that was considered a war too far even by the Bush administration. Continue reading...
Israel sends negotiators to Gaza talks despite 'unacceptable' Hamas demands, PM says
Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas is seeking changes to a proposal for a ceasefire deal that Israel has accepted.
Anger as Nationwide refuses members a binding vote on boss’s 43% pay hike
Lender says Debbie Crosbie’s package ‘should compete with banks’ but critics say building societies are ‘supposed to be the good guys’Nationwide is under fire for refusing to give members a binding vote on a 43% pay rise for its chief executive, Debbie Crosbie, that could mean her pay package reaches up to £7m.Campaigners say it leaves the building society’s members with fewer rights than shareholders of listed UK banks and exposes a worrying “loophole” in building society rules. Continue reading...
Iran tells millions of Afghans to leave or face arrest on day of deadline
Move follows war with Israel, but humanitarian groups warn mass deportations may further destabilise Afghanistan.
‘Big metal rollercoasters beat AI’: Legoland owner’s boss on the thrill of theme parks in a tech world
Fiona Eastwood says real-life experiences that bring people together are vital in the battle for attention in the digital eraArtificial intelligence is in the process of upending the business models of companies all over the world, but when it comes to the $100bn (£73bn) global theme park business the thrill of “big metal” rollercoasters is still the biggest draw.Fiona Eastwood, the boss of the sector’s second biggest operator, Merlin Entertainments, says that in a world dominated by battles over screen time it is real-life experiences that provide families with an “antidote to phones and digital technology”. Continue reading...
Supporting Palestine group in UK now a “criminal offence”
Attorney Laura O’B talks about the proscription of UK group Palestine Action as a terror group and why it’s raised conce