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Zelensky urges speedy delivery of western tanks President Zelenksy has thanked Western leaders for sending their tanks to support Ukraine but said they needed to be delivered quickly. He also urged the West to send long-range missiles and fighter jet. Germany and the US announced they would send their tanks to Ukraine yesterday in a historic move. Russia condemned the move, calling it a “blatant provocation” and said any tanks supplied to Ukraine will be destroyed. The tanks would “burn like all the rest,” said Dmitry Peskov, President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman. “They are just very expensive.” Zelensky said he told…

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Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram Former president Donald Trump will be allowed back on Facebook and Instagram, after Meta announced it will be ending its two-year suspension of his accounts. The suspension will end “in the coming weeks,” the social media giant said. In a statement, Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, said the public “should be able to hear what their politicians are saying”. Trump was suspended indefinitely from Facebook and Instagram after the Capitol riot in 2021. The firm had taken action following Mr Trump’s “praise for people engaged in violence at the Capitol”, Mr…

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New US search for missing actor Julian Sands Search efforts for the missing British actor Julian Sands have resumed after previous efforts were halted by dangerous weather conditions. Air searches are underway to find the missing 65-year-old who hasn’t been seen since he went hiking in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains, north of Los Angeles. California has been hit by deadly storms this winter. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department tweeted that it would use a helicopter from the California Highway Patrol which carries a device that can detect matching “reflective material, electronics, and in some…

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Farmers will be eligible for funding for up to 280 actions that protect environment under new systemNew farm subsidies regime could be great for nature – if properly fundedFarmers in England will be able to receive government funding for up to 280 different actions that protect the environment, from conserving hedgerows to maintaining peatlands, under a comprehensive overhaul of farming subsidies.The long-awaited announcement on Thursday shows farmers what will be expected of them if they apply for government incentives called environmental land management schemes (ELMs), worth ?2.4bn a year for this parliament. Continue reading…

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One in four students say they are in danger of dropping out of university – surveyStudents are skipping meals and relying on hardship funds and family support because of the cost of living crisis, with one in four saying they are in danger of dropping out of university, according to a survey.Research carried out this month for the Sutton Trust found nearly a quarter of the 1,000 UK students interviewed said they were “less likely” to be able to complete their degree because of cost pressures, while one in three said they were cutting down on food to save money. Continue reading…

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Expose – Saying goodbye to New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern The shock resignation of New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern last week spurred headlines around the globe. And today, just a week after the shock announcement, New Zealand has a new PM. Ardern had become the face of liberal left-wing politics, with kindness at the heart of her policies. “Progressives around the world were drawn, too, to her experiments in building economic policy around the pursuit of happiness and a better quality of life, rather than growth at all costs,” wrote the Guardian. And depending on what paper or news…

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Jacinda Ardern’s legacy of effective crisis management and kindness The Independent says New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern shocked the world with her resignation announcement on Thursday morning, saying she no longer has “enough in the tank” to remain as leader. The 42-year-old said she planned to stand down next month, saying she was too tired to seek a third term. “I am human. We give as much as we can for as long as we can and then it’s time. And for me, it’s time,” she said at a meeting of members of her Labour Party on Thursday in…

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Poor Jacinda Ardern, defeated by her own vanity The Telegraph says When you write on politics, upsetting people is an occupational hazard. Even so, sometimes you can get taken aback. Nothing I have written before or since has provoked so much outrage as a piece I wrote here in October 2020 predicting that Jacinda Ardern’s zero-Covid policy in New Zealand would turn out to be a disaster. The ensuing Twitterstorm seemed to involve more people than inhabited New Zealand. That was the point about Ardern. She wasn’t just Prime Minister of New Zealand – and a popular one at her…

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