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The Guardian - World News

2026-07-29 05:09:27 (2 weeks ago)

Heathrow passengers face higher fares as airport can recover early expansion plan costs

CAA says airport can recoup £320m through higher airline charges, which are usually passed on to travellers

Heathrow passengers face decades of higher fares after the airport was given permission to recover early costs from developing its expansion plan.

The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) announced it had permitted Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) to recoup £320m spent on its proposal to build a third runway since the start of last year.

BBC News - Science & Environment

2026-07-29 05:06:45 (2 weeks ago)

Mysterious deaths of elephants in Kenya prompts urgent inquiry

It is the highest number of elephant deaths to be recorded in this area of southern Kenya in decades.

France 24 - World News

2026-07-29 05:04:22 (2 weeks ago)

Netanyahu praises 'excellent' meeting with Trump in first since Iran war

US President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington D.C on July 28 as Netanyahu flew over for the funeral of US Senator Lindsay Graham. It was the first time the two have met in person since launching their joint war against Iran in February. Despite rumours of tensions between Trump and his ally prior to discussions, both sides praised the meeting.

Globo News - Mundo

2026-07-29 05:03:46 (2 weeks ago)

Rússia acusa fundador do Telegram de facilitar 'terrorismo ucraniano' e emite mandado de prisão internacional

Pavel Durov, presidente-executivo e dono do Telegram, no Mobile World Congress, em Barcelona, em 2016 Albert Gea/Reuters O Serviço Federal de Segurança da Rússia (FSB) afirmou nesta quarta-feira (29) que acusou o fundador e CEO do Telegram, Pavel Durov, de facilitar atividades terroristas e emitiu um mandado internacional para sua prisão. ✅ Siga o canal de notícias internacionais do g1 no WhatsApp O FSB disse que as acusações formais contra Durov estão relacionadas à suposta falha do Telegram em remover conteúdos “utilizados por serviços especiais ucranianos e por organizações terroristas e extremistas para preparar e coordenar atos de sabotagem e terrorismo, massacres e operações de fraude cibernética dentro da Federação Russa”. Pouco depois, a conta oficial do Telegram na rede X publicou uma imagem de seu CEO fazendo um gesto obsceno com o dedo médio (veja abaixo). Tirando isso, nem Durov nem o app de mensagens haviam se pronunciado publicamente sobre a acusação do governo russo até a última atualização desta reportagem. Initial plugin text Durov chegou a ser preso na França em agosto de 2024, porém ele foi solto poucos dias depois. Seu paradeiro atual é desconhecido. O Telegram, aplicativo de mensagens criptografadas fundado em 2013, afirma ter mais de 1 bilhão de usuários e é amplamente utilizado por ambos os lados da guerra entre Rússia e Ucrânia. Agora no g1 Nos últimos anos, o governo de Vladimir Putin tem feito investidas para restringir o uso do Telegram na Rússia e passou a promover seu próprio serviço de mensagens, o estatal Max. Ainda assim, órgãos estatais, incluindo o Kremlin e o Ministério da Defesa, continuam publicando diariamente na plataforma. Durov, que nasceu na Rússia, mas atualmente possui passaportes dos Emirados Árabes Unidos e da França, fundou a rede social VKontakte —equivalente russo do Facebook— antes de vender sua participação restante em 2014, sob pressão das autoridades russas. Durov é investigado também por autoridades francesas, sob acusações de que o Telegram não combateu adequadamente atividades criminosas na plataforma e não cooperou de forma suficiente com pedidos das forças de segurança. Durov nega irregularidades. O anúncio russo ocorre após um jornal estatal russo ter informado, em fevereiro, que Durov estava sob investigação em um caso relacionado ao terrorismo. Em abril, Durov publicou no Telegram que uma intimação para o “Suspeito P.V. Durov” havia sido entregue a um apartamento na Rússia onde ele morava há 20 anos. “Eles devem estar suspeitando que eu defendo os artigos 29 e 23 da Constituição russa — que garantem a liberdade de expressão e o direito à correspondência privada. Orgulhoso de ser culpado!”, escreveu na ocasião. Uma publicação de 16 de maio em seu canal no Telegram indicava que ele estava em Dubai. Em 23 de julho, ele escreveu que estava “muito impressionado com a Geórgia” e que esperava “voltar muito em breve”.

BBC News - Education & Family

2026-07-29 05:02:48 (2 weeks ago)

'Delulu', 'Clock it': 'Cockroach' protest brings Gen Z slang to India's parliament

From "delulu" to "FOMO", Gen Z slang has made an unlikely journey from Instagram to parliament.

Fox News - Top Stories

2026-07-29 05:00:57 (2 weeks ago)

NASA at 68: America must lead on the moon, Mars and beyond — or China will

Two House committee members argue the U.S. must dominate space exploration as China invests heavily in lunar and satellite network technologies.

Times of India

2026-07-29 05:00:54 (2 weeks ago)

In 2006, a rescued dog saved Houssein Hamze from a bomb; in 2026, he refused to flee Lebanon and stayed to care for hundreds of animals

Houssein Hamze turned his life around after his dog saved him from a devastating bomb attack, and he founded a shelter for abandoned animals in his village. Ignoring the threat of drone strikes, he continually provided food and water for displaced animals. His remarkable dedication attracted international recognition and donations, allowing him to persevere in his mission of promoting kindness towards animals.

Times of India

2026-07-29 05:00:47 (2 weeks ago)

Bermuda snails were thought to be extinct from the island, a decade later breeders have released over 100,000 of them back

Once thought to be lost forever, the incredible Bermuda snail has been successfully revived. A decade ago, a small group was rediscovered and subsequently bred at Chester Zoo. Thousands were released back into safeguarded woodland areas in Bermuda, where six colonies have thrived. This success not only supports ecosystem recovery but also allows conservationists to shift their attention to breeding another rare native snail species.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-29 05:00:29 (2 weeks ago)

Wildfires are raging – and the world has junked 45 climate pledges. Disaster looms, and little wonder | Bill McGuire

Five years ago, I wrote an open letter asking climate scientists to speak out against fossil fuels. Now governments are in retreat, it is surely time to act

• France and Spain race to contain huge wildfires before fresh heatwave begins

Such is the astonishing scale of the wildfires burning at the gates of Bordeaux and Madrid, that if they had happened 20 – even 10 – years back, they may well have shocked the world into taking action on the climate crisis. But like the proverbial frog in a pot of slowly heating water, we have become inured; not only to the ever more devastating impacts of climate breakdown, but increasingly to the actions needed to bring global heating to heel.

Even as more than 35,000 wildfires rage across the surface of our world, and as we continue to rewind our planet’s climate so it resembles hotter episodes from its distant past, governments and trading blocs are very deliberately turning away from climate action.

Bill McGuire is professor emeritus of geophysical and climate hazards at University College London and author of The Fate of the World: a History and Future of the Climate Crisis

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-29 05:00:29 (2 weeks ago)

Sali Hughes on beauty: the new crop of fig perfumes make perfect scents

Fragrances with superior tones are cutting through the sugary, cheaper efforts that have been pervasive recently

After a lengthy sabbatical, I’m ready to let fig fragrances back into my life. There were years when I couldn’t get enough of lush, green Philosykos by Diptyque – a bona fide masterpiece and the greatest of all fig scents. Then a million sugary, inferior dupes sullied the whole category, cynically transporting it from the fruit groves of Turkey to the air freshener aisle at Halfords. With familiarity, grew contempt. But a new crop of figs is emerging to restore reputation and none are attempting to pass off as Diptyque.

Tom Ford’s recent Figue Erotique (£188 for 30ml), takes fig at various stages of its life cycle (sharp, nutty, green and unripe; rich, juicy, warm and sun-drenched; and finally sugary, creamy and ready to burst) and isolates each in its own accord. Bigger and bolder than most figs, with a sultry, musky sexiness that reads almost as humid, it may not be your most worn in a heatwave (reach for Chloé’s vivid, sparkling fig, Plage du Figuier (£115 for 50ml) then) but do give it a sniff when next you’re next at the shops – it’s a glorious scent for all seasons.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-29 05:00:28 (2 weeks ago)

Why US military prosecutes alleged rapes of women in UK as ‘sexual assaults’

Experts say lower-severity charges for American service personnel are deepening traumatic impact on survivors

American service personnel accused of rape on British soil are being charged with lesser offences by their military courts, a discrepancy that experts say is deepening the traumatic impact on survivors long after verdicts are passed.

There are more than 12,000 personnel stationed in US military bases across the UK, most of them in England. Although UK law enforcement has primary jurisdiction over crimes that occur when personnel are off duty, local police often choose to cede authority to the American military.

The Guardian - World News

2026-07-29 05:00:28 (2 weeks ago)

‘They targeted us directly’: how the Israel-Lebanon war became deadly for healthcare workers

At least 135 medics in Lebanon have been killed by Israel’s bombardment since March

• From Ukraine and Sudan to Gaza: why have hospitals become a target of war?

Moustapha Hamze can see his house from the hospital where he works; from a distance, he tries to make out if it has been damaged. The surgeon heads to the balcony every third explosion to make sure his home was not the one targeted.

His house, on the hillside village of Kfar Roummane, is about a five-minute drive from the hospital where he works in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh. But despite a ceasefire in the Israel-Lebanon war, he cannot return. The last time he tried, he was met by an Israeli drone that first dropped a stun grenade, and then launched a bomb about 10 metres away. He was lucky to escape with his life.