UK Easter weather and travel: ferries hit by winds as getaway begins for millions pred 5 urami in 20 minutami Storm Nelson brings 50mph gusts, rail lines hit by flooding and roads expected to be busyMillions of people in the UK are expected to hit the roads on Good Friday, as strong winds from the Spanish-named Storm Nelson hit the start of the Easter getaway.The ferry company DFDS reported that its services at Dover were running with delays “due to strong winds in the Channel” as the long weekend got under way, with 2 million British holidaymakers scheduled to travel abroad. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ pred 5 urami in 37 minutami Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargoIndigenous communities in Bolivia have objected to Colombia’s plans to recover the remains of an 18th-century galleon believed to be carrying gold, silver and emeralds worth billions, calling on Spain and Unesco to step in and halt the project.Colombia hopes to begin recovering artefacts from the wreck of the San José in the coming months but the Caranga, Chicha and Killaka peoples in Bolivia argue that the excavation would rob them of their “common and shared” heritage. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Tory donor’s knighthood is sign Sunak ‘believes he’s on way out’, Labour says pred 5 urami in 46 minutami Anneliese Dodds says the honour for Mohamed Mansour appears clearly tied to his £5m donation to the ToriesRishi Sunak’s decision to hand a knighthood to a businessman and former Egyptian government minister who donated £5m to the Conservative party is the sign of a prime minister who “simply believes he’s on the way out”, Labour has said.Mohamed Mansour, a senior treasurer of the Tory party for just over a year, was among surprise recipients of honours unexpectedly announced late on Thursday, who also included a series of Conservative MPs. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
‘Ecocide in Gaza’: does scale of environmental destruction amount to a war crime? pred 6 urami in 6 minutami Exclusive: Satellite analysis revealed to the Guardian shows farms devastated and nearly half of the territory’s trees razed. Alongside mounting air and water pollution, experts says Israel’s onslaught on Gaza’s ecosystems has made the area unlivableIn a dilapidated warehouse in Rafah, Soha Abu Diab is living with her three young daughters and more than 20 other family members. They have no running water, no fuel and are surrounded by running sewage and waste piling up.Like the rest of Gaza’s residents, they fear the air they breathe is heavy with pollutants and that the water carries disease. Beyond the city streets lie razed orchards and olive groves, and farmland destroyed by bombs and bulldozers. Continue reading...(The Guardian)