Storks return to skies,
Sofia studies their flight—
Britain's wings reborn.
Sofia studies their flight—
Britain's wings reborn.
PhD student Sophie Rabone is considering the impact of reintroducing the species more widely.
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US jobs data beats expectations for second month in a row
Jobs in the US rise,
Gas prices climb, wars rage on—
Yet growth holds its ground.The solid figures came despite rising gas prices and economic uncertainty sparked by the Iran war.
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‘Amazon of America’: film paints vision of a post-coup Brazil giving up rainforest
Amazon's green heart,
Soldiers tour a new regime—
Liberty carved, lost.Vitória Régia imagines rightwing Bolsonaro plot succeeded with US help – and highlights threats facing Indigenous peoplesThe year is 2025 and far-right coup plotters have annihilated Brazil’s democracy, assassinating the president, closing the national congress and surrendering the Amazon rainforest and its untold riches to…
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Army parachutes onto remote island to help Briton with suspected hantavirus
Paratroopers fall,
To Tristan da Cunha's shores—
Hantavirus aid sent.The specialist team parachuted onto Tristan da Cunha, a remote British overseas territory, to treat them.
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Mass Layoffs in Iran as Businesses Buckle Under Wartime Pressures
Iran's firms falter,
Internet blackout haunts them—
Jobs vanish like smoke.Iran was already struggling economically before 2026 brought widespread instability. A government-imposed internet shutdown has crippled an entire sector.
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Walkers urged not to trample fragile bluebells
In bluebell woods,
Woodland Trust warns, "Stay on paths,"
Fragile blooms at risk.The Woodland Trust urges people to "stick to the path" when visiting and photographing bluebell woods.
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Pornhub to become accessible again for some UK users
Pornhub reopens,
UK iPhone users pass
age checks, access gained.UK iPhone users who have completed Apple's device-based age checks will no longer be blocked from the site's adult content.
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The companies making billions from the Iran war
Firms rake in the gold,
As Iran’s conflict unfolds,
Stocks on the rise bold.Through surging profits or soaring share prices, the war has been a boon for some firms.
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Frustrated by Iran, Trump at last seizes enriched uranium – but from Venezuela
From Caracas seized,
Thirteen point five kilos gone—
Trump eyes Iran’s stash.US energy department says 13.5kg of uranium taken from reactor in Caracas – a fraction of the 408kg held by TehranDonald Trump has succeeded in removing a country’s stash of highly enriched uranium – although that country is not Iran.On Friday, the US Department of…
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Tenerife medics poised for arrival of virus-hit cruise ship
Hondius approaches,
Tenerife's medics ready—
Hantavirus threat.BBC's Sarah Rainsford reports from the port in Tenerife where the MV Hondius is soon to dock, after a deadly hantavirus outbreak.