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Cross-party group wants environment secretary to urgently examine moving the birds to a facility ‘better aligned with their needs’A group of 75 MPs are calling for the release of 15 penguins “trapped” in a small enclosure “without sunlight or fresh air” at the Sea Life London Aquarium.Housing the 15 gentoo penguins at the attraction on the South Bank was “un-British”, said the leader of the campaign. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full […]

Analysis says $30bn given to expand existing coal, oil and gas projects. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s big four banks have provided $43bn to fossil fuel companies in the last decade, with ANZ and Westpac continuing to fund further gas expansion.Expansions of coal, oil and gas projects accounted for $30bn of the funding, according to analysis by green advocacy group Market […]

Austrian authorities accuse the founder of Gaza Now of financing Hamas, a charge he has denied.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Ireland's new left-wing president Catherine Connolly is going to be "cool", according to school children who met her after her inauguration at Dublin Castle.Source: feeds.skynews.comRead full article

Oklahoma archbishop seen as culture warrior but also likely to endorse push for more human treatment of immigrantsUS Catholic bishops elected Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City as their new president on Tuesday, choosing a conservative culture warrior to lead during Donald Trump’s second term as president.The vote acts as a barometer for the bishops’ priorities. In choosing Coakley, they are doubling down on their conservative bent, even as they […]

Exclusive: No 10 said to be in ‘full bunker mode’ over fears of attempt to oust him after budget or May local electionsThin majorities and chaotic strategy push Labour MPs toward regime changeDowning Street has launched an extraordinary operation to protect Keir Starmer amid fears among the prime minister’s closest allies that he is vulnerable to a leadership challenge in the wake of the budget.Starmer’s most senior political aides warned […]

Culture secretary also condemns MPs who dismiss BBC as ‘institutionally biased’ in swipe at Badenoch and Farage. This live blog is closedHere is a round-up of what various lawyers and commentators have been saying about Donald Trump’s legal case against the BBC.Joshua Rozenberg, the legal commentator and a former BBC journalist, has said in a post on his A Lawyer Writes Substack that the corporation should settle. He explains:Given what […]

Israel is returning hundreds of Palestinians bodies to Gaza, but without names or identifying records.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article