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NEW YORK (news agencies) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week refused to release a cruise ship passenger exposed to hantavirus in early May from a quarantine facility in Nebraska, despite a federal medical review that said there’s no need to confine her far from her Florida home. The order from Kennedy, one of the nation’s most prominent critics of vaccine mandates, lockdowns and other government public health restrictions, spurred outrage from some advocates and legal scholars, who called it illegal and rooted in politics rather than public health. Five weeks after she left the cruise ship,…
Extraordinary Messi makes more history in masterclass for the agesKylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland both enjoyed a fine start to the World Cup – but on a day packed with superstars, Lionel Messi still took top billing.1 hr agoWorld Cup
ReutersAn estimated 50,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed in Lebanon during the warOn Monday, hours after the announcement of a ceasefire agreement between the US and Iran, families that had been displaced because of the war began to return to communities in southern Lebanon, despite warnings from the authorities that it was not safe yet. In a video widely shared online, some residents arrived by car in a village to find an Israeli armoured vehicle blocking a street.Exhausted after more than three months of conflict, the people of Lebanon hoped the truce would also stop the fighting here between…
LIVEMessi scores his first World Cup hat trick in his sixth World Cup to beat Algeria – reactionLionel Messi scored his first World Cup hat trick on his 200th cap as Argentina beat Algeria.
ReutersThe son of jailed former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been convicted by Brazil’s highest court of pursuing US intervention during his father’s coup trial last year. Eduardo Bolsonaro, 41, was charged last year with lobbying US authorities to help the ex-president by imposing tariffs or sanctions on Brazil. A former congressman in Brazil, Eduardo relocated to the US in 2025 before his father, who governed the country from January 2019 to December 2022, was found guilty of plotting a military coup and given a 27 year sentence. Eduardo wrote on social media Tuesday calling the conviction “baseless and senseless”,…
Getty ImagesThe event was held on Sunday, as US President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday The FBI thwarted a plot targeting Sunday’s UFC event at the White House and has arrested five men, the US justice department said on Tuesday.Part of the plan involved striking nearby buildings with explosive-laden drones and firing on “high value targets”, prosecutors alleged.One suspect was arrested in Ohio last week, where investigators reviewed encrypted messages involving other alleged conspirators. Prosecutors said in charging documents they had allegedly “expressed ultra-religious and antigovernment sentiments”.”Allegedly planned attacks were stopped cold,” FBI Director Kash Patel posted on social…
Ziame StewartBudding singer and dancer Ziame worries the policy could bury a generation of creative talentZiame Stewart can barely remember a time he was not performing for social media.The 15-year-old has always loved singing and dancing, and says he has been filming “silly little videos” almost his whole life.He started by making videos for friends and family when he lived abroad as a young child, but his hobby gradually grew into a passion and now potentially a future career.Had Ziame been born a few years earlier, his career might have been in trouble before it even began thanks to the…
Watch: Why is Trump furious with Netanyahu over strikes on Lebanon?The BBC’s Tom Bateman looks at the US president’s reaction to what he called “vicious” strikes.2 hrs agoWorld
Alex Wong/Getty ImagesElon Musk reacted to the ZDF broadcast after it was highlighted by a German journalistGerman public broadcaster ZDF has removed part of a report that claimed tech trillionaire Elon Musk had called for migrants to be hunted in Northern Ireland.ZDF conceded its wording was “misleading” while Musk said “legal action is being taken against ZDF for their outrageous lies”.Violence erupted in Belfast last week, following a brutal knife attack in a street in the north of the city.Police arrested a Sudanese man at the scene in north Belfast and he was later remanded in custody by a court…
BBCWhen President Donald Trump announced the US deal with Iran on Sunday and declared the “opening” of the Strait of Hormuz, his Truth Social post ended with the words “Ships of the World, start your engines. Let the oil flow!”BBC Verify analysis of MarineTraffic ship-tracking data, however, shows that just seven vessels appear to have passed through the critical waterway since the deal was announced and as many as 580 ships appear to be waiting in the Gulf.Tehran effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, through which about a fifth of the world’s oil and gas supplies are usually transported, following…