The Week UK

This year, a total of 24 languages will be sung at Eurovision as many entrants return to their native tongues. theweek.com/culture-life/t…

The hippos were left to “roam free” and multiply after Escobar was killed in 1993. Now the “feral” pack has become “such an environmental blight, they are facing a mass extermination”, said The Guardian. Read the full story: the-week-uk.visitlink.me/6g8V10 #tibet #china #worldnews

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With The Wall Street Journal reporting that the UAE has carried out its own strikes on Iran, there is a renewed focus on the Abraham Accords – the peace and cooperation agreements between Israel and several of its Arab neighbours. theweek.com/world-news/uae…

NHS patients are being forced into “rounds of phone calls and anxiety” to secure their prescriptions amid a worsening shortage of key pharmaceuticals, said the BBC. theweek.com/health/why-pha…

There are currently 390s National Nature Reserves in the UK and King Charles has an initiative to establish 25 new ones in England by 2027. theweek.com/culture-life/b…

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El Niños arrive every few years, inflicting drought, flooding and other climate destruction across the globe. This year’s could be one of the biggest since the 1870s. theweek.com/science/el-nin…

The English Football League has charged Southampton with spying on their opponents two days before the first leg of the Championship play-off semi-final on Tuesday. theweek.com/sports/soccer/…

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Jamming works by disrupting signals from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) with electromagnetic noise. the-week-uk.visitlink.me/uOp0Fu

Nasa boss Jared Isaacman has signalled that the US space agency might re-examine the case for Pluto to be given its planet status back. theweek.com/science/the-ba…

Manchesterism involves “public services working together, in partnership with both the private sector and community groups, to ensure the benefits of a stronger economy can be felt by more people,” said Stephen Topping in the Manchester Evening News. theweek.com/politics/andy-…

King Charles has laid out the government’s legislative agenda for the next year, even as speculation mounts that Keir Starmer will not be around to lead it. theweek.com/politics/whats…

The impact of scams is “often emotional as well as financial”, said Age UK. In terms of the financial cost, research by VirginMedia 02 found that over-65s falling victim to such fraud lose £831 on average. theweek.com/personal-finan…

Scientists are pushing for “radical” measures against climate change, proposing the construction of a dam across the Bering Strait that would link Alaska and Russia, said Science. theweek.com/environment/be…

Under FPTP, the candidate with the most votes in each constituency is elected, and this has always made it difficult for small parties, whose votes may be geographically spread, to take seats from the big two. theweek.com/politics/first…

At least 81 Labour MPs have so far called for the PM to step down and bring his troubled premiership to an untimely end. theweek.com/politics/five-…

A new report by Human Rights Watch argues that the compulsory use of Chinese as the primary language in schools in Tibet raises “serious concerns under international human rights law”. theweek.com/politics/china…

What if a cling wrap could fight disease? A newly developed plastic film has successfully killed viruses on contact. theweek.com/health/plastic…