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View All 9Sadiq Khan's London is NOT safe, locals admit while Mayor rages at 'hate and disinformation'
Londoners have admitted the capital is getting less safe - just as Sir Sadiq Khan introduced a huge campaign against "hate and disinformation" about crime in the city.A new poll, conducted by JL Partners for the London School of Economics, found the majority of Londoners believe safety is on the decline.The survey, shared with the Standard, asked adults two main questions related to safety.First, it asked if London had become more or less safe generally, then if living in London had become more or less safe for them personally.For the first question, 61 per cent of women and 46 per cent of men said the capital had become less safe generally - representing 54 per cent of all London residents. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Just 17 per cent of Londoners said the capital was now safer, including 22 per cent of men and 13 per cent of women.In terms of personal safety, 47 per cent of London residents felt the city had become less safe for them personally.This represented 40 per cent of men and 53 per cent of women.Just 16 per cent of adults feel the capital is now safer for them personally - representing 11 per cent of women and 22 per cent of men.Tom Lubbock, the co-founder of JL Partners, said: "When a majority of women in London feel the city is getting less safe then that is a blow for Sadiq Khan."No amount of crime stats can outdo that lived experience and the effects that it has on how people feel and live their lives."While Jenevieve Treadwell, a London politics fellow at LSE, said the figures showed responding to crime was "of the utmost importance to Londoners and needs to be taken seriously by London's newly-formed councils".When asked to pick two issues for their own council to focus on, 39 per cent named crime and anti-social behaviour, 38 per cent housing affordability and 25 per cent said wasting taxpayers' money.LATEST ON LONDON:Sadiq Khan praises electric vehicle transition with huge milestone - 'Leading the charge'Sadiq Khan to hit drivers with higher Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel chargesCouncil declares war with Sadiq Khan's TfL over Oxford Street 'stitch-up'Sir Sadiq, on Monday, unveiled a £7million campaign to tackle so-called "disinformation" about London which was damaging the tourism industry.The Mayor of London is currently in Singapore at the World Cities Summit, a meeting between political leaders, planners, and business executives.He has used the visit to raise concerns about global disinformation, having previously slammed politicians who paint a "dystopian" picture of London as a "fallen city"."We know social media has been used as a platform by bad state actors, whether that's in China, Russia, or the Make America Great Again actors in the USA," Sir Sadiq told the BBC.Disinformation was also being spread by people in southeast Asia, including China and Japan, he added.City Hall's Tory leader Susan Hall questioned the decision to spend public money to tackle "disinformation" - and told him to get back from Singapore and actually sort out crime.She said: "He's putting millions into looking at online disinformation... I don't want anonymous trolls obviously to make up lies about the city, but the Mayor can't try and suggest that anyone critical of his failure or record of failure is among those ranks."He just should be at home sorting issues out," she added. Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
Ministers plead with Donald Trump not to attack Keir Starmer for 'police state' internet clampdown
Ministers have been pleading with Donald Trump not to attack Sir Keir Starmer over his social media ban.Both world leaders are currently in France for the G7 summit, which is thought to follow a long-winded lobbying campaign from Labour's top brass to avoid backlash from the White House.Ministers said they have spent weeks trying to reassure US officials the social media ban was not specifically aimed at US tech firms.It limits access to platforms including X, YouTube, Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok for under-16s. All but X and TikTok are American-owned, and all are headquartered in the US. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The President has previously threatened to hammer Britain with a "big tariff" if the Government does not drop its digital services tax.One person involved in the lobbying effort told The Guardian ministers took a three-pronged approach to "engage the companies, pre-brief the administration and myth bust in the media"."This is about protecting children in Britain, not taking on US tech," they said.But the owner of X - and the world's first trillionaire - Elon Musk, said on his platform: "This censorship law is a wolf in sheep's clothing. The real goal is to enable the UK Government to track everyone."He went on to brand the UK a "police state".Sarah Rogers of the State Department, meanwhile, has led American fury at Labour's internet clampdowns.She recently revealed the US Government's new "free speech portal" was being flooded by Britons complaining about censorship at home.The newly-established freedom.gov website - designed to bypass to bans on "hate speech" in places abroad - has been inundated with complaints from British users.Sir Keir said he had last spoken to Mr Trump on Saturday - before announcing the ban.At the G7, he is expected to discuss the issue of the social media clampdown alongside "many other issues" which other leaders are interested in.MORE ON THE SOCIAL MEDIA BAN:Nigel Farage issues 'back door' digital ID warning as PM confirms social media banLeft-wing social media network could be exempt from Keir Starmer's mass internet clampdown‘Be stronger as a parent!’ Tech journalist rejects social media ban for children as ‘cobblers’One such leader, Emmanuel Macron, thanked Britain "for joining the movement" on banning social media yesterday.Earlier this week, fellow G7 member Canada announced its own proposed crackdown which would regulate AI chatbots and curtail "harmful content" online, creating a regulator to ensure tech firms comply.And in January, France passed a Bill in both chambers to ban social media for those under 15, set to be implemented before the start of the school year in September.The meeting marks the first time Sir Keir will meet Mr Trump face-to-face after the US President's infamous "no Churchill" jab, though he still has yet to weigh in on the social media ban.However, the White House calmly voiced its opposition to it last week in a note released through the American Embassy in London.It said Washington favoured "narrowly targeted requirements primarily with respect to pornographic and adult commercial content, rather than broad social media bans".That stance was also submitted to the British Government's ban consultation.Back in the UK, critics of the ban, including Ian Russell, the father of a 14-year-old who killed herself after viewing harmful content online, said the social media ban was "politically expedient" and told The Telegraph it was a "rush job".Mr Russell has called for the Government to tackle specific suicide, self-harm and eating disorder content on platforms, rather than a blanket ban.Sir Keir denied any suggestion it was "rushed", with the consultation "gone carefully through", but added he would continue to work with Mr Russell on the issues he raised.A spokesman for Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram: "As we've seen in Australia, bans risk isolating teens from online communities and information, and driving them to unregulated alternatives that lack built-in protections and parental controls."A spokesman for YouTube said: "Blanket bans push kids out of such curated, supervised, beneficial experiences and towards anonymous, less safe services." Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter
My one-year-old was happy and healthy — I still don’t understand why he died
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'I'm a mortgage broker with a warning to people in these jobs'
Jamie Elvin said it was a concern Steven Smith Content Editor, 16 Jun 2026Updated Jamie Elvin(Image: Newspage) A mortgage broker has warned people in certain jobs not to take out mortgages until the age of 75 or even 80, just because lenders will allow them to do so. He added: “People often assume that, in the final years of their mortgage, their pensions will cover their mortgage payments. But many of the self-employed and tradespeople I advise simply won’t be putting enough into their pensions for this to happen. View 3 Images It can seem fine at the start, but bite you later(Image: Oscar Wong via ) “Only last month a report 15 million people are not saving enough for retirement, a figure that could soar to 19 million without action. Basically, millions of Brits are going to be facing a severe income cliff-edge when they retire.” Jamie said they then had a situation where someone had to stop work because they just can’t do such hard manual work and they don’t have the income to cover the five or even ten years of mortgage payments that remain. Article continues below He added: “That’s what a problem looks like. The maths just doesn’t stack up. Why lenders continue to do this is beyond me.” Choose Daily Mirror as a 'Preferred Source' on Google News for quick access to the news you value. Pensions Loans Mortgages
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View All 10Current WWE NXT roster
close Video WWE NXT star Tony D'Angelo talks NXT Championship match at Stand & Deliver WWE NXT star Tony D'Angelo talks to Fox News Digital about his NXT Championship match at Stand & Deliver. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The WWE NXT roster features up-and-coming professional wrestlers who are getting ready to make an impact on the main roster one day. Tony D’Angelo, Myles Borne, Lola Vice and Zaria are some of the top champions on the roster right now. Read below for the full list of the roster as of June 2026. == NXT men’s roster NXT Champion Tony D'Angelo looks on in the ring during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Florida, on April 14, 2026. (Matt Pendleton/WWE) Brad Baylor – NXT tag team champion Bronco Nima Brooks Jensen Charlie Dempsey Cutler James Dion Lennox EK Prosper Elio LeFleur Hank Walker Jackson Drake Jasper Troy Josh Briggs Kale Dixon Keanu Carver Lexis King – WWE speed champion Lucien Price Mason Rook NXT North American Champion Myles Borne speaks during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on April 14, 2026. (Matt Pendleton/WWE) Myles Borne – NXT North American champion Naraku Niko Vance Noam Dar Osiris Griffin Ricky Smokes – NXT tag team champion Saquon Shugars Sean Legacy Shawn Spears Shiloh Hill Stacks Lorenzo Tank Ledger Tavion Heights Tony D’Angelo – NXT champion Uriah Connors NXT women’s roster Lola Vice holds up the NXT Women's Championship and the AAA World Mixed Tag Team Championship during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on April 7, 2026. (KS/WWE) Adriana Rizzo Arianna Grace Jaida Parker Izzi Dame Kali Armstrong Karmen Petrovic Kelani Jordan Kendal Grey Lizzy Rain Lola Vice – NXT women’s champion Nikkita Lyons Skylar Raye Tatum Paxley Thea Hail Wendy Choo Wren Sinclair – WWE women’s speed champion Zaria celebrates her win during NXT at the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, Fla., on June 9, 2026. (Connor Kvatek/WWE) Zaria – NXT women’s North American champion Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.
Current WWE main roster
close Video Logan Paul is 'just a phenomenal athlete,' WWE star Austin Theory says Austin Theory touts his Vision stablemate Logan Paul in an interview with Fox News Digital ahead of Saturday Night's Main Event. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The WWE roster features some of the best professional wrestlers in the world. Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Rhea Ripley and Liv Morgan are just some of the superstars the WWE has to offer. Read below for the full list of the roster as of June 2026. == WWE Raw men’s roster Roman Reigns celebrates his win during Clash in Italy at Inalpi Arena in Torino di Sangro, Italy, on May 31, 2026. (Andrew Timms/WWE) Akira Tozawa Angelo Dawkins Asuka Austin Theory – World tag team champion Bravo Americano Bron Breakker – World tag team champion Bronson Reed Brutus Creed Chad Gable CM Punk Cruz Del Toro Dominik Mysterio Dragon Lee El Grande Americano Ethan Page Grayson Waller Ivy Jacob Fatu JD McDonagh Je’Von Evans Jey Uso Jimmy Uso Joaquin Wilde Joe Hendry Julius Creed LA Knight Logan Paul Ludwig Kaiser Otis Pete Dunne Rayo Americano Rey Mysterio Penta – Intercontinental champion Roman Reigns – World heavyweight champion Rusev Seth Rollins Sheamus Tyler Bate WWE Raw women’s roster Liv Morgan makes her entrance during Monday Night RAW at Resch Center in Green Bay, Wis., on June 16, 2025. (Rich Freeda/WWE) Becky Lynch Bayley Ivy Nile Iyo Sky Liv Morgan – Women’s world champion Maxxine Dupri Nattie Neidhart Roxanne Perez Sol Ruca – Women’s intercontinental champion Stephanie Vaquer WWE SmackDown men’s roster Cody Rhodes enters the ring during Clash in Italy at Inalpi Arena in Torino di Sangro, Italy, on May 31, 2026. (Rich Freeda/WWE) Angel Axiom Berto Carmelo Hayes Cody Rhodes – Undisputed WWE champion Damian Priest – WWE tag team champion Drew McIntyre Elton Prince Finn Balor Gunther Ilja Dragunov Johnny Gargano Kevin Owens Kit Wilson Matt Cardona Nathan Frazer R-Truth – WWE tag team champion Randy Orton Rey Fenix Ricky Saints Royce Keys Sami Zayn Shinsuke Nakamura Solo Sikoa Talla Tonga Tama Tonga The Miz Trick Williams – United States champion DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP WWE SmackDown women’s roster Rhea Ripley makes her entrance during Saturday Night's Main Event at Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Ind., on May 23, 2026.
How to Say No to an Imperial President
Analysis Trump’s expansion of executive power would make even Richard Nixon blush. A pencil drawing of a man smiling and wearing glasses Julian E. Zelizer, a columnist at Foreign Policy and a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. Julian’s , The Long View, here. Richard Nixon grimaces at podium in front of an American flag. President Richard Nixon speaks to supporters on July 1, 1978. Wally McNamee/Corbis via June 16, 2026, AM President Donald Trump has sought to weaponize multiple federal agencies, advancing an expansive view of executive authority. He and his advisors have argued that the president should exercise direct oversight over every component of the executive branch. In doing so, Trump has rejected standing norms that granted certain agencies—the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Federal Reserve—a certain degree of institutional independence designed to shield their work from political influence. The IRS has become one of Trump’s key targets. Last year, Trump demanded that the agency revoke the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, an institution he has been publicly battling since the start of his second term. In October 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported that the administration was working to install loyalists at the top of the IRS’s criminal investigation division, positioning the unit to pursue his opponents. Most recently, Republicans in Congress declined to challenge acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s decision to grant Trump and his family immunity from tax audits—an extraordinary expansion of presidential power that would have even made then-President Richard Nixon blush. President Donald Trump has sought to weaponize multiple federal agencies, advancing an expansive view of executive authority. He and his advisors have argued that the president should exercise direct oversight over every component of the executive branch. In doing so, Trump has rejected standing norms that granted certain agencies—the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the Federal Reserve—a certain degree of institutional independence designed to shield their work from political influence. The IRS has become one of Trump’s key targets. Last year, Trump demanded that the agency revoke the tax-exempt status of Harvard University, an institution he has been publicly battling since the start of his second term. In October 2025, the Wall Street Journal reported that the administration was working to install loyalists at the top of the IRS’s criminal investigation division, positioning the unit to pursue his opponents.
NATO’s Permanent Crisis
At the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence in Kalkar, Germany, April 2026 Jana Rodenbusch / Reuters FLORENCE GAUB is Director of the Research Division at the NATO Defense College. JONATHAN HEIST is Colonel in the U. Army at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe. The views expressed here are their own. Share & Download Print unlock this feature or Sign in. Save Sign in and save to read later Copy This is a subscriber-only feature. or Sign in. Chicago MLA APSA APA Chicago Cite not available at the moment MLA Cite not available at the moment APSA Cite not available at the moment APA Cite not available at the moment Request reprint permissions here. In 1949, the idea that the treaty would catalyze European self-help—embodied ’s much-publicized assurance to Senator Bourke Hickenlooper, a Republican from Iowa, that the United States would not have “to send substantial numbers of troops over there as a more or less permanent contribution to the development of these countries’ capacity to resist”—played a decisive role in the Senate’s approval of the treaty. Meanwhile, the lack of concrete American security guarantees prompted British Prime Minister Ernest Bevin to question “whether a pact so weakened is still worth signing.” This dynamic—Americans feeling exploited, Europeans feeling insecure—has never gone away. The first crisis over spending came quickly, in 1950, after the successful Soviet atomic bomb test the previous year and the communist invasion of South Korea demonstrated the need for a major defense buildup. President Harry Truman, making the case for a significant deployment of four additional U. S. divisions to Europe, explained to a skeptical American public that the extent of U. S. contributions to such a buildup depended on “the degree to which our friends match our action.” As Congress debated Truman’s proposal, U. S. senators who met with General Dwight Eisenhower, then NATO’s first Supreme Allied Commander, broached their worries that a permanent American command might reduce Europe’s motivation to defend itself. When Congress finally approved the expanded NATO package in 1951, it expected that the deployment would end once European allies completed their economic recovery. That hope was dashed almost immediately. American grievances over European defense spending are not a Trump-era innovation. S. troops in Europe were a temporary measure. “If in ten years all American troops stationed in Europe for national defense purposes have not been returned to the United States, this whole project will have failed,” he told a close confidant in 1951.
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View All 10Labour MPs doubt EHRC guidance on court’s biological sex ruling is workable
The EHRC guidance raises issues affecting trans people’s access places such as hospital wards, changing rooms and public toilets. Photograph: IrKiev//iStockphoto View image in fullscreen The EHRC guidance raises issues affecting trans people’s access places such as hospital wards, changing rooms and public toilets. Photograph: IrKiev//iStockphoto Labour MPs doubt EHRC guidance on court’s biological sex ruling is workable Exclusive: Commons motion calls for code of practice to be blocked amid concerns over impact on transgender people A number of Labour MPs are increasingly doubtful that the guidance on how organisations should implement the supreme court ruling on sex as it applies in the Equality Act is workable in the real world, with some predicting it will unleash a wave of competing legal claims. A total of 135 MPs, 69 of them from Labour, have signed a Commons motion calling for the code of practice drafted , approved last month, to be blocked, primarily because of worries about its impact on transgender people. While it is very unlikely that the guidance will be stopped – that would need the government to grant a vote, which it has declined to do – there is mounting pressure from backbenchers for ministers to listen, and even to consider new legislation to come up with a solution. Concerns among some MPs increased after the EHRC’s chair, Mary-Ann Stephenson, and its chief executive, John Kirkpatrick, were quizzed on the practicalities of the code . Some committee members praised Stephenson and the EHRC for, they said, protecting single-sex spaces for women. The guidance, which follows last year’s supreme court ruling that sex in the Equality Act refers only to biological sex, sets out that trans people should not be allowed to use facilities such as toilets and changing rooms for the gender they live as, and in some cases also for their biological sex. Instead, gender-neutral “third spaces” should be provided where possible. But much of the hearing involved how the rules would work in practice. Kevin McKenna, a Labour MP who is a former nurse, questioned whether trans patients in hospitals could really be cared for in gender-neutral side rooms, given these are scarce and often needed for clinical reasons, such as for patients who are infectious. In a statement after the hearing, McKenna said he feared the code “may not survive contact with reality”, adding: “This guidance is not ready, not practical, and not safe to implement.
How Michael Bloomberg taught Britain’s Andy Burnham to act like a big shot
Meeting U.S. mayors inspired the Greater Manchester leader to raise his profile and influence.
Brussels diplomats mourn end of US-hosted ‘like-minded’ dinners
Monthly gatherings were once a staple of Washington’s influence operation in the EU capital. Now that key channel for informal diplomacy has all but disappeared.
Environment secretary casts doubt on £10bn Thames Water rescue
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View All 10Qobuz Is the Anti-Spotify Music Streamer You’ve Been Waiting For
CommentSave StorySave this story CommentSave StorySave this story The Qobuz questions after “How do you say it?” are likely “Can I transfer my music library across?” and “Does it have everything?” The answers: yes and almost. Case in point: I recently switched to Qobuz, after nearly 20 years with Spotify. (Emotional.) I used a third-party service called Soundizz to transfer my songs; it took half an afternoon to port, with a more than 90 percent hit rate for my playlists. One Million Club I'm not alone, according to Mackta, who landed at Qobuz after years at major and indie record labels—2025 was a banner year for the 19-year-old company. Twelve months ago, Qobuz had around 500,000 subscribers. The French streamer had grown steadily since 2007, targeting “people who already knew what hi-res music was” with its 100 million–plus catalog of lossless CD-quality and 24-bit music. The first winds of change arrived with Liz Pelly’s January 2025 book Mood Machine, which criticized Spotify’s business practices, featuring interviews with former employees and artists calling for fairer industry economics. As Mackta puts it, “This is not a music company; music was just a means to an end.” It renewed the scuttlebutt amongst artists about low payouts, and Qobuz’s daily US trial numbers started to pick up. In mid-October, free-tier users started posting the ICE recruitment ads they saw on Spotify, which went viral on TikTok and Instagram Reels. “The day that story broke was our biggest day ever in the US,” Mackta says. Qobuz saw another spike in numbers, plateauing until Spotify’s own marketing convinced more people to switch in early December. “The second best day was Spotify Wrapped,” he says. Qobuz hoovered up everyone from audiophiles and “conscious consumers” responding to boycotts like Death to Spotify and Indivisible, to K-pop superfans searching for high-quality downloads. Qobuz now has 1.2 million active monthly users, and its streaming revenue shot up 45.7 percent in 2025, compared to 8.8 percent growth in overall paid music streaming. Around a third of its revenue now comes from the US, its biggest market. Those are still teeny numbers next to Spotify (293 million paid subscribers) and Apple Music (more than 100 million). “For us to say we're gonna compete with Apple or Amazon,” Mackta says, “we might as well say we're trying to launch a rocket.” Qobuz’s goal is to reach 1 percent of the paid streaming market; under its French CEO Denis Thébaud, it expects to reach profitability by March 2027.
Google Workspace Promo Codes: 14% Off for June
Save StorySave this story Save StorySave this story Save up to 14% Off These Google Workspace Promo Codes 2026 There are some notable differences between each Workspace plan – I’ll dig into them in the next section – but all three plans come with access to the full slate of Workspace apps. You get Gmail, Drive, Calendar, and Meet, of course, but even the cheapest Starter plan includes basic access to Google’s other apps, such as NotebookLM and Gemini inside the Workspace suite. If you want to save, make sure to click one of the promo codes at the top of this page to secure your discount. What Is the Best Google Workspace Plan? Google offers four different Workspace plans, though only three are relevant for most people. There’s Starter, Standard, and Plus, as well as Enterprise, which is only available if you contact Google’s sales team. There isn’t a minimum number of users on any of the plans, but the bottom three options (Starter, Standard, and Plus) support up to 300 users. If you need more than that, you’ll need an Enterprise plan. Although you have access to all the apps regardless of the plan you choose, there are some important differences, particularly between the Starter and Standard plans. Both include secure storage through Google Drive, but Starter comes with 30GB per user while Standard comes with a massive 2TB per user. Plus bumps that up to 5TB per user. Across all plans, storage is in a shared pool, so each additional user adds to the total pool of storage your organization can use. Gemini is also a big difference between Starter and Standard. Although both have access to the Gemini app, Starter only has Gemini in Gmail and Vids. Standard (and Plus) includes Gemini across the full suite, including in Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, Meet, and Chat. Starter is a great option for anyone just getting started, regardless of if you’re a freelancer or a small business with a handful of employees. In addition to 30GB per user and limited access to Gemini, Starter comes with a few other limitations. It doesn’t support e-signatures in Docs, nor advanced features of Meet, such as noise cancellation. The bread and butter of Workspace is all here, though. You get a custom domain in Gmail, up to 100 participants in Meet, and the full Google suite of productivity apps.
The time the x86 emulator team found code so bad they fixed it during emulation
Raymond Chen 0 Category Old New Thing Topics History Author Raymond Chen Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.
Key mission for Europe's commercial space enterprise scrubbed again
Text settings Story text Size Small Standard Large Width * Standard Wide Links Standard Orange * Subscribers only Learn more Minimize to nav Isar Aerospace still commands top position among a new generation of European rocket startups, but the company’s efforts to launch a critical test flight of its Spectrum rocket continue to encounter roadblocks. The latest delay came Monday, when Isar scrubbed a launch attempt after “detecting off nominal behavior in the vehicle’s fluid systems,” according to a social media post. “The teams are analyzing the new data to isolate the root cause.” The two-stage, 92-foot-tall (28-meter) Spectrum rocket was awaiting liftoff from Andøya Spaceport in northern Norway. It was the fourth time in five months that Isar Aerospace, headquartered near Munich, Germany, had reached a target launch date for the second test flight of the Spectrum launch vehicle. Andøya Space, the company that owns the launch site, said on its website that the current launch window runs through June 21. Isar did not immediately announce a new schedule for launching the second Spectrum test flight. Gravity still winning The Spectrum rocket has missed three launch windows so far this year. Isar called off a launch attempt on January 21 due to an issue with a pressurization valve, and then halted a countdown on March 25, moments before liftoff, when engineers detected rising temperatures in the rocket’s liquid propane fuel. Isar officials attributed the problem to a delay earlier in the countdown caused ’s flight path. Managers stood down from another launch attempt on April 9 to evaluate a suspected leak in a composite overwrapped pressure vessel. That led to Isar’s latest try to launch the Spectrum rocket on Monday. “Scrubs are part of the business,” Isar founder and CEO Daniel Metzler said in April. “Each attempt gives us valuable experience and lessons learned.” This statement will ring true for anyone with a casual interest in rocket launches. But launch availability is proving to be a headache at Andøya Spaceport. The remote site is often used as a military testing range. That was the case last month, when missile testing took priority at the base inside the Arctic Circle, according to local media reports. Andøya’s location near a rich offshore fishery has also generated tension. The skipper of the longline fishing boat within the launch hazard area during Isar’s March launch attempt told local media he stayed in the keep-out zone to retrieve tangled gear.
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View All 10Watch SpaceX Dragon cargo capsule head home to Earth today
The robotic Dragon will undock from the International Space Station (ISS) today at around p. m. If all goes to plan, the vehicle will splash down in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California on Wednesday (June 17) at around a. m. You can watch the undocking live here at Space. com, courtesy of NASA, or directly via the space agency. Coverage will start at a. m. Wednesday's splashdown will not be webcast. The SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft supporting the company’s 34th commercial resupply services mission for NASA approaches the International Space Station on May 17, 2026, carrying nearly 6,500 pounds of food, supplies, and equipment for the Expedition 74 crew. ()The Dragon launched atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on May 15, kicking off CRS-34, the company's 34th commercial resupply services flight for NASA. The capsule arrived at the ISS two days later, delivering nearly 6,500 pounds (2,950 kilograms) of food, scientific hardware and other equipment to the astronauts aboard the orbiting lab. The other active freighters — Northrop Grumman's Cygnus, Russia's Progress and Japan's HTV-X — are all expendable, burning up in our air at the end of their missions. Spaceflight and Tech Editor Michael Wall is the Spaceflight and Tech Editor for Space. com and joined the team in 2010. He primarily covers human and robotic spaceflight, military space, and exoplanets, but has been known to dabble in the space art beat. His book about the search for alien life, "Out There," was published on Nov. 13, 2018. Before becoming a science writer, Michael worked as a herpetologist and wildlife biologist. D. in evolutionary biology from the University of Sydney, Australia, a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona, and a graduate certificate in science writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. To find out what his latest project is, you can follow Michael on Twitter.
Astrobotic unveils Griffin-1 lunar lander for NASA Moon Base mission
NASA chose Astrobotic's Griffin vehicle to be the lander for its Moon Base II mission, part of the first phase of the agency's efforts to establish a permanent lunar outpost. Astrobotic is targeting late 2026 to launch Griffin Mission One (Griffin-1), which will lift off on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Those payloads include Astrobotic's own BEACON CubeRover, in coordination with Mission Control Space Services, and the European Space Agency's LandCam-X, designed to help improve lunar landing precision and reliability on future missions. Griffin-1 is scheduled for transportation to JPL in California next week for environmental testing, ahead of its delivery to Florida in the coming months, where the FLIP rover will be integrated into the lander prior to launch. The mission will be the second from Astrobotic that shoots for the moon, after the debut of the company's smaller Peregrine lunar lander in January 2024. Peregrine experienced a propellant leak shortly after deploying into space, however, and never reached its destination. In addition to being the company's first lander, Peregrine Mission One was the first-ever NASA CLPS flight. Through CLPS, NASA is partnering with commercial companies to provide lunar landers to deliver technology demonstrations and other payloads to the surface of the moon. The program aims to support NASA's Artemis program, through which the agency plans to establish a lunar base and eventual sustained human presence on the surface. Griffin is considerably larger than Peregrine. Though both landers stand roughly 6 feet (2 meters) tall, Griffin is nearly twice as wide, measuring nearly 15 feet (4.5 meters) across. Astrobotic advertises the big lander's payload capacity to the lunar surface at 1,377 pounds (625 kilograms), with a cost of $544,000 per pound ($1.2 million per kilogram). In total, Griffin-1 will carry 10 payloads from six separate nations, with four additional NASA payloads aboard FLIP. Staff Writer, Spaceflight Josh Dinner is Space. com's Spaceflight Staff Writer. He is a writer and photographer with a passion for science and space exploration, and has been working the space beat since 2016. Josh has covered the evolution of NASA's commercial spaceflight partnerships and crewed missions from the Space Coast, NASA science missions and more. He also enjoys building 1:144-scale model rockets and spacecraft. Find some of Josh's launch photography on Instagram, and follow him on X, where he mostly posts in haiku.
Has the answer to life's origins been hiding in our cells all along?
Tiny droplets hiding in plain sight in our cells could explain how life got started Sam Falconer In every cell of your body, there are mysterious speckles. You need a microscope to see them, but if you peer closely, you will see lots of tiny dots: some sitting still, some moving around as if swept along in invisible currents. They look solid, but are actually liquid, and although they were discovered only in 2009, we now know they perform a host of crucial jobs. If they go wrong, they can lead to disaster – in fact, these blobs malfunctioning in the brain may even be a cause of Alzheimer’s disease. Minuscule though they are, they are essential to our survival. They may also help explain one of the biggest mysteries in biology. Over the past decade, experiments have shown that these droplets may have been crucial to the origins of life. If that’s true, then swimming around in our cells are relics of the first life on Earth. Depending on whom you talk to, the tiny dots are either called coacervates (pronounced “coh-AH-ser-vates”) or condensates (or sometimes biomolecular condensates). These terms don’t quite map onto each other one-to-one, but the differences are subtle and depend on context. If you are studying them in a test tube, they are typically known as coacervates; if they are in a cell, we call them condensates. “Fundamentally, they’re the same,” says Evan Spruijt, a biophysicist at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The story of mirror life: From intriguing idea to unprecedented threat In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a lot of interest in materials that blurred the lines between solids and liquids, such as liquid crystals and gels. Coacervates were studied in this light, because although they are liquid, they hold together in a way that is reminiscent of a solid. The term coacervate was coined in 1929 , Hendrik Bungenberg de Jong and Hugo Kruyt. They were studying the “phenomena of unmixing”, in which two liquids mixed together separate. An obvious example of this is oil and water, which mix only if you stir them vigorously. Leave them to settle and they will separate – first you will see drops of oil in the water, and eventually all the oil will gather into a distinct layer. Coacervation is a less absolute form of unmixing. When mixed with water, long-chain molecules like proteins or lipids may choose instead to clump together into droplets. “They’re spherical because they’re still liquid,” says biophysicist Dora Tang at the University of Saarland in Germany.
Sperm have been made magnetic to allow IVF inside the body
IVF has helped many people overcome fertility problems, but could be improved /SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Embryos have been formed from sperm that have been made magnetic to allow remote guidance towards an egg. The technique may allow IVF to be performed inside the body so it involves fewer invasive procedures and potentially has better success rates. “Our ultimate idea is to do assisted reproduction in vivo, taking advantage of the body as a natural incubator,” says Mariana Medina-Sánchez at nanoscience institute CIC nanoGUNE in Spain. Common IVF test misses some genetic abnormalities in embryos Conceiving naturally is harder when sperm numbers or motility are low, because too few sperm make it into the fallopian tubes to fertilise an egg. Assistance can be provided by IVF, in which sperm are placed with an egg in a dish, or directly injected into an egg, to form embryos. However, IVF involves hormone injections, egg retrievals and embryo transfers, which are invasive and can have unpleasant side effects. Many IVF cycles are also unsuccessful, partly because the artificial environment in which the sperm and egg meet and the multiple manipulation steps can affect embryo viability. To address these issues, Medina-Sánchez and her team wanted to develop a way to transport sperm through the female reproductive tract into the fallopian tubes, where they could fertilise an egg under natural conditions. They decided to try making sperm magnetic so they could be directed through the body using weak external magnetic fields. “We consulted with IVF specialists because we wanted to develop a sperm-preparation protocol that could be integrated into the usual IVF workflow,” says Medina-Sánchez. To trial this approach, they incubated cattle sperm with tiny magnetic beads made from iron oxide and polystyrene. About 30 beads stuck to the head of each sperm, making them magnetic, while still allowing their tails to move freely. Tests showed that the magnetic beads did not affect the sperm’s swimming speed or overall health. Next, the researchers incubated the magnetic cattle sperm with eggs in a dish, and found that they formed healthy embryos at the same rate as non-magnetic sperm. The magnetic beads simply fell off the sperm as they penetrated the egg, and did seem not to affect early embryo development. The magnetic beads show up on ultrasound, which should make clusters of the sperm easy to visualise inside the body, says Medina-Sánchez. Encouragingly, her team has already shown that whole embryos embedded in tiny magnetic structures can be guided into the fallopian tubes of mice using external magnets.
Environment
View All 10Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says
Children in Papua New Guinea swim across river to attend school - loop Half of world’s children exposed to at least three climate hazards, Unicef says Almost every child, including those from high-income countries, is now exposed to at least one hazard Half of the world’s children are exposed to at least three overlapping climate hazards threatening their health, education and survival, according to a Unicef report. Globally, children face increasing threats from heatwaves, storms, floods and droughts as the climate crisis worsens, with more than one billion facing at least three of these at once. Striking footage released a crocodile-filled river to get to school after a vital footbridge washed away during heavy rains and was not replaced. View image in fullscreen Hundreds of children make the journey across the Kemp Welch river every day. Photograph: Roan Paul/UnicefLorna, 15, is one of those who has to swim across the Kemp Welch river in Launkalana, in the Rigo district of Papua New Guinea, to get to school. The community owns a few small boats, according to Unicef staff who visited, but the youngest children are prioritised. “During our periods, our elders do not allow us to cross the river to attend our classes as they think it will attract crocodiles … My dream is to become a teacher or pilot. We want a new bridge so we can go to school safely every day,” Lorna said. According to Unicef, the community has been unable to raise funds to replace the bridge, which washed away in 2012, and is faced with increasing challenges further exacerbated . View image in fullscreen Lorna, who has to swim across a river to get to school each day, dreams of becoming a teacher or pilot when she grows up. Photograph: Roan Paul/UnicefLorna’s headteacher, Charlie Vali David, said the loss of the bridge was taking a huge toll on the community. “During monsoon season, heavy currents, dead trees and debris block the river – causing injury and death,” he said. “Many children fall sick from the cold, dirty river water. That creates a learning gap. Especially for the females.” The Children’s Climate Risk Report found rising temperatures and extreme weather are putting more stress on infrastructure, and warned that key roads and bridges are being hit, with dire consequences for the local community. It found that almost every child around the world, including those from high-income countries, is now exposed to at least one hazard, while 123,000 experience more than six in their lifetimes. “The lives of children continue to be upended , wildfires, droughts, and floods,” said Unicef’s executive director, Catherine Russell. “Half of the world’s children are now living with at least three overlapping climate threats shaping their daily lives.” View image in fullscreen Millions of children in Italy are exposed to prolonged heatwaves or drought.
Trump Administration Abandons Fight Against Wind Energy as Clean Energy Output Surges
The Trump administration has abandoned its effort to halt wind energy projects across the United States and dropped its challenge to the court ruling that tossed President Donald Trump’s order freezing federal permitting and leasing for wind projects. States that challenged the order hailed the development as one of the most significant legal victories against the Trump White House’s campaign against the energy transition. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit dismissed the appeal after the Justice Department filed a motion for its voluntary dismissal on June 10. The case against Trump’s executive order was filed in May, 2025 by a coalition of attorneys general from 17 states and Washington, D. Monday’s decision affirms the Dec. 8 ruling by U. District Court Judge Patti Saris, which concluded that Trump’s January 2025 executive order was unlawful, finding the sweeping ban on wind projects was “arbitrary and capricious” and exceeded the president’s authority. ICN Weekly Saturdays Our #1 delivers the week’s climate and energy news – our original stories and top headlines from around the web. Get ICN Weekly Inside Clean Energy Thursdays Dan Gearino’s habit-forming weekly take on how to understand the energy transformation reshaping our world. Get Inside Clean Energy Today’s Climate Tuesdays A once-a-week digest of the most pressing climate-, written . Get Today’s Climate Don’t miss a beat. Get a daily email of our original, groundbreaking stories written -winning reporters. Get ICN Sunday Morning Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and ICN reporters as they discuss one of the week’s top stories. Get ICN Sunday Morning Justice & Health A digest of stories on the inequalities that worsen the impacts of climate change on vulnerable communities. Environmental and wildlife advocacy groups applauded the move. S. in 2026, even as roughly 8 GW of clean energy projects were canceled in the first quarter of the year. The project pipeline remains strong, the report found, with 222 GW of clean energy capacity planned or under construction nationwide as part of 693 GW of power announced through the first quarter. Developers have announced plans to invest an estimated $377 billion in new projects through 2031, the report said in its key findings. The country already has 471 GW of clean power online, with a record 51.6 GW newly added in 2025, “the equivalent of about 25 Hoover Dams,” the report notes. Solar and battery storage now account for 85 percent of the planned pipeline. The Monday court ruling arrives roughly a week after a different federal court restored a key tax-credit pathway for wind and solar developers. On June 6, the U.
UN’s first Paris Agreement carbon credits face human rights and climate concerns
Share: X (Twitter) Facebook LinkedIn WhatsApp Email Print Civil society groups have called for an investigation into the first carbon credits approved under a new UN mechanism, alleging the project is linked to Myanmar’s military junta - which the UN says is guilty of human rights abuses - and has “massively” overstated its climate impact. The programme, which aims to cut emissions , received approval to issue around 650,000 carbon credits from the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body in February, in a landmark moment for the Paris Agreement's carbon market. Only two projects have been given the green light 's regulator so far. But two reports published last week, led -based NGO Carbon Market Watch, raised serious concerns about the project's implementation in conflict zones where civilians have faced airstrikes and mass displacement as well as its emission-reduction calculations. Project continued after military coup Myanmar has been ravaged by a brutal civil war since the country’s military overthrew the democratically elected government in a coup d'état in February 2021. The military regime has attacked civilian populations, persecuted ethnic minorities and committed widespread sexual violence, among other serious human rights violations, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar said in April. The cookstove programme started in 2018 under the previous UN-run carbon offsetting scheme - the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) - as a partnership between Myanmar’s Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation (MONREC) and the Climate Change Center (CCC), a South Korean NGO, with investment from private South Korean firms. Log in here → This article is for subscribers Our reporters are in the negotiating rooms at the Bonn climate talks. This is the coverage that other outlets often skip — get unlimited access from £40/quarter. keep reading → Or £130/year — best value. ×Log in to your account Forgot your password? Civil society groups have called for an investigation into the first carbon credits approved under a new UN mechanism, alleging the project is linked to Myanmar’s military junta - which the UN says is guilty of human rights abuses - and has “massively” overstated its climate impact. The programme, which aims to cut emissions , received approval to issue around 650,000 carbon credits from the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body in February, in a landmark moment for the Paris Agreement's carbon market. Only two projects have been given the green light 's regulator so far. But two reports published last week, led -based NGO Carbon Market Watch, raised serious concerns about the project's implementation in conflict zones where civilians have faced airstrikes and mass displacement as well as its emission-reduction calculations.
Backlash against ‘short-termist’ UK plans to weaken EV sales targets
Weakening the targets ‘allows car manufacturers to decelerate development of EVs at a time when they should be doing exactly the opposite’, said the UK managing director of Polestar. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters View image in fullscreen Weakening the targets ‘allows car manufacturers to decelerate development of EVs at a time when they should be doing exactly the opposite’, said the UK managing director of Polestar. Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters Backlash against ‘short-termist’ UK plans to weaken EV sales targets Charging industry and electric vehicle manufacturers say measure could cost jobs and harm UK automotive sector The UK government’s plans to further weaken electric car targets have provoked a furious backlash from the charging industry and the electric car brand Polestar, which would lose out from the changes. The government is expected to dilute rules known as the zero emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate. Government sources have said it will reduce a target for pure electric cars from 80% of all sales by 2030 to 50%. The Labour government had already weakened the mandate last year – known as “flexibilities” – that allow the sale of more plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), which combine an engine with a small battery. The slower shift to electric cars would be a huge blow in particular to the charging industry, which is investing on the basis of future demand. Greg Jackson, the chief executive of Octopus Energy, said the government had chosen “short-termist incumbent lobbying instead of the long-term future of industry”. As well as being the UK’s largest retail energy provider, Octopus is also a large player in electric vehicle leasing and charging. “The fossil fuel market is shrinking globally and our best hope is to speed up development of electric vehicles, not go the other way,” Jackson said. “This hesitation undermines the credibility of government commitments which were supposed to give certainty to investors.” View image in fullscreen The charging industry has invested in infrastructure on the basis of future demand for electric vehicles. Photograph: Xiu Bao/AlamyDelvin Lane, the chief executive at InstaVolt, which runs a network of ultra-rapid chargers, said: “Charging investment runs on long lead times, and operators need a stable, credible policy framework to plan, build and attract capital. We would urge government to work closely with the charging sector as it finalises any changes.” Vicky Read, the chief executive of the industry lobby group ChargeUK, said weakening the target was an “astonishing” proposal which could cost tens of thousands of jobs in the longer term. “The charging sector has ploughed billions into putting chargers in the ground on the basis of this policy, ahead of profitability,” Read said. “This government said it would not flip-flop like the previous did.
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View All 4Today: Light Rain, Minimum Temperature: 15°C (59°F) Maximum Temperature: 23°C (73°F)
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Wednesday: Light Rain, Minimum Temperature: 14°C (57°F) Maximum Temperature: 22°C (72°F)
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Strong and shallow M6.7 earthquake hits Sulawesi, Indonesia
Epicenter of M6.7 earthquake in Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 16, 2026. Credit: TW/SAM, Google The epicenter was located 43 km (27 miles) ESE of Palu (population 373 218), 69 km (43 miles) WNW of Poso (population 47 477), 161 km (100 miles) N of Masamba (population 38 024), 209 km (130 miles) N of Palopo (population 184 681), and 209 km (130 miles) N of Rantepao (population 40 438), Indonesia. 16 000 people are estimated to have felt severe shaking, 165 000 very strong, 574 000 strong, 676 000 moderate, and 3.2 million light. The USGS issued a Yellow alert for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. Some casualties and damage are possible, and the impact should be relatively localized. Past yellow alerts have required a local or regional level response. Estimated economic losses are less than 1% of GDP of Indonesia. Overall, the population in this region resides in structures that are vulnerable to earthquake shaking, though resistant structures exist. The predominant vulnerable building types are unreinforced brick with a concrete floor and precast concrete frame with wall construction. Landslides triggered a significant area, with a limited population exposed. Liquefaction is estimated to have affected a limited area, with a significant population exposed. Epicenter of M6.7 earthquake in Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 16, 2026. Credit: TW/SAM, Google Epicenter of M6.7 earthquake in Sulawesi, Indonesia on June 16, 2026. Credit: TW/SAM, Google Estimated population exposure to earthquake shaking Selected cities exposed References: 1 M6.7 earthquake 43 km ESE of Palu, Indonesia – USGS – June 16, 2026 2 M6.7 earthquake Sulawesi, Indonesia – EMSC – June 16, 2026 Teo Blašković I'm a dedicated researcher, journalist, and editor at The Watchers. With over 20 years of experience in the media industry, I specialize in hard science news, focusing on extreme weather, seismic and volcanic activity, space weather, and astronomy, including near-Earth objects and planetary defense strategies. You can reach me at teo /at/ watchers. news.
Moderate Risk of excessive rainfall across Texas and Louisiana, flood threat forecast through June 17
Satellite image of the US gulf coast at UTC on June 15, 2026, with rain radar. Credit: NOAA/GOES-19, Zoom Earth, The Watchers A prolonged heavy-rainfall event is expected to affect portions of the Gulf Coast as an unusually moisture-rich weather pattern supports repeated rounds of thunderstorms capable of producing flash flooding. The greatest concern extends from South Texas through the Texas Gulf Coast into southwest Louisiana. The event is being driven by a combination of factors, including a strong upper-level disturbance emerging from northern Mexico, moisture associated with the remnants of former Eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Cristina, exceptionally warm Gulf waters, and a frontal boundary positioned near the Gulf Coast. According to the Weather Prediction Center (WPC), these features are drawing deep tropical moisture northward into Texas and the western Gulf Coast, creating favorable conditions for repeated episodes of excessive rainfall. Rainfall totals of 100 to 150 mm (4 to 6 inches) are forecast along portions of the Texas coastline into Louisiana between June 15 and 17. Locally higher totals are possible where thunderstorms repeatedly move over the same areas. /WPC Moderate Risk covers much of the Texas Gulf Coast and South Texas, along with portions of west-central Mississippi from June 15 into June 16. Rainfall totals could reach 70 mm (2.75 inches) across Deep South Texas. These values are near record levels for mid-June. Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected to develop across Deep South Texas as the upper-level disturbance approaches from Mexico. An initial band of storms may develop during daytime heating, followed by a more persistent overnight band associated with low-level convergence. While the exact location of the convergence zone remains uncertain, areas affected -flood threat. /WPC The flood threat will expand significantly on June 16 with the Moderate Risk area spreading across the entire Texas Gulf Coast. Ongoing lee cyclogenesis ahead of the approaching disturbance to support widespread showers and thunderstorms within persistent onshore flow from the Gulf of Mexico. Atmospheric moisture levels are forecast to remain near or above record values. This could cause thunderstorms producing exceptionally heavy rainfall even during periods when atmospheric instability is relatively limited. The slow movement of the developing low-pressure system will allow persistent onshore flow to focus thunderstorms along portions of the middle and upper Texas coast. Rainfall from earlier periods may lower flash-flood guidance values and increase runoff efficiency, making additional rainfall more likely to produce flooding across urban areas, including the Houston metropolitan region. /WPC By June 17, the upper-level disturbance is forecast to move northeastward from the western Gulf toward Louisiana.
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