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BLUE ORIGIN ROCKET EXPLODES IN FLORIDA! – New Glenn launch vehicle erupts during engine test in major setback for Bezos space programme  A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket exploded during a ground engine test at Cape Canaveral in Florida on Thursday night, dealing a major setback to Jeff Bezos’ space company as it tries to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. Dramatic footage showed the giant rocket erupting into a massive fireball during a “hot-fire” engine test ahead of a planned satellite launch next week. Officials confirmed there were no injuries, with all personnel evacuated before the test began. Blue Origin…

POPE LEO URGES FAIR AND LASTING PEACE! – Pontiff says the whole Church prayed for peace during past month amid conflicts globally  Pope Leo on Sunday, in his weekly address from the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican, urged world leaders to sincerely pursue a “fair and lasting peace”. His message comes amid ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, with Israeli troops seizing the 900-year-old Beaufort Castle and its strategic ridge in southern Lebanon, on Sunday. Leo wished for the “divine Wisdom to enlighten the conscience of those in authority and guide their decisions toward the sincere pursuit of…

CHINESE PORCELAIN FOUND IN NORWAY WRECK – Recovery team retrieves porcelain and chandeliers from an 18th-century shipwreck  Archaeologists have recovered a trove of Chinese porcelain and European-made goods from a recently discovered 18th-century shipwreck off the coast of Norway, government and museum officials said on Monday (June 1). Among the goods found in the remains of the unnamed sailing ship were tightly stacked white and blue porcelain bowls as well as goblets, textiles, grain and parts of chandeliers, the Norwegian Maritime Museum said. The ship, believed to have sunk around the mid-1700s, was found by the owner of a salvage…

WELSH POLICE TOILET POLICY LEGAL REVIEW – Concerns over alignment with Supreme Court equality ruling A Welsh police force has insisted trans officers are allowed to use women’s lavatories and showers. Gwent Police, which covers south-east Wales, said trans staff were entitled to use facilities for the gender they identified as “from the first day they present as that gender”. Bridget Phillipson, the Education Secretary and minister for women and equalities, recently published long-awaited advice from the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) telling services and businesses open to the public to bar trans women from women’s lavatories and changing…

MANDELSON REFUSED TO HAND OVER PHONE – Parliamentary Inquiry into his appointment release 2nd tranche of data today at 2pm  Lord Mandelson refused to hand over messages from his personal phone for release as part of the parliamentary inquiry into his appointment.  The final tranche of the Mandelson files was released at just after 2pm today, with more than 1,500 pages of documents relating to the disgraced peer’s time as US ambassador made public. However, a note released alongside the documents said: “On March 31 the [Cabinet Office] wrote to Peter Mandelson – via his solicitors – to request any…

UK FOREIGN MINISTER COOPER MEETS CHINA’S WANG YI IN BEIJING – Country leaders are pledging greater cooperation on trade and tech  UK Foreign Minister Yvette Cooper met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Tuesday at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, shortly after arriving in the city. Cooper will also meet with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng, before travelling to the southern tech hub of Shenzhen for a programme focussed on science and technology a day later, the government said. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Chinese leader Xi Jinping hailed a reset in ties during the British leader’s…

FRANCE SEIZES SANCTIONED RUSSIAN TANKER – Britain backs operation targeting vessels linked to Putin’s so-called shadow fleet  French authorities have seized a Russian-linked oil tanker operating under international sanctions in a joint effort supported by Britain to curb Moscow’s ability to bypass restrictions on energy exports. The vessel was intercepted off the coast of Brittany as part of a wider operation targeting Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet” — a network of ships accused of transporting oil outside sanctioned channels. Officials say the tanker is suspected of helping move Russian crude through complex shipping arrangements designed to avoid Western sanctions imposed following…

IRAN CONFLICT ESCALATES AFTER STRIKES! US says it struck Iranian drone sites as both sides exchange attacks and warnings now!!  The U.S. said on Sunday (May 31) it conducted “self-defense strikes” on Iranian radar and drone control sites in Iran’s Goruk and Qeshm Island at the weekend in what it said was a response to “aggressive” actions from Tehran. The U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X that Iran had shot down a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters. CENTCOM said U.S. fighter aircraft responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station,…

HOUSE PRICES FALL AS IRAN WAR PUSHES RATES – Rising mortgage costs driven by geopolitical tensions weigh on housing demand and values House prices have come under renewed pressure as rising geopolitical tensions linked to the conflict involving Iran feed through into global financial markets and push up borrowing costs. Mortgage rates have climbed in recent weeks as investors price in higher risk and increased volatility, leading lenders to tighten conditions in some parts of the market. Economists say the impact is being felt most sharply in interest-rate sensitive housing sectors, where affordability was already stretched following previous rounds of…

DUTCH COURT TO HEAR CIVIL CASE AGAINST GATES! – Judges in the Netherlands reject jurisdiction challenge in Covid vaccine lawsuit  A court in the Netherlands ruled that it can proceed with a civil case involving Bill Gates, Albert Bourla the CEO of Pfizer and Mark Rutter the former Netherlands Prime Minister and several other defendants over claims linked to Covid-19 vaccines.  The lawsuit was brought by a group of Dutch plaintiffs who allege they were misled about vaccine safety and effectiveness during the pandemic. Gates’ legal team argued that Dutch courts did not have jurisdiction because he does not live…