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May 1, 2026 - World

Tehran reportedly passed proposal to mediators in Pakistan on Thursday night, though its contents are not yet clearIran has passed a new proposal to Pakistani mediators in the latest effort to end the war with the US, but Donald Trump said he was not “satisfied” by it.“Right now, we have talks going on, they’re not getting there,” he told reporters, adding that his options remained “either blast them away or make a deal”. Continue reading...

May 1, 2026 - World

Record-breaker says London Marathon win was ‘a victory for all of us’ as he is greeted by family and friends in EldoretHugged, cheered and adorned with garlands, the first man to run an official marathon in under two hours has returned as a hero to his home village in Kenya.Sabastian Sawe, who stunned the world when he clocked 1h 59m 30s in the London Marathon last weekend, flew in a Kenyan military plane normally reserved for special operations on Thursday to his home region of western Kenya. Continue reading...

May 1, 2026 - World

Claire Freemantle accused of causing death and serious injury by dangerous driving when vehicle hit school in 2023The driver of a car that crashed into a south London primary school has been charged with causing death by dangerous driving after two eight-year-old girls were killed.Claire Freemantle is accused of two counts of causing death by dangerous driving and seven counts of causing serious injury by dangerous driving after the incident at The Study Prep school in Wimbledon in July 2023. Continue reading...

May 1, 2026 - World

Israeli foreign ministry denounces ‘shameful act’ after video shows man pushing woman to ground and kicking herA video of an attack on a French Catholic nun and archeological researcher in Jerusalem has caused widespread revulsion and been denounced as a “shameful act” by Israel’s foreign ministry.In the video, a man runs up behind the nun as she walks down a street and pushes her over with force, so that the victim comes close to hitting her head on a block of stone. After walking away a few paces, the attacker, who appears to be Jewish, returns to kick the nun as she lies on the ground and only stops when a passerby intervenes. Continue reading...

May 1, 2026 - World

President Donald Trump has been briefed by “several senior administration officials” that Iran is “keenly aware” of the leverage it holds over the president as the conflict drags on, Zeteo reported on Friday.Trump has claimed that his administration holds “all the cards” as peace talks between Washington and Tehran continue to stall, that Iran’s government was in a “state of collapse,” and that he was in no rush to reach a peace deal. However, according to two administration officials and two other inside sources, classified intelligence assessments that Trump has been briefed on suggest the opposite.“In recent weeks, US officials have privately discussed classified intelligence assessments suggesting that the government in Tehran isn’t close to breaking, even after two months of war and a sustained economic assault, two administration officials and two other sources briefed on the matter tell us,” according to Zeteo. “Administration officials, citing US intel, have also warned that senior Iranian officials are keenly aware that if the war drags on much longer, it could further damage Trump and the Republican Party’s chances at the polls in November.”One senior administration official, speaking with Zeteo on the condition of anonymity, compared the leverage Iran had over Trump with the leverage Iran had over former President Jimmy Carter, whose presidency was tanked in large part due to the 1979 Iran hostage crisis.The Iran hostage crisis coincided with the 1979 Iranian revolution, when Iranians overthrew U.S.-backed leader Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, whose rule had been reinforced by a 1953 U.S.-backed coup following Iran’s move to nationalize its oil industry and challenge Western oil interests.Carter authorized a rescue operation that ultimately failed and resulted in the deaths of eight American service members and one Iranian civilian, an incident many historians have cited in his landslide loss against former President Ronald Reagan in 1980.“They know they can Carter him,” the senior administration official told Zeteo.Two other sources told Zeteo that “several senior administration officials” have tried to “nudge” Trump into “pulling the plug on the war,” the outlet reported.“This thing needs to end,” a White House official told Zeteo, who argued that Trump “needs to understand” that Iran “has its own cards” — chief among them being the 2026 midterm elections.