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A rewilding project aims to reintroduce tauros to the Scottish Highlands, with benefits for the climate and biodiversity. Up to 15 tauros – a breed of huge wild cattle – are to be reintroduced to Scoltand’s Highlands by 2026. It is hoped they will help restore biodiversity, store carbon and enhance eco-tourism. The project, led by Scottish conservation charity Trees for Life, aims to replicate the ecological role of their ancestors, the aurochs, an extinct species that thrived for millenia in Europe. “These remarkable wild cattle can be a powerful ally for tackling the nature and climate emergencies,” says Steve Micklewright, chief…

The UK will return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, but Diego Garcia will remain under UK-US control. Chagossians, displaced decades ago, feel excluded from the deal. As news broke out that the United Kingdom had made arrangements to hand over its last colony in Africa, very little was said about the people it drove out of the Chagos Islands during its centuries-long rule. In a joint statement with Mauritius last Thursday, the UK government said negotiations had been conducted “with the intention of resolving all outstanding issues between the United Kingdom and Mauritius concerning the Chagos archipelago, including those relating…

A glitch in the BBC weather app led to absurd forecasts, such as 14,408 mph winds in Maidenhead and 404C in Nottingham. The BBC apologised, citing a third-party error. People across the UK awoke to wildly inaccurate weather forecasts from the BBC as a “bit of a glitch” resulted in extreme winds and temperatures being reported.”Hurricane-force winds” of 14,408mph were predicted in Maidenhead, and those living in Nottingham received reports that temperatures would reach a fiery 404C. This wasn’t much improved across the pond, where US users received temperatures of 384C in New York. In fact, users all over the world have…

As Israel targets Hezbollah in Lebanon, it seeks partners for a ceasefire, leveraging military tactics and tech to secure its northern border and avoid prolonged conflict. The official objective of the fourth Israeli military incursion into Lebanon is to disarm Hezbollah by use of force and establish a safe environment for its citizens in Israel’s northern region of Galilee.Yet, this time, the IDF wants to avoid potential operational pitfalls like in Gaza and Lebanon in 2006 — two interventions with dismal results, both from a military and diplomatic point of view.“I don’t think Israel wants to annex part of South…

Experts have warned that offering no support to women dealing with menopause symptoms such as anxiety, depression, extreme fatigue and brain fog, could end up costing businesses. Irish workplaces need to catch up and implement menopause policies to avoid potential damage to businesses and an exodus of female staff who are not being offered support. That is a warning given by the former director of public prosecutions Claire Loftus, who is due to address the second National Menopause Workplace Excellence awards in Dublin.The event was founded to recognise businesses’ efforts to support female staff who are dealing with symptoms such…

STRASBOURG — Twenty-three commissioner nominees who were asked for additional information regarding assets during their European Parliament screenings were approved Thursday morning, despite many of them returning sparse conflict-of-interest forms. Some from The Left and the Greens called the process a “farce,” and a handful of their members walked out of the meeting. POLITICO has seen 13 of the nominees’ additional disclosures. Some nominees such as Spain’s Teresa Ribera and France’s Stéphane Séjourné insist they did not need to declare additional assets. Greece’s Apostolos Tzitzikostas refused to provide many details on his extensive assets. Croatia’s Dubravka Šuica and Italy’s Raffaele Fitto…

By Brent Sadler, former Middle East Correspondent, ITN, former Beirut Bureau Chief, CNN The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not represent in any way the editorial position of Euronews. The renewed war on Lebanon’s well-trodden battlefront could escalate far beyond what we are witnessing now. Yet, even one decisive blow after another will not bridge the deep ideological chasm and decades of enmity that fuel this conflict, Brent Sadler writes. If satellites are the new artillery of modern warfare, as articulated in the iconic 1997 James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies, then Israeli Prime Minister…

British YouTube personality Yung Filly has been arrested in Australia and charged over rape allegations. Andrés Felipe Valencia Barrientos, 29, known by stage name Yung Filly, was arrested in Brisbane on Tuesday and extradited to Perth, over 4,000 km away, to attend a court hearing the next day. Barrientos has been charged with four counts of sexual penetration without consent, three counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count of impeding a person’s normal breathing or circulation by applying pressure on, or to, their neck.“This investigation is ongoing and Sex Assault Squad detectives urge anyone with information relating to…

TEL AVIV — They call him the Magician for a reason. A year ago, Benjamin Netanyahu’s long career at the top of Israeli politics looked like it was over. His government’s catastrophic failure to prevent the Oct. 7 attacks meant the only thing keeping him in office as prime minister, amid surging public grief and anger, was the need for stability in an emergency. Twelve months on, he has recovered his standing after ordering a series of audacious attacks on Iran-backed Hezbollah targets. The remote-detonating of thousands of pagers and the assassination of the group’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, stunned observers…

The euro weakened to a two-month low against the US dollar following the release of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes. The trend is likely to continue due to shifting expectations about the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve’s approach to interest rate cuts. The euro fell to its lowest level since 13 August against the US dollar after the release of the Federal Reserve meeting minutes on Wednesday. The minutes revealed that Federal Reserve officials were divided on whether a 0.5% rate cut was necessary, signalling a slower pace in future rate reductions, which in turn bolstered the…