The Prince of Wales, who has been a long-term advocate for those working in wildlife protection and fronted a series on wildlife rangers last year, spoke about the loss of life in a poignant post online. ‌The events unfolded at the Upemba National Park earlier this week, when the park’s headquarters in Lusinga was attacked by Mayi‑Mayi militia, who also looted equipment and destroyed infrastructure. Prince William has long been vocal about the life-threatening work done by the wildlife rangers. In 2021, the Prince of Wales issued a statement after Africa's oldest national park, the 3,000-square-mile Virunga National Park, was ambushed. Article continues below"Rangers who work tirelessly to protect both the national park and the neighboring communities should be honored not attacked.

‌Baroness Hayman said the Government is working to break the link between domestic abuse and violence or threats against animals. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has commissioned research into the link between animal abuse. And work is being carried out to train vets to spot signs of animal abuse that could be linked to domestic violence and coersion. In October a grim study by the National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV) found thousands of cases where abusers used pets to control their victims. Campaigners warn that under current law, the Domestic Abuse Act does not explicitly consider pet abuse as a form of coercive control.

Kate Brazier has revealed working out saved her during 'the hardest years of her life'. 'Then, during the hardest years of my life, I decided to use the pain as fuel to show up for myself. Taking to Instagram, Kate shared a veiled post that hinted at a new dating philosophy and, potentially, a new man as she moves on from the separation. Meanwhile, Freddy, currently serving as a part-time presenter on This Morning, shared his own message while working on location. Brazier is a father to sons Freddy and Bobby from his first marriage to former Big Brother winner Jade Goody.

European oil prices surged on Friday, as the war in Iran threatened to upend energy markets for a prolonged period. European shares meanwhile fell across the Continent, with the benchmark Stoxx Europe 600 Index falling 1.4 per cent. Sharp swings across asset classes have unsettled traders struggling to price risk as headlines from the US-Israeli offensive against Iran ricochet through markets. The benchmark Kospi Index — a poster child for AI investments — fell 1.1 per cent on Friday, the second-best-performing market in the world this year. “The stronger the better given the increase in inflation expectations due to energy prices,” the JPMorgan Market Intelligence desk led by Andrew Tyler said.

Earlier this week, Nadia Wainwright from Henllan described the moment she saw an elderly woman pass away in the A&E corridor at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd without anyone holding her hand. ‌The Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board’s executive director of nursing and midwifery, Angela Wood, said everyone fully understood the “concern and anxiety” such incidents caused. ‌Jonathan Osborne FRCS, a former ear, nose, and throat surgeon at Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, has criticised his former employer and has been campaigning to increase the number of beds at community hospitals. ‌The retired surgeon said the tragic death in A&E was “typical” of the situation in North Wales. Corridor care is not something we want for our patients, and we fully understand the concern and anxiety it can cause when people see this happening.

Media group Axel Springer has agreed to buy the UK’s Telegraph newspaper group for £575 million (€663 million) in a move that will scupper the proposed acquisition of the group by the Daily Mail, said people briefed about the matter. The deal will result in one of the UK’s oldest newspapers, which has strong links with the British establishment and Conservative Party, ending up in German ownership. However, in recent days the German publisher started negotiating a deal on its own with RedBird IMI, the US-Emirati group that controlled the conservative newspaper group, excluding Efune. It was never allowed to convert the debt it acquired from Lloyds into equity, which is why it then needed to sell this on to Daily Mail owner Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT). However, the deal still faces scrutiny from media watchdog Ofcom and the UK’s competition and markets authority.

Russia issues nuclear weapons threat and vows to take ‘measures’ in NATO countryThe Kremlin has warned its neighbour it will take "appropriate measures" if the NATO member lifts a decades-old ban on hosting nuclear arms. The two countries share a long 830-mile border - the longest of any EU or NATO member state. The fact is that by placing nuclear weapons on its territory, Finland is beginning to threaten us. Finnish President Alexander Stubb said that Finland was removing "legislative obstacles" to hosting nuclear weapons. It is about ensuring that we can participate fully in NATO's nuclear planning," he said during a visit to India.

Various countries have approached Ukraine for help in defending against Iranian drones, the Ukrainian president said. Photograph: Andrii Marienko/APA new round of US-brokered talks between Russia and Ukraine planned for this week has been postponed because of war in the Middle East, according to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Meanwhile, the United States and its allies in the Middle East are seeking Kyiv’s expertise in countering Iran’s Shahed drones. “We help to defend from war those who help us, Ukraine, bring a just end to the war” with Russia, Zelenskiy said. Orban has made the Ukraine war a focal point in his campaign for re-election.

When you’re not going after something, there’s a danger of old and bad habits setting in. Last summer and how sensationally it concluded meant Tipp had no need to go after the 2026 League. It's not good,” 2001 All-Ireland winning captain Tommy Dunne said of slipping into a losing habit. “Cathal O’Reilly, notwithstanding the Limerick game, has made a pretty positive start in the Tipp senior set-up. For that reason, he'd be very disappointed with the Limerick game as a lot of lads got in.”

Photograph: Atta Kenare/AFP/Getty ImagesUS president Donald Trump has demanded a say in picking Iran’s next leader despite scant signs that the regime is losing its grip in the face of a relentless US and Israeli air campaign. The pounding of regime targets across Iran by US and Israeli fighter jets continued apace on day six of the Middle East war as the conflict continued to widen. The attack comes in spite of calls from world leaders including Macron urging Israel not to expand the war into Lebanon. There was growing anger in Lebanon against Hizbullah for dragging the country into the war by firing rockets at Israel on Monday. Even though the US has refrained from listing regime change as an aim of the war, Trump said on Thursday he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran’s next leader, just as he was in Venezuela.

Donald Trump delivers a video address on social media announcing the US and Israeli attack on Iran on February 28thIn 2007, John McCain, then seeking the Republican Party nomination for the United States presidency, sang “bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” to the tune of the Beach Boys’ hit version of Barbara Ann at a campaign event in South Carolina. In 2019, political scientist Marco Overhaus said: “Trump’s Iran policy looks like a pressure cooker without a release valve.” Now the cooker has exploded. There was a time when Iranian nationalists, dealing with the imperialism of Britain and of Russia, captured the Irish nationalist imagination. The Iranian nationalist press reciprocated by embracing the nationalist martyrdom of Roger Casement, executed after the 1916 Rising. What struck her, in looking at centuries of Iranian history, was “the propensity of Iranians to mount mass movements that challenge, often successfully, the powers that be”.

The future of Bazball may be uncertain, but there is little doubt that Jacob Bethell has been its greatest product. Now that it's done, hopefully I can add to the tally in all three formats,’ Bethell said, following England’s seven-run semi-final loss at the Twenty20 World Cup. ‘Me and Brooky were joking between us about which of us was going to be the first to get all three. ‘Cricket is a cruel game, personal performances don't always solidify into team performances,’ he continued. The talented batsman says he was proud of his knock, albeit in a losing effort‘Just think.

North Staffordshire coke-dealing gang jailed for 19 yearsBrothers Benjamin and Joshua Stanfield teamed up with Shea Rafferty and Ryan PorterView 5 Images (Top left - bottom right) Ryan Porter, Shea Rafferty, Joshua Stanfield and Benjamin Stanfield have been imprisoned for a combined total of 19 years and four months. View 5 Images Ryan Porter, aged 28, was jailed for six years and four months after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply cocaine, conspiracy to supply cannabis and conspiracy to supply MDMA (ecstasy). Benjamin Stanfield and Joshua Stanfield, aged 23, also of Gloucester Road, admitted conspiracy to convey items into a prison. (Image: Staffordshire Police)Paul Dhami, mitigating for Benjamin Stanfield, conceded it was a commercial enterprise. ‌Stuart Muldoon, mitigating for Joshua Stanfield, said: "He did have some awareness of the scale of the operation.

The rationale was a decision by the Supreme Court that the IRA activities amounted to a “political offence”, as described in the 1965 Extradition Act. This state of affairs infuriated British authorities, but what is not as widely known is that the Irish definition of a “political offence” was hotly contested by some members of the Supreme Court. The court’s approach to the issue is detailed in a book by the editor of The Irish Times, Ruadhán Mac Cormaic, The Supreme Court. The ultimate responsibility for closing the “political offence” loophole for IRA activities lay with the political system. He came up with a new definition of a political offence as being involved “in what reasonable, civilised people would regard as political activity”.

The processes that lead to collapse often happen slowly, can even go unnoticed, until a tipping point makes them seem abrupt. The Iranian regime has been “gradually” disintegrating for decades but are we watching the “suddenly” phase of its political bankruptcy? Being a dictatorship doesn’t exactly make it unique in the Middle East but its economic performance is exceptionally poor relative to its neighbours. How the conflict in the Middle East is already affecting Irish consumers Listen | 36:47Goaded by Tehran’s local enemies Israel and Saudi Arabia, the US appears to be seizing the opportunity to push Iran over the edge. Working out what’s going on inside the Iranian regime, which seems simultaneously defiant and desperate, is no easy task.