Man is told he should not have been granted settled status so he can no longer sponsor Brazilian wife to remain

A 33-year-old Italian engineer who has been in London since 2018 has been plunged into a battle with the Home Office after officials told him they made a mistake allowing him to stay in the UK after Brexit.

Fabio, who initially came to London to finish his doctorate and who has built a successful career working on energy and climate change, says he is shocked by the development as he has not broken any rules since Brexit.

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Monsters of God is a jaw-dropping new series from the makers of the hit Netflix pandemic smash, exploring the murky world of exotic reptile smuggling

In 1993, a sci-fi blockbuster about an animal theme park that resurrected the dinosaurs sparked more than a flurry of interest in those long-extinct beasts. It left audiences jonesing for the next best thing: a close encounter with a bearded dragon or a ball python. Jeremy McBride, the Emmy-winning film-maker was one of them. “I wanted a pet iguana,” he said. In the wake of the Spielberg classic, reptiles have become fixtures of the modern imagination, adorning zoo exhibits, living room terrariums and every corner of pop culture while underpinning a multibillion-dollar pet trade.

But just as in Jurassic Park, the urgent danger isn’t the prehistoric creatures with the teeth and venom. It’s the people willing to steal, smuggle and kill for them. People like the Pablo Escobar of animal trafficking. “Our next documentary is going to be called Who Backstabbed Who,” jokes Eric Goode, an Emmy-nominated director. “You never know when that knife is going to go in your back because everyone’s trying to make a deal with the feds, with another reptile dealer. Even the good guys were supposedly doing bad things. It’s messy.”

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The 3,500 population is divided over the venture, which would bring investment and jobs, but critics claim the environmental cost would be too high

It is among the world’s last pristine wildernesses, with unique coastal waters rich in krill and squid that attract sea lions, elephant seals, dolphins and whales, and where penguins, of which there are five different species locally, outnumber people.

But plans to make the Falkland Islands, one the most remote and furthest-flung British overseas territories, a new frontier for salmon farming has split the 3,500-strong population. Now, people opposed to salmon farming are calling for a referendum because they have lost confidence in a consultation process they claim is biased towards the industry.

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Finance sector will gain from the tech but it will need substantial investment and create risks, says rating agency

The rating agency Moody’s has said the race to adopt AI is putting big banks at the mercy of a small group of Silicon Valley firms, leaving them vulnerable to widespread outages and price gouging by profit-hungry tech bosses.

The financial sector’s efforts to integrate AI into day-to-day operations will eventually cut costs and increase revenues across the City and Wall Street, Moody’s said.

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TEHERAN (ANP/RTR/AFP) - Iran is niet in gesprek met de Verenigde Staten en is dat ook niet van plan zolang de overeenkomst van juni geschonden wordt, zegt de Iraanse minister van Buitenlandse Zaken Abbas Aragchi. Er vindt wel overleg plaats via tussenpersonen, zei hij tegen het Iraanse persbureau Mehr.

Iran en de VS sloten in juni een voorlopige overeenkomst over heropening van de Straat van Hormuz en een tijdelijk staakt-het-vuren. Volgens Aragchi schenden de VS de afspraken uit de deal.

Iran praat wel met Oman over de Straat van Hormuz. Die gesprekken bevinden zich volgens hem in een afrondende fase. De minister herhaalde dat daarmee de belangrijke zeestraat niet zal worden heropend. Vastgelegd zou worden dat er nieuwe vaarroutes komen zodra de VS zich aan bepaalde afspraken houden.

Een woordvoerder van de Iraanse Revolutionaire Garde zei zondagochtend ook nog eens op de staatstelevisie dat de straat dicht blijft tot "de vijand voldoet aan al onze voorwaarden".

Bij Sparta en Feyenoord starten veel debutanten in de basis voor de derby. Bij de Kasteelheren zijn dat Bas Kuipers en Nick Verschuren, en bij Feyenoord zijn het Tjark Ernst, Mika Mármol en Charles Vanhoutte.

Giovanni van Bronckhorst heeft zijn eerste opstelling van het nieuwe eredivisieseizoen bekendgemaakt. De nieuwe trainer geeft transferaanwinsten Tjark Ernst, Mika Mármol en Charles Vanhoutte een basisplaats tegen Sparta. Luciano Valente draagt vanmiddag voor het eerst de aanvoerdersband bij de Rotterdammers.

jspeter9191 has added a photo to the pool:

Today(09/08/26) rainy night at Tallawong metro station, Sydney, Australia.
Peace be with you.