TEHERAN (ANP/AFP/RTR) - De recente Israëlische aanvallen hebben in Iran het leven gekost aan zeker twee militairen, meldt de Iraanse staatstelevisie. De twee zouden deel hebben uitgemaakt van de luchtverdedigingseenheden van de krijgsmacht.

"Deze geëerde martelaren van de luchtverdedigingsmacht van het leger kwamen om het leven tijdens het uitvoeren van hun missie om het luchtruim van het land te verdedigen tijdens de aanval van het zionistische regime", berichtte de staatstelevisie.

Het bericht volgde op aanvallen over en weer tussen Iran en Israël. Die strijd laaide zondag op nadat Israël weer doelen in Libanon had gebombardeerd. Iran vuurde daarop raketten af op Israël en dat land reageerde met aanvallen op doelen in Iran zelf.

De landen maakten maandag duidelijk de aanvallen weer te beëindigen. Het zou de bedoeling zijn in de loop van dinsdag uitvaartplechtigheden in Teheran te houden voor de twee gesneuvelde militairen.

by_no_means_a_photographer has added a photo to the pool:

"Yes mum, that's the spot."

Back in April we hosted a dog show on the oval at my local footy club. I went out and got a few shots when I wasn't working behind the bar, so that we could post on our club socials. I had completely forgotten about these shots until yesterday.

Wetenschappers die kopieën van een kritische column uitdeelden op een Amerikaans diabetescongres werden pardoes uit het gebouw gezet. Onder politiebegeleiding.

Zwaarbewapende agenten hebben vanmorgen op vier plaatsen in Hellevoetsluis invallen gedaan. Aan de invallen deden vele tientallen agenten mee.

Governor urges people to report videos on X that falsely show the men clashing in the Question Time studio

The Bank of England has warned the public against falling for AI-generated scams after deepfake videos of Nigel Farage fighting its governor spread online.

Andrew Bailey, the head of the BoE, said AI-generated content related to central banks was spreading and urged people to be “vigilant”.

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Becoming the world’s first trillionaire is only going to supercharge this sense of impunity and bring us one step closer to full-blown oligarchy

“Whoever said ‘money can’t buy happiness’ really knew what they were talking about,” Elon Musk wrote in February on Twitter/X, the social network he bought for $44bn. He capped the statement with a sad face emoji.

Alas, Musk’s information is outdated. A 2024 study found a substantial difference in happiness between the wealthy and people who are low income. “A greater feeling of control over life can explain about 75% of the association between money and happiness,” the study’s author noted.

Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist and the author of Strong Female Lead

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Groff worked for Epstein for nearly 20 years, starting in 2001, in which her job was to ‘organize one man’s life’

Lesley Groff, Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime executive assistant, is testifying on Tuesday before the House oversight and reform committee as lawmakers on the panel continue their investigation into the late convicted sex offender.

Groff worked for Epstein for almost 20 years, beginning in 2001 and ending in July 2019 when he was arrested. Notes from a 2021 FBI interview with Groff, which was included in the millions of documents related to Epstein released by the Department of Justice earlier this year, state that she told agents that she began working for Epstein after she was contacted by a headhunter, who found her resume and told her that there “was a job to organize one man’s life”.

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There are some advantages to being an older debutant, including knowing what it’s like to fail and not having your new novel overshadowed by early literary promise

Recently I was at a film event where I was introduced to a big producer by a very nice actor. The actor said, “this is Patrick, he has a debut novel coming out soon.”

The producer looked me up and down and said, “You took your time.”

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The species is abundant within the protected archipelago but when they migrate outside the marine reserve to give birth they run the gauntlet of industrial fishing

The unmistakable fluted T-shape of a scalloped hammerhead shark slides by, followed by a diver holding his breath and a metal spear like an extra-long snooker cue. The spear hits the fish behind its dorsal fin and the 2-metre shark darts away, disgruntled but otherwise unharmed.

Carlos Robalino, a marine biologist from the Galápagos Islands, trained as a shark researcher in Mexico but is now back home and working as a junior researcher at the Charles Darwin Foundation. When we meet in March, he is one of the divers on the foundation’s research expedition to Darwin and Wolf, the most northerly islands in the Galápagos marine reserve.

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