FRANKFURT (ANP/RTR) - De Duitse luchtvaartmaatschappij Lufthansa heeft extra annuleringen aangekondigd voor vluchten naar bestemmingen in het Midden-Oosten door de oorlog in de regio. Tot zondag zal niet worden gevlogen naar Dubai, Dammam en Abu Dhabi. Vluchten naar Tel Aviv blijven opgeschort tot donderdag 2 april, maakte Lufthansa bekend.

Daarnaast zal er tot zondag niet worden gevlogen naar de Jordaanse hoofdstad Amman en Erbil in Irak. Vluchten naar Beiroet in Libanon zijn geannuleerd tot 28 maart en naar de Iraanse hoofdstad Teheran tot 30 april.

KLM stelde het hervatten van zijn vluchten naar Dubai, Riyad en Dammam vrijdag opnieuw uit. De luchtvaartmaatschappij vliegt tot en met dinsdag niet naar de bestemmingen in het Midden-Oosten vanwege de oorlog in de regio.

The war reveals Britain’s exposure to volatile fossil fuel prices. More North Sea drilling will not shield households, building domestic green energy will

What should Britain do when war in the Middle East sends energy prices soaring? If the strait of Hormuz were blocked for the month of fighting that Donald Trump predicts, British households could face another brutal cost of living shock. Goldman Sachs warns of prices at the pump rising to 2022 levels. That would put more than 50p on each litre in the tank. Prolonged disruption to global gas supplies could see energy bills in the UK rise by £900 to £2,500 a year. Such uncertainty strengthens the case for going big on clean energy.

Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, has grasped this reality. By contrast, the Conservatives and Reform UK are doubling down on domestic fossil fuel extraction. The debate is framed around a simple claim of energy security: drill more at home. But the argument is rhetorical. Britain might export a bit more crude and have a smidgen more gas. But it would still need to import refined fuels and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Households would remain exposed to global energy shocks. Clean electricity, by contrast, cuts gas demand and reduces exposure to volatile markets. The political pressures are jobs, tax revenues and the economies of Scotland and north-east England tied to a declining asset.

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Treatments continue to improve. The challenge now facing ministers is hugely unequal outcomes

New analysis from Cancer Research UK, revealing a 29% drop in the rate of people dying from cancer compared with 40 years ago, is a vital counterpoint to grim health headlines about the UK’s outcomes falling behind those of other countries, and the NHS missing its own cancer targets. Prof Chris Whitty, the chief medical officer for England, made a related point in a recent lecture. Stand back from the day to day, he said, and the extraordinary leaps forward enabled by vaccinations and other advances in treatment and public health come into focus.

This longer view is not a cause for complacency or inaction. England’s latest cancer plan, launched last month, highlighted shocking lapses including lengthy waits for treatment and a failure to tackle inequalities in cancer mortality dating back 15 years. Last year, analysis by the Guardian found that about three-quarters of NHS trusts were failing to reach standards relating to diagnosis and treatment.

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In such situation I didn’t expect even Marco Silva to blame someone other than him, and yet:

A very bad day for us,” Silva said. “It is probably not the moment to be emotional. It is a moment for us to look deeper.

It is not just another defeat. We lost a big chance. If you want to be in a club that wants to get better your ambition has to always be there. If you are pushing to win a game there are certain standards you cannot drop. Some things are about mentality.”

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In het parlement lijkt zich een brede meerderheid voor de missie af te tekenen, maar Kamerleden zullen veel vragen hebben over de voorwaarden waaronder Nederland aan de missie meedoet.

“What if we taught students to use AI critically, rather than insisting they ignore it or assume they’re using it to cheat?” asks college freshman Maximilian Milovidov. “Students will reach for these tools, whether universities ban them or not.”

Robin van Persie bereikte als speler de top, maar heeft het moeilijk in het begin van zijn trainersloopbaan. Hij staat onder grote druk als trainer van Feyenoord, maar aan opstappen denkt hij niet.

Gras binnen kweken om de weilanden buiten beter te benutten. Het is een idee van boer Wouter Slob uit Giessenburg, dat momenteel uitgebreid wordt onderzocht. Tot nu toe is hij te spreken over de kwaliteit van zijn zelfgekweekte gras: "Het ruikt echt als vers lentegras, koeien zouden hiervan smullen."