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Trump weighs buying another territory after Greenland fiasco: report

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reportedly presented Trump with option to buy islands housing Diego Garcia base

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Pope Leo calls for leaders to reject polarisation as he begins Spanish tour

Pontiff to make marginalised a focus of first papal visit since 2011 including meeting with migrants in Canary Islands Pope Leo has urged political leaders to seek unity, rather than divide their populations for political gain, and said they must fight for peace, in the opening speech of his tour in Spain. The pope has made the marginalised a focus of his visit – his first tour of an EU country, apart from Italy – including meeting homeless people in Madrid and migrants in the Canary Islands. The pope, who has clashed with the US president, Donald Trump, over his immigration policies and war with Iran, said his visit was aimed at setting an example of respecting “every human being”. Continue reading...

'Tourists go home!' Furious Lanzarote residents glue shut Airbnb key boxes and put fake police tape to cordon off beauty spots as they blame British holidaymakers for sky high rents and overcrowded beaches

Over 2 million travellers from Britain and Ireland visit the cheapest of the Canary Islands every year - accounting for more than half of their tourist business.

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Chagossians urge UK to complete islands’ handover to Mauritius

Chagos Refugees delegation says issue ‘hijacked within the halls’ of politics on visit to UK A Chagossian delegation visiting the UK has urged parliamentarians to complete stalled legislation to hand the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, which they say has been “hijacked within the halls” of UK politics. The six-person contingent from the Chagos Refugees group expressed their full support for the UK to conclude an agreement after the government was forced to shelve legislation when the US dropped support for the agreement. Continue reading...

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Typhoon Jangmi sweeps northwards leaving 23 injured in Japan

More than 1 million people advised to evacuate homes amid 80mph winds and heavy rain Typhoon Jangmi (also known as Typhoon No 6) moved northwards over the course of this week. From Okinawa to mainland Japan, prolonged and heavy rainfall led to landslide warnings and the flooding of rivers, with Japan issuing level 4 warnings for some rivers, signalling a risk of overflowing. This level is high enough for municipalities to issue evacuation orders. Three-hourly rainfall totals on Wednesday reached 105mm in Chiyoda, Tokyo, which was a record high for the month. Sustained wind speeds of 80mph (130kph) were recorded on Monday – making it a category 1 typhoon – bringing damage and disruption to businesses, transport, infrastructure and the environment. By Wednesday, 23 people had been injured, 17 of whom were in Okinawa. The typhoon damaged 57 homes and led to 60,000 homes losing electricity. In addition to this, 1.52 million people were advised to evacuate by authorities. The typhoon damaged the exterior wall of Himeji Castle, a Unesco world heritage site in western Japan. The maximum recorded wind speed at Himeji was 56mph, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. The typhoon has now weakened into a tropical depression and has moved eastwards, away from the islands. Continue reading...

Plane crashes onto busy road near tourists in Canary Islands hotspot

Tourists in Tenerife were left stunned on Thursday after a small plane crashed in the middle of a road after its engine failed.

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Hundreds of whales slaughtered in Faroe Islands as annual cull turns sea blood red

** Warning: Graphic Content ** More than 70 British MPs have called on the UK government to push to ban the hunts

Disappearance of wife who fell overboard during Bahamas trip with husband now being treated as murder, with new GPS sparking hopes her body may finally be discovered

Lynette Hooker, 55, fell from a dinghy in rough conditions off the coast of Elbow Cay in the Abaco Islands on April 4, and her husband Brian Hooker, 58, said she vanished in the waters.

British mother, 46, dies of heart attack on first day of her Lanzarote holiday as tributes are aid to 'beautiful soul'

Grandmother Mandi Murray, 46 from Glasgow, had travelled to the Canary Islands earlier this week when she suddenly collapsed and died from a heart attack on Thursday.

Wrens on Scottish islands develop GIGANTISM and are twice the size of mainland cousins

Shetland and St Kilda wrens are isolated and so are beginning to develop separately.