Former foreign secretary criticises ‘smug, irritating and disruptive’ activists as Extinction Rebellion protest continues Via: Boris Johnson suggests his climate change opinions are as important as young people's because 'I intend to be alive for a very long time'
‘They romped past as if they hadn’t a care in the world,’ onlooker says Via: Horses spotted galloping wrong way along motorway: 'They were totally oblivious to the danger'
Anita Nicholson, 42, and her son Alex, were killed as they ate breakfast at the Shangri La hotel in Columbo. Anita’s husband Ben survived the blast but the whereabouts of their daughter are unknown. Via: Pictured: British lawyer mother and her son killed in Easter Sunday Sri Lanka bomb attacks
Robin McKie, the Observer’s science and environment editor, discusses an innovative drug that may soon offer ways to fight Huntington’s disease, while Mark Newnham describes being diagnosed with the inherited condition. Plus: Peter Beaumont describes his trip to the Costa Rican cloud forest, at threat from climate changeFor Mark Newnham Read more
LARISA BROWN: The bombings bear all the hallmarks of IS: targeting civilians, designed to cause maximum terror and bloodshed, and perpetrated on a Christian holiday. Via: Did ISIS help plot the carnage? The Sri Lankan bombings bear all the hallmarks of the terror group
Die USA wollen den Druck auf den Iran erhöhen und beenden laut Medien Ausnahmen für einige Länder bei Öl-Importen aus dem Iran.Foto: / AP Photo / dpa Via: USA wollen Ausnahmen beenden – Sanktionen bei Öl-Deals mit den Mullahs
Mit einer ganzseitigen Zeitungsanzeige hat Dirk Nowitzki sich bei den Fans der Dallas Mavericks bedankt. Zwölf Tage nach seinem Rücktritt beschrieb der Basketball-Superstar in einem 22-zeiligen Brief in der „Dallas Morning News“ seine Emotionen. Via: „Für immer dankbar, für immer Euer, für immer ein Dallas Maverick“
DOMINIC LAWSON: As Sherlock Holmes would put it: ‘Elementary, my dear Watson.’ For the manoeuvre yesterday by Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson is indeed transparent. Via: DOMINIC LAWSON: It's elementary! Watson's U-turn on Brexit is a blatant pitch for the top job
Volodymyr Zelensky, whose only previous political role was playing the president on television, trounced incumbent Petro Poroshenko by taking 73 percent of the vote, according to exit polls. Via: Ukrainian comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy has won the second round of election, exit poll says
The black mare, aged between three and four, lay on the ground for up to three hours as it struggled to get over the potentially ‘fatal’ injury on Westgate Street, Cardiff, at 7pm on Saturday. Via: Two men are arrested as 'pregnant' pony collapses outside sports stadium in Cardiff