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How often should you go to the toilet? How can you get the better of wind? Experts’ tips for a healthier gut
NEWS | 21 May 2026
Think balance, diversity and routine“Our gut is a complex machine,” says Dr Ajay Verma, a consultant gastroenterologist at Kettering general hospital in Northamptonshire. “Some people need to take a fibre supplement to reach that goal.”View image in fullscreen Say yes to high-fibre foods. “It feeds your gut microbiome, and that plays a role in your mood, skin and many other factors around your body. “Having a burger is not a terrible thing: having a burger twice a day, every day for a week, is a problem. It is only a desire to help people feel better, put their mind at ease and to rule out anything serious.

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UK summons Israel’s chargé d’affaires over video of minister taunting activists
NEWS | 21 May 2026
The UK has summoned Israel’s chargé d’affaires as international outrage escalates over a video posted by the national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, in which he is seen taunting activists detained after a Gaza-bound flotilla was intercepted. The global outcry continued as Israel began releasing hundreds of the activists who attempted to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza. Poland’s foreign ministry said it was calling for a ban on Ben-Gvir entering the country over the video showing the far-right minister taunting detained flotilla activists who were handcuffed and kneeling. 1:03 Israeli minister Ben-Gvir posts video taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists – videoGreece on Thursday also called on Israel immediately to release its nationals, the government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said. Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, demanded an apology for the activists’ treatment and what she called Israel’s “total disrespect” for Italy’s requests.

World:
Eleven Australian Gaza flotilla activists detained by Israel expected to be deported to Turkey
NEWS | 21 May 2026
Eleven Australians who were detained by Israeli forces while sailing in a flotilla to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza are expected to be deported within hours. It is understood Israel plans to deport the Australians by charter flight, arriving in Istanbul, Turkey overnight Australian time, where consular officials in Istanbul will deploy to the airport to provide assistance. A spokesperson for the flotilla said the Israeli prison service and state officials had confirmed all detained had been released from the Ktzi’ot detention facility and were en route to deportation. “No one out of the 400 plus people that were on the flotilla – no one was harmed,” he told the ABC. “The interception itself was done with great sensitivity by the state of Israel, by our security forces.”Earlier on Thursday, he addressed reporters at parliament house.

Current Events:
Penny Wong condemns Israeli minister over ‘shocking and unacceptable’ treatment of flotilla activists
NEWS | 21 May 2026
Australia’s foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong, has condemned the actions of a far-right Israeli minister who posted a video of himself abusing bound activists captured while trying to sail an aid flotilla to Gaza. Wong joined international condemnation of the footage, which shows Israel’s national security minister, Itamar Ben-Gvir, waving an Israeli flag and mocking and taunting the detainees. Among the flotilla detainees were 11 Australian activists who were taken into custody by Israeli forces off the coast of Cyprus earlier this week. 1:03 Israeli minister Ben-Gvir posts video taunting detained Gaza flotilla activists – videoThe detained Australians are academics, doctors, students, activists and film-makers, including Dr Bianca Pullman-Webb, Neve O’Connor, Violet Coco, Gemma O’Toole, Sam Woripa Watson, Zack Schofield, Helen O’Sullivan, Juliet Lamont, Isla Lamont and Surya McEwan and Mokotow. Australian flotilla spokesperson Subhi Awad pushed back at Israel’s claim that the flotilla was not intending to deliver aid to Gaza.

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Girl, two, dies after being left in car as extreme heat sweeps Spain
NEWS | 21 May 2026
A two-year-old girl has died of heatstroke in north-west Spain after being accidentally left in her father’s car during an unseasonably hot spell that could push temperatures in some areas to 38C (100F). Instead of heading to the nursery, he went to work, leaving the child in the car. Brión town council declared two days of official morning for the girl and said a minute’s silence would be held in her memory on Friday. “May she rest in peace.”Spain has been bracing for the kind of heat more commonly associated with midsummer. The state meteorological office, Aemet, said the “exceptionally high temperatures” could reach 36-38C in some southern parts of the country.

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SPONSORED | 21 May 2026
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Air France and Airbus guilty of corporate manslaughter for 2009 plane crash
NEWS | 21 May 2026
A Paris appeals court has found Airbus and Air France guilty of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 Rio-Paris plane crash that killed 228 passengers and crew in France’s worst air disaster. The court ordered the companies to pay the maximum fine for corporate manslaughter, €225,000 (£194,500) each, after the request of prosecutors during the eight-week trial. In 2023, a lower court had cleared the two companies, both of which have repeatedly denied the charges. To prove manslaughter, prosecutors needed not only to establish that the companies were guilty of negligence but pull the threads together to demonstrate how this caused the crash. Any further appeals after Thursday’s verdict will shift the focus from the AF447 cockpit to intricacies of law.

Breaking:
Trump claims he will speak to Taiwan’s president, departing from decades-long diplomatic norms
NEWS | 21 May 2026
Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would speak to Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented move for a US leader that could roil US relations with China. “I’ll speak to him,” the US president told reporters at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland before boarding Air Force One when asked about Lai. US and Taiwanese presidents have not spoken directly since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979. However, as president-elect in late 2016, Trump broke decades of diplomatic precedent when he spoke to then-Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. While Lai has welcomed the chance to speak to Trump, the US president’s reference to the “Taiwan problem” echoes Beijing’s phrasing.

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Republicans could abandon $1bn proposal for Trump’s ballroom – US politics live
NEWS | 21 May 2026
06.39 EDT Republicans could abandon $1bn security proposal for Trump's ballroom complexHello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Senate Republicans could strip Donald Trump’s lavish White House ballroom complex from the Department of Homeland Security funding bill after members queried the timing and lack of detail in the $1bn Secret Service request. However, the security proposal met with backlash from some GOP lawmakers who are questioning the cost and how the taxpayer dollars would be used, AP reported. Axios reported recently that Tillis would not support the bill if it is considered this week. Democrats have criticized Republicans for trying to fund Trump’s ballroom when voters are concerned about basic affordability issues.

This Just In:
Record 274 climbers summit Everest from Nepalese side in single day
NEWS | 21 May 2026
A record 274 climbers have reached the summit of Mount Everest from the Nepalese side in a single day after a spring season that started late because of the threat of ice fall on the normal tourist route. Photograph: Purnima Shrestha/ReutersAll but one of the climbers reached the summit assisted by Sherpa guides and using supplementary bottled oxygen. View image in fullscreen Kami Rita Sherpa scaled the peak for the 32nd time this week. Also, Lhakpa Sherpa scaled Everest for the 11th time, topping her own record for the most summits by a female climber. This year’s Everest climbing season began late because of the risk from a huge serac, glacial ice cliff, hanging over the key route to the summit.

Today:
Buddhist hall housing 'eternal flame' in Japan destroyed by fire – video
NEWS | 21 May 2026
A Buddhist building on Miyajima island in Japan has been destroyed by fire. Reikado Hall, part of Daishō-in temple complex, was home to an 'eternal flame' said to have been lit by the monk Kukai more than 1,200 years ago. Fire officials said the blaze was extinguished on Thursday by about 30 firefighters

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JPMorgan banker countersues accuser, says sexual assault 'lies' ruined her life
NEWS | 21 May 2026
The JPMorgan Chase investment banker accused of sexual assault in an explosive lawsuit that went viral countersued her accuser, saying his malicious lies destroyed her reputation and “wreaked havoc” on her life. “Plaintiff’s false, malicious, and bad faith statements have wreaked havoc on Ms Hajdini’s life,” it added. Rana sued under a pseudonym but has since been publicly identified. JPMorgan put him on administrative leave in June 2025, where he remained when he sued, according to his complaint. JPMorgan said on 6 May it tried to settle with Rana before he sued.

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US is ‘simply choosing not to stop’ Ebola outbreak after massive public health cuts, experts say
NEWS | 21 May 2026
A previously undetected outbreak of Ebola is coursing through parts of central Africa, and the US appears to be doing little to help stop it, after massive cuts to global and domestic public health efforts. The outbreak was immediately declared a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), before even convening the committee that usually makes that determination. “It was pennies compared to what you get in return,” Andersen said of global health investments. This outbreak and response was “deeply foreseeable when you gut public health surveillance and you gut public health capacity”, Kavanagh added. “Ebola can be stopped, and if we don’t mobilize the dollars and the public health efforts, then we are simply choosing not to stop the outbreak.

Current Events:
US doctor who contracted Ebola in DRC flown to Germany for treatment
NEWS | 21 May 2026
An American doctor who contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been flown to Germany for treatment, along with his wife and four children, as the World Health Organization warned of the “scale and speed” of the outbreak. His wife, Rebekah Stafford, also a doctor, and their children, are being monitored for symptoms of the disease. The director-general also responded to criticism from the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, of the organization’s Ebola response. Rubio said on Tuesday that the World Health Organization’s response was “a little late”. “The lead is obviously going to be Centers for Disease Control and the World Health Organization, which was a little late to identify this thing unfortunately,” Rubio said.

News Flash:
Vaccine to tackle Ebola outbreak will take six to nine months, says WHO
NEWS | 21 May 2026
Doses of the “most promising” potential vaccine against the Bundibugyo virus that is causing an Ebola outbreak in central Africa will not be available for six to nine months, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday, as the number of suspected cases rose to 600. Officials said they believe the disease may have started its spread “a couple of months ago”, aided by a “super-spreader event”, possibly a funeral, in early May. Other illnesses endemic to the region, such as malaria and typhoid, have the same early symptoms as Ebola which can also delay diagnosis, he added. Dr Vasee Moorthy, who leads the WHO’s research and development blueprint, said the most promising potential vaccine against Bundibugyo uses the same basis as Ebola vaccines that target the Zaire strain. “That will then enable us to really define the scale of the outbreak and be able to provide care.”