What is it? In an era when you can get illuminated belt buckles on a car (take a bow, the Mercedes-Benz S-Class), the new Fiat 500 Electric does without a radio. Let that sink in for a moment. In Action trim, admittedly the base level, you have to plug in your phone to listen to any music. Fiat isn’t the first to tap into this, but for a car so focused on style and youthful appeal, it says something of where we might be heading in the future. And do you know what? It works brilliantly. This is the entry level new 500, with a 94bhp electric motor powering the front wheels. In the Action version, there's a floor-mounted 23.8kWh battery, giving a total range of 118 miles, 0-62mph in 9.5sec and a top speed of 84mph. Charging times are from as little as 30 minutes if you hook up to a 50kW DC charger, while a 7kW home-charger will do it in six hours. There are three driving modes to choose from, all operated by a simple toggle switch. Normal does what it implies, as does Range, while Sherpa is a get-you-home-at-all-costs mode, trimming top speed to eke out the maximum range. There's also a 42kWh battery available, giving a total range of 199 miles and punchier acceleration figures. But that makes the 500 up to 150kg heavier, so there’s something appealing about the purity of the Action. Unlike rivals like the Honda E and Mini Electric, you can also buy the 500 electric as a laundalet, although not in Action trim level. For the time being, the electric 500 has a unique platform, but you get the feeling that it won’t be long before Stellantis looks to get it working across more cars under its corporate umbrella. Fiat itself acknowledges that it’s a flexible platform whose wheelbase can be extended, increasing its cross-functionality. Interestingly, the petrol 500, which was recently updated with mild-hybrid engines, will continue to be sold. Fiat hasn’t put an end date on that car yet, although the suspicion is that it will be quietly allowed to die as more people jump into the electric version. The electric 500 is slightly longer, wider and taller than the old 500, but it’s still a small car that’s easy to thread through a city. And despite the growth, rear-seat space is still at a premium. Adults will fit back there, but they won’t thank you over a long journey. The rest of the interior is a lesson in simplicity, especially in Action trim. The single rounded dial keeps information to a bare minimum (speed, energy flow and range) and the radio/sat-nav is your phone sitting in a dashboard-mounted cradle. Fortunately, there are still physical buttons. The radio volume is a rotary knob down by your knee and the air-con controls all lie mid-way up the dash. It goes to show that switches don’t necessarily create a messy interior. In a very Fiat sign-off, there are some nice design touches on the interior, like the Turin skyline silhouetted on the dash cubby and the old 500 outline sketch within the door handles. What's it like? Still, it’s a point of difference and one that does genuinely make you smile – as does the rest of the car. With just 94bhp, this is no pocket rocket, but it’s a light-hearted car to drive. The body roll is well controlled, so you can fling it through corners much faster than you would expect. The steering is entirely dead, but it’s precise and doesn’t suffer any kickback through mid-corner bumps. Obviously, a B-road thrashing isn’t the point of the 500. But it’s nice to know that if you do get a section of open road, it can be a rewarding car. The actual point of the 500 is short, urban hops, and for that it’s perfect; its compact size ideal for threading through cities. Equally, though, if your commute includes a section of motorway, the 500 is up to the task: although its top speed is just 84mph, it’s perfectly capable of zipping along at 70mph. What impresses is how well damped it is: the suspension is well set up for UK roads. The damping and suspension control are generally very good, absorbing most imperfections easily and generally flowing across the asphalt smoothly.

A ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas in the Gaza Strip has come into effect. The ceasefire began early on Friday, bringing to an end 11 days of fighting in which more than 250 people were killed, most of them in Gaza. Both Israel and Hamas claimed victory in the conflict. The truce faced an early test on Friday when fresh clashes broke out at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told AFP news agency that Palestinians had thrown stones at officers, and that "riot" suppressing measures had been taken in response. Live: Read the latest reports following the truce The fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza began on 10 May after weeks of rising Israeli-Palestinian tension in East Jerusalem that culminated in clashes at al-Aqsa, a holy site revered by both Muslims and Jews. Hamas began firing rockets after warning Israel to withdraw from the site, triggering retaliatory air strikes. At least 243 people, including more than 100 women and children, were killed in Gaza, according to its health ministry. Israel has said it killed at least 225 militants during the fighting. Hamas has not given casualty figures for fighters. In Israel 12 people, including two children, were killed, its medical service says. The Israel-Palestinian conflict explained Life in the Gaza Strip The Israeli military says more than 4,300 rockets were fired towards its territory by militants and that it struck more than 1,000 militant targets in Gaza. What have the two sides said about the truce? The Israeli Political Security Cabinet said on Thursday night it had "unanimously accepted the recommendation" for a ceasefire. "The political leaders emphasised that the reality on the ground will determine the future of the campaign," it said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faced criticism from some in Israel who said he had halted the conflict too soon. The mayors of Sderot and Ashkelon - two of the Israeli towns hardest hit by rockets from Gaza - were among those to voice their disappointment, saying Hamas should have been eliminated. At a news conference on Friday, the prime minister said Israel had "exacted a heavy price from Hamas". "Not everything is known to the public yet, nor to Hamas, but the full range of achievements will be revealed over time," he said. The children who have died in the conflict Why is Gaza blurry on Google Maps? A Hamas official told the Associated Press news agency the ceasefire announced by Israel amounted to a "victory" for the Palestinian people. This view was shared by people celebrating on the streets of Gaza. "This is the day of victory, the day of freedom, and it is the most beautiful day that we've experienced," one said. Basem Naim, from the Hamas Council on International Relations, told the BBC he was sceptical about whether the truce would last "without justice for Palestinians, without stopping the Israeli aggression and Israeli atrocities". A member of Hamas's political bureau, Izzat al-Reshiq, issued a warning to Israel. "It's true that the battle ends today but Netanyahu and the whole world should know that our finger is on the trigger and we will continue to ramp up the capabilities of this resistance," he told Reuters. I'd be surprised if the ceasefire isn't respected. Both Hamas and Israel had their reasons to stop and declare victory. Anyone familiar with the previous wars between the two sides will see similarities in what they're saying the day after. Israel is claiming to have done significant damage and "restored deterrence". I write this in the car on the way to southern Israel. I can see Israeli army trucks de-rigging the batteries of the Iron Dome anti-missile system that saved many Israeli lives. That shows confidence that the ceasefire will hold. Hamas has broadened its claim to tell Palestinians it has won concessions in Jerusalem. It will now try to rearm, and replace the commanders Israel killed. While they both need a period of quiet, nothing in the fundamentals of the Hamas-Israel nexus has changed. That sows the seeds of the next war. That is not good news for civilians. The only way to avoid it would be to negotiate a long-term truce in and around Gaza and to make some progress towards a resolution of the wider Israeli-Palestinian conflict. At the moment that does not look likely.

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The Mercedes-Benz Concept EQT previews the brand’s new T-Class MPV, the electric version of which will be the ninth model from its EQ sub-brand. Based on the upcoming second-generation Citan light commercial vehicle (LCV), the concept showcases Mercedes’ plans for an LCV-derived MPV offered with petrol, diesel and pure-electric drivetrains. Combustion variants will be sold as the T-Class, while the EV will take the EQT name into production. "We are expanding our portfolio with the T-Class. It will appeal to families and private customers who enjoy leisure activities and need a lot of space and maximum variability. And as the Concept EQT shows: we will also be offering a fully electric model in this segment in the future," says Marcus Breitschwerdt, head of Mercedes-Benz Vans. Set to rival the Volkswagen Caddy, Citroen Berlingo and Vauxhall Combo when UK sales get underway in 2022, the new model has been developed in partnership with Renault; the T-Class is twinned with the third-generation Kangoo, while the EQT is a sister model to the recently announced Kangoo E-Tech Electric.' The Concept EQT previews the styling of the new Mercedes-Benz MPV with production-bound cues including a prominent black panel grille featuring a 3D star effect and slim LED headlamps up front as well as a full-width rear light bar. Concept car flourishes include large wheelhouses, 21-inch wheels shod with low profile 235/45 R21 tyres, an expansive panoramic glass roof and a leather-lined interior featuring an integrated skateboard carrier at the rear. The production versions of the T-Class and EQT will be unveiled later this year, with toned-down design features but offering overall packaging and accommodation largely unchanged from the concept. Full details will be revealed closer to its arrival, though the latest offering from Mercedes-Benz’s Van division is planned to offer the choice of either a standard wheelbase in combination with a five-seat layout or, as previewed by the Concept EQT, an extended wheelbase with a seven-seat layout. Underpinning the two models will be Renault’s CMF-B platform, which supports both combustion and electric powertrains. At 4945mm in length, 1863mm in width and 1826mm in height, the Concept EQT is 92mm longer, 8mm wider and 8mm higher than the Volkswagen Caddy Maxi. Entry to the front is via front-hinged doors, while rear access is via a set of sliding doors, electronically operated on the concept but set to be manual on the production version. A large tailgate opens at bumper level to reveal a flat luggage compartment, which can be extended by removing the rear-most seats and folding the second row. The long wheelbase and tall stature of the new MPV model helps to maximise interior space in the first two rows, and allows for a wide variety of storage spaces throughout the cabin. The second seat row is designed to accommodate up to three child seats. Fold away plastic tables, meanwhile, are integrated into the backs of the front seats. While the white Nappa leather of the concept car will make way for harder-wearing nylon fabric upholstery on the production versions, the design of the dashboard and its controls, including the centre touchscreen display, will be retained. Among the standard features will be the same MBUX operating system as that used by the A-Class and other new Mercedes-Benz models. Safety functions will include automatic emergency braking, lane assist, cross wind assist, trailer stability control and adaptive cruise control with a traffic assist feature. Mercedes-Benz’s aim with the Citan-based T-Class is to emulate the sales success of the larger Vito and V-class. The brand claims it will offer premium levels of connectivity and quality in a market segment traditionally associated with affordable pricing and everyday versatility. Drivetrains are as yet unconfirmed, but will likely mirror the diesel and petrol options offered by the Kangoo, in combination with either a standard six-speed manual or optional seven-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox. Included is a turbocharged 1.2-litre petrol unit developing 113bhp as well as a 1.5-litre diesel offered with a range of outputs from 74bhp-109bhp.

There have been clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police outside the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem, ahead of a planned Jewish nationalist march. More than 200 people were injured, as crowds threw stones and officers fired stun grenades in response. It comes amid soaring tensions in the city, which has seen weeks of unrest. Earlier, Israeli police decided to bar Jews from visiting the compound where the mosque is located during the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March. The event marks Israel's capture of East Jerusalem - home to the Old City and its holy sites - in 1967, and usually sees hundreds of flag-waving Israeli youth make their way through Muslim areas, chanting and singing patriotic songs. It is regarded by many Palestinians as a deliberate provocation. This year's march is also taking place in the final days of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The al-Aqsa mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, is located on a hilltop complex known by Muslims as the Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) and by Jews as the Temple Mount. Jews revere it as the location of two Biblical Temples and it is the holiest site in Judaism. The latest violence follows days of clashes between Palestinians and Israeli police in the nearby Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem, with the possible eviction of Palestinian families from their homes there by Jewish settlers a focal point for Palestinian anger. Israel's Supreme Court had been due to hold a hearing in the long-running case on Monday, but the session was postponed due to the unrest. The UN Security Council will meet on Monday to discuss the situation. What happened at the al-Aqsa mosque? Israel's police force said thousands of Palestinians barricaded themselves in the building overnight with stones and Molotov cocktails in anticipation a confrontation during the Jerusalem Day Flag March, which was scheduled to start at about 16:00 (13:00 GMT). Officers were ordered to enter the mosque compound to "repel the rioters using demonstration dispersal methods" on Monday morning after a police post was attacked and stones were thrown towards a nearby road, it added. For over an hour, police fired stun grenades at Palestinians who threw stones and other objects. Video posted online appeared to show that some of the stun-grenade canisters fired by the police in response landed inside the mosque. The Palestinian Red Crescent said more than 215 Palestinians were injured, and that at least 80 were taken to hospital for treatment. One person was in a critical condition, it added. The Israeli police force said nine officers were injured, one of whom needed hospital treatment. During clashes outside the Old City walls, a car was pelted with stones before crashing into bollards and hitting a man. "Extremist Palestinians planned well in advance to carry out riots today on the Temple Mount," Ofir Gendelman, a spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted after the clashes. "What we see now is the result of that." Hundreds of people were left injured in clashes between Palestinians and Israeli forces over the weekend around the al-Aqsa mosque. Confrontations between Palestinians and Israelis were also reported in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, and near the West Bank city of Ramallah. King Abdullah II of Jordan, which is the custodian of Jerusalem's Islamic and Christian holy sites, condemned "Israeli violations and escalatory practices at the blessed al-Aqsa mosque". Jordan assumed custody of the sites when it occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem in the 1948 Middle East war, and was allowed to continue the role after the areas fell to Israel in 1967. The Quartet of Middle East negotiators - the US, the EU, Russia and the UN - has also expressed deep concern over the violence, urging all sides to show restraint. What is fuelling the violence? Tensions have escalated since the start of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in mid-April, with a series of events driving the unrest. As Ramadan began, clashes erupted nightly between police and Palestinians protesting against security barriers outside Damascus Gate, which had prevented them from gathering there during the evening.

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A dog has had her sight saved by vets after having a 5cm (2in) stick embedded in her eye socket. Mia the collie's owners feared she had lost her eye when she came out of a hedge with the stick poking out. Their vet in Doune, near Stirling, referred her to specialists at the University of Edinburgh's Royal (Dick) School for Veterinary Studies. Vets there managed to remove the stick without an invasive operation, leaving her with just a scratch on her eye. The six-year-old had to have a CT scan which revealed that the stick was still in one piece and lodged just above the eye. After removing the stick and flushing the area with fluids to make sure there were no remaining fragments, Mia was able to walk out of the clinic and has suffered no long-term damage to her sight. She is now back to full health following the incident in February. Ben Blacklock, a vet specialist ophthalmologist who led the team at the University of Edinburgh, said: "This was an unusual situation for us and we are really pleased to see Mia back to full health and enjoying life. "We are lucky to have such an amazing group of people here, including specialists in anaesthesia and radiology, and a highly skilled and compassionate nursing team who could make Mia's treatment and recovery go as smoothly as possible." Mia's owner Paul McGlynn said: "We can't believe that Mia has escaped with just a scratch, we were convinced she would have to lose her eye. "We are grateful to the team who treated her and so pleased to have her home as happy as ever."

What is it? Before we talk about hydrogen cars (or FCEVs) and related topics such as their fuel cell stacks, refuelling infrastructure and role in a wider hydrogen society, let’s take a moment to reflect on how good the new Toyota Mirai looks. Maybe it’s just me, but with its long nose and coupé-like roofline, there’s a whiff of final-gen Celica about it. The styling may seem a frivolous place to start when considering a car that essentially serves to showcase a whole powertrain technology, especially one so comprehensively overhauled. But it’s important, and not just because its shape is honed for aerodynamic efficiency: Toyota clearly wants the new Mirai to stand out for more than how it’s powered. Certainly you would never confuse the new Mirai for the original: it’s not only sleeker but also substantially bigger, due to the new GA-L platform. But it’s the changes to the powertrain that make it less a second-generation car, more an entirely new one. The fuel cell stack, now sited under the bonnet, is smaller and lighter with 330 cells, down from 370. Output has increased from 153bhp to 180bhp, and drive is now sent to the rear, rather than front, wheels. Moving the stack up front has made room for a third high-pressure hydrogen tank to be added, with the combined storage of 5.6kg of liquefied hydrogen enough to offer a range of around 400 miles. The three tanks are located in a T-shape, with two in place of the central transmission tunnel (which does limit leg space in the central rear seat), the other beneath the rear bench and boot. There’s also a 1.24kWh lithium ion battery (the old Mirai featured a nickel-metal-hydride one) that stores captured regenerative energy and helps to smooth out the power the stack sends to the electric motor. What's it like? Despite all the weight savings of Toyota’s latest-spec FCEV tech, the Mirai still weighs a hefty 1950kg, but it does a good job overcoming that. Don’t let optimistic mentions of Celica-like styling and a rear-drive layout fool you into thinking it’s a sports saloon, though: it’s more a comfortable cruiser. The ride and handling are so unremarkably pleasant (even on flashy 20in wheels) that you quickly forget about the remarkable tech powering the car. Where the Mirai really scores is in the marvellous smoothness and quietness of its powertrain. That’s aided by a very pleasant interior, including a 12.3in infotainment touchscreen that features plenty of actual buttons, a quality JBL sound system and a decent head-up display. A filter in the Mirai’s air intake serves as a purifier, capturing SO2, NOx and PM2.5 as they head to the fuel cell stack. A nifty graphic even shows you how much air you’ve purified on your trip to make you feel all green and wholesome Of course, regardless of the styling, ride and interior, you’re unlikely to buy an FCEV without considering all of the factors involved in owning one, chiefly that they’re quite expensive and the charging infrastructure in the UK is minimal. The Mirai may be able to do 400 emission-free miles on a full tank of hydrogen, but there are still only a handful of places in this country where you can fill that tank. Progress has been made when it comes to the price: at £49,995 for the entry-level model (our top-spec Design Premium Pack test car is £64,995), the Mk2 Mirai is fully £10,000 cheaper than the original, despite being substantially improved in almost every aspect. Business contract rates, including servicing, start at £435 per month for the entry-level Design trim – a whole £300 per month cheaper than the old car. While that's a substantial cost reduction, that still puts the Mirai out of reach for many. Toyota is expecting a substantial increase in sales due to the lower price, but the vast bulk are again likely to be sold to fleets that operate in areas near refuelling stations (expect to see a lot being used as private hire cars on airport runs to Heathrow, with its handy hydogen fuelling station). Should I buy one? But then the Mirai isn’t intended to sell in vast numbers: it remains an ambassador for Toyota’s hydrogen technology, which the firm is also using for buses, trains, boats and houses. Heck, it’s building a whole hydrogen-powered city in Japan. And while some sceptics remain convinced that hydrogen will never be viable for mass-market production cars, in the form of the new Mirai its future looks better than ever.

Bill and Melinda Gates have announced their divorce after 27 years of marriage, saying "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple". "After a great deal of thought and a lot of work on our relationship, we have made the decision to end our marriage," the pair tweeted. They first met in the 1980s when Melinda joined Bill's Microsoft firm. The billionaire couple have three children and jointly run the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The organisation has spent billions fighting causes such as infectious diseases and encouraging vaccinations in children. Bill and Melinda Gates: A life in pictures Solving Covid easy compared with climate - Gates The Gates - along with investor Warren Buffett - are behind the Giving Pledge, which calls on billionaires to commit to giving away the majority of their wealth to good causes. He made his money through the firm he co-founded in the 1970s, Microsoft, the world's biggest software company. The pair both posted the statement announcing their divorce on Twitter. "Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives," it read. "We continue to share a belief in that mission and will continue our work together at the foundation, but we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives. "We ask for space and privacy for our family as we begin to navigate this new life." How did they get together? Melinda, now 56, joined Microsoft as a product manager in 1987, and the two sat together at a business dinner that year in New York. They began dating, but as Bill told a Netflix documentary: "We cared a lot for each other and there were only two possibilities: either, we were going to break up or we were going to get married." Melinda said she found Bill - methodical it seems even in matters of the heart - writing a list on a whiteboard with the "pros and the cons of getting married". They got married in 1994 on the Hawaiian island of Lanai, reportedly hiring all the local helicopters to stop unwanted guests flying over. Bill, 65, stepped down from Microsoft's board last year to focus on his philanthropic activities. The couples who split in the pandemic What is the Gates Foundation? The couple established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000 in Seattle The foundation focuses primarily on public health, education and climate change Its grants included some $1.75bn to vaccine initiatives and research during the Covid-19 pandemic In 2019, the foundation had net assets of more than $43bn Bill and Melinda Gates pumped more than $36bn into the foundation between 1994 and 2018 Source: Reuters news agency What role did Melinda play in their campaigning? "Bill and I are equal partners," she told the Associated Press in an interview in 2019. "Men and women should be equal at work." In her recent memoir The Moment of Lift, she wrote about her childhood, life and private struggles as the wife of a famous figure and and stay-at-home mother with three kids. Working together at the foundation had made their relationship better, she argued. "He's had to learn how to be an equal, and I've had to learn how to step up and be an equal," she wrote. Apart from her work with the foundation she founded Pivotal Ventures, an investment company focused on women and families, in 2015. "The world is finally waking up to the fact that none of us can move forward when half of us are held back," she said at the time. "The data is clear: empowered women transform societies."

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Returnal is weird. Brilliant, but undoubtedly bizarre. While the PS5 exclusive is a masterclass in blending the ever-changing levels and permadeath of roguelikes into a game that otherwise looks like a blockbuster third-person shooter, it’s not the kind of game you typically expect on this scale from Sony. Returnal features a lot of the things we expect from modern first-party PlayStation games: stunning visuals, a strong narrative element and a focus on single-player. But there’s no getting around the idea that it’s very different from the PS4 exclusive action-adventures we saw explode in po[CENSORED]rity last generation. It's slightly surprising that Sony is putting something this unashamedly hardcore at the center of its early PS5 exclusive releases. But, given this week's news that Sony has signed an exclusive partnership with a studio composed of former Destiny developers to make a new multiplayer game for PS5 - a genre the publisher tends to avoid - it sounds like this is part of a bigger strategy for PS5. It feels like Sony is branching out with the types of games it's making - and it’s about time. Best PS5 games: the PlayStation 5 games you need to play Check out our hands on: Returnal review New PS5 games: upcoming PS5 game release dates To say Sony hasn’t dipped its toes in the waters of the weird before would be a disservice. After all, Kojima Productions' atmospheric delivery-based adventure Death Stranding landed on PS4 less than two years ago. But that was something of an outlier among Sony’s big hitters on the console, and, to all intents and purposes, it was still a narrative-driven action game. The PS4 era saw Sony having success with a host of fairly safe, but critically acclaimed, exclusives such as God of War, The Last of Us 2, Uncharted 4 and Marvel’s Spider-Man. While each game definitely has its own personality, there is arguably a format at work here: narrative-driven, single-player, action-adventure. It’s a formula that works, and Microsoft no doubt wishes it had a comparable high-quality set of exclusives. But Sony hasn't done loads to deviate from this format, other than with games like Bloodborne and the Demon’s Souls remake. So when I jumped into Returnal for the first time, I expected a similar offering once again – an action-adventure, with a heap of story alongside, even if developer Housemarque's past work prepared me for more of a focus on shooting things. Instead, I was taken aback by how difficult and dynamic Returnal actually is, and I'm somewhat pleasantly surprised that Sony took the risk of publishing it. The game feels like a breath of fresh air. Returnal lets players step into the boots of space pilot Selene, who crashes her ship, Helios, on an alien planet called Atropos. But Atropos is stuck in a time loop, meaning that each time Selene dies – and she will die frequently – she begins a new life cycle starting at the crash site. Equipped with a high-tech suit, Selene sets out to battle her way across Atropos and break the loop, which will allow her to escape. But this isn’t a simple case of Selene having to work her way through the same map again and again; instead, with each reset cycle, the world changes. Each biome (of which there are six) is made up of ‘rooms,’ much like dungeons, but when the cycle resets the order of these rooms - and the enemies lurking within - changes. It’s the first time we’ve seen Sony give its blockbuster limelight to a game such as this, and - from what we’ve played so far - it pays off massively. Returnal benefits from its immersive storytelling and captivating environments filled with bizarre creatures, while its ever-changing world keeps gameplay fresh from cycle to cycle. It’s a concept that should be infuriating - and at times it is - but mostly, it keeps you motivated to keep coming back for more. But it’s the PS5 that truly makes Returnal shine. The futuristic shooter makes excellent use of the PS5’s super-fast SSD to make your inevitable death as painless as possible, while the implementation of the DualSense controller’s haptic feedback and adaptive trigger features, particularly when paired with headphones allowing for PS5 3D spatial audio to kick in, makes for a staggeringly immersive experience. Returnal proves that Sony can showcase the PS5’s capabilities and still experiment with different genres – and that maybe it's thinking about a more diverse range of exclusives for its newest hardware. And it looks like it’s only the start of things to come.

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Endangered polar bears are breeding with grizzly bears, creating hybrid “pizzly” bears, and it's being driven by climate change, scientists say. As the world warms and Arctic sea ice thins, starving polar bears are being driven ever further south, where they meet grizzlies, whose ranges are expanding northwards. And with that growing contact between the two species comes more mating, and therefore increased sightings of their hybrid offspring. With features that could give them an edge in warming northern habitats, some scientists speculate that the pizzlies, or "grolars", could be here to stay. Related: Polar bear photos: Stunning shots capture Earth's icons of climate change "Usually hybrids aren't better suited to their environments than their parents, but there is a possibility that these hybrids might be able to forage for a broader range of food sources," Larisa DeSantis, a paleontologist and associate professor of biological sciences at Vanderbilt University in Tennessee, told Live Science. Polar bears have longer skulls, which makes them experts at grabbing seals out of the sea, DeSantis said. "But their molars are smaller than is typical for their body size because all they eat is blubber all day. Grizzlies, on the other hand, can eat whatever they want. We don't know yet, but perhaps the intermediate skull of the pizzly could confer a biomechanical advantage." Grizzly bears and polar bears only diverged 500,000 to 600,000 years ago, so the two species can mate and produce viable offspring. Observations made in captivity and a study conducted in the wild also suggest that the hybrids are fertile and have themselves produced young. Wild sightings of hybrid pizzly bears began in 2006, when a hunter shot what he thought was a polar bear in the Northwest Territories of the Canadian Arctic. When he took a closer look he found an altogether more unusual animal: A bear with the cream-white fur of a polar bear but the long claws, humped back, shallow face and brown patches of a grizzly. DNA tests confirmed that the animal was a hybrid — the first documented wild offspring of a polar bear and a grizzly bear. Since then, sightings of the hybrids have been increasing, with a 2017 study in the journal Arctic showing eight hybrids springing from a single female polar bear who mated with two grizzly bears. The rise of the pizzlies coincides with polar bears’ decline: their numbers are projected to decrease by more than 30% in the next 30 years, according to a 2016 study in the journal Biology Letters. This precipitous fall is linked partly to the encroachment of grizzly bears into polar bear ranges, where they outcompete them for alternative food sources, but also to polar bears' highly specialised diets, as DeSantis highlights in research published on April 1 in the journal Global Change Biology. According to DeSantis, generalist animals such as coyotes and cougars are the best survivors of rapid change to their environment, not highly specialized apex predators like polar bears and saber-toothed cats. "Polar bears consumed soft foods even during the Medieval Warm Period, a previous period of rapid warming. Their diets haven't changed much at all." DeSantis said, referring to blubbery meals such as seals. "It's why what we're seeing now — all of these starving polar bears trying to find alternative food sources — could really represent a tipping point." According to a statement from the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Arctic sea ice, which the bears use as their hunting grounds, decreased by about 336,000 square miles (870,000 square kilometres) this year from its 1981 to 2010 average maximum. That represents the loss of an area about twice the size of California. Although polar bears can adapt their diet to include sea bird eggs and caribou when on land, a 2015 study published in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment found that the calories they gain from these sources do not balance out those they burn from foraging for them, Live Science previously reported. All of this could result in a habitat ready for the hybrids to move in and take over, leading to a loss in biodiversity if polar bears are replaced. "We're having massive impacts with climate change on loads of species right now," DeSantis said. "The polar bear is the canary in the coalmine telling us how bad things are." In some sense, pizzly bears could be a sad but necessary compromise given current warming trends, DeSantis said. "Apex predators help stabilize ecosystems, and looking forward I really hope the Arctic still has a polar bear. But, with that all being said, could the pizzly allow for bears to continue to exist in intermediate regions of the Arctic? Possibly, yes. That's why we need to continue to study them."

Who among the established car makers has, in recent times, changed the way the world perceived their marque with but one brilliantly conceived product? There certainly aren’t many. Audi and the mid-engined R8 supercar; maybe Fiat and the fine job it did reinventing the 500. Bentley’s Continental GT? Well, here’s the latest member of that club. And one glance at the Hyundai Ioniq 5 will have you wondering whether this all-new electric crossover – an avant-garde but also staunchly traditional two-box hatchback with, of all things, Lancia Delta Integrale overtones – isn’t the most potent episode of perception-bending of them all. We’ll come back to the design shortly, not least because all is not quite as it seems, but when was the last time a mass-market Hyundai stopped you dead in your tracks? Design isn’t the only ambush that Hyundai has laid here, either: there’s also the timing. It was only on 23 February that the Ioniq 5 was revealed to the world, yet here we are in April with a pre-production example to become acquainted with on Warwickshire roads. Get up very close and on this one you can even pick out patches where the disguise cladding fitted for public testing in Germany has worn through the shimmering metallic paint – although cars in mint condition should reach customers as early as late June. The Ioniq 5 has effectively been Hyundai’s lockdown project, and the short timeline means that some dynamic elements are still to be signed off before the first ‘proper’ cars go down the line at Ulsan, the South Korean plant so colossal that you need a helicopter to appreciate its scale. So no star rating today. As for the idea itself, there’s an awful lot to digest. Ioniq has since 2016 been the name of Hyundai’s Volkswagen Golf-sized liftback, famous for being the first car ever to be offered in hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electric formats. As it stands, that car won’t be replaced when its life cycle ends and Ioniq will become an EV sub-brand that’s more premium in nature and pricing than anything we’ve yet seen from Hyundai. Already an Ioniq 6 mid-size saloon is slated to launch in 2022, and an Ioniq 7 large SUV will follow in 2024. All three of those will be built on Hyundai’s new E-GMP electric car platform, which brings super-fast 800V charging capability and is claimed to have the mass-market’s first integrated drive axle – meaning the driveshafts and wheel bearings are combined, to the benefit of ride comfort and handling stability. As for competition, the Ioniq 5 is aimed squarely at Volkswagen’s ID 4, although Hyundai executives say the EV field is currently so incipient and dispersed that their car could end up stealing sales from everything from the Nissan Leaf to the Tesla Model S. Back to the look of the thing. It’s misleading, because the Ioniq 5 is proportioned much like your typical hatch (the Giugiaro-style forward-leading C-pillar and angry clamshell snout hark back to the birth of the class) but is actually a much bigger beast than the Golf. At 4735mm, it’s closer to the BMW X3 SUV in length, and its three-metre wheelbase surpasses that of even the X5. Approach it and it’s this stature that hits you, even before the mad rifling on the wheel-arch cladding, the fabulously eight-bit LED matrix lights with their 256 cubic ‘pixels’ or the ‘Zorro’ slash that gives the car’s flanks an arresting origami-like quality, all of which are carried over from the 45 concept of the 2019 Frankfurt motor show. It goes on: there are flush door handles, the neat spoiler is actually a wing, with slots allowing air to flow through it, and the solar-panel roof is used to power the car’s ancillary electrical systems and can in certain circumstances charge the battery. The Ioniq 5 has a combination of simplicity and detail that makes it hard to unhitch your gaze from its features, which is exactly the payback that Hyundai has earned from heavy investments in its design department. As far back as 2006, it hired Peter Schreyer (ex-Audi) to kick-start the brand’s transformation, and then, in 2015, Luc Donckerwolke (ex-Lamborghini, where he led the Diablo, Murciélago and Gallardo projects) joined the team. What you see is the result.

As hospitals in Delhi and many other cities run out of beds, people have been forced to find ways to get treatment for sick patients at home. Many have turned to the black market, where prices of essential medicines, oxygen cylinders and concentrators have skyrocketed and questionable drugs are now proliferating. On Monday, India recorded a new global high for daily coronavirus cases for a fifth straight day at 352, 991. Anshu Priya could not get a hospital bed in Delhi or its suburb of Noida for her father-in-law and as his condition continued to deteriorate. She spent most of Sunday looking for an oxygen cylinder but her search was futile. So she finally turned to the black market. She paid a hefty amount - 50,000 rupees ($670; £480) - to procure a cylinder that normally costs 6,000 rupees. With her mother-in-law also struggling to breathe, Anshu knew she may not be able to find or afford another cylinder on the black market. This is a familiar story not just in Delhi but also in Noida, Lucknow, Allahabad, Indore and so many other cities where families are desperately cobbling together makeshift arrangements at home. But most of India's po[CENSORED]tion cannot afford to do this. There are already several reports of people dying at the doorsteps of hospitals because they couldn't afford to buy essential drugs and oxygen on the black market. The BBC called several oxygen cylinder suppliers and most of them asked for at least 10 times more than the normal price. The situation is particularly dire in Delhi where there are no ICU beds left. Families of those who can afford it are hiring nurses and consulting doctors remotely to keep their loved ones breathing. Countries send urgent aid to Covid-stricken India Patients die without oxygen amid Delhi Covid surge Why India is running out of oxygen again How have you been affected by coronavirus in India? Email: haveyoursay@bbc.co.uk. But the struggles are huge from getting blood tests done to getting a CT scan or x-ray. Labs are overrun and it's taking up to three days for test results to come back. This is making it harder for treating doctors to assess the progression of the disease. CT scans are also used by doctors to asses the condition of the patient but it's taking days to get an appointment. Doctors say that these delays are putting many patients at risk. RT-PCR tests are also taking days. I know several sick patients who found a bed but couldn't get admitted as they didn't have a positive Covid report. Anuj Tiwari hired a nurse to assist in the treatment of his brother at home after he was refused admission in many hospitals. Some said they didn't have any free beds and others said they were not taking new patients due to continuing uncertainty over the supply of oxygen. A number of patients have died in Delhi due to a lack of oxygen supply. The city's hospitals are desperate and some have been issuing daily warnings, saying they are left with just a few hours of oxygen. Then the government swings into action and tankers are sent, which is often enough to run the hospital for a day. A doctor in Delhi said that was how hospitals were working and "there are real fears now that a big tragedy may happen". Given the scenario at hospitals, Mr Tiwari paid a hefty amount to procure a concentrator - which can extract oxygen from the air - keep his brother breathing. The doctor also asked him to arrange the anti-viral drug remdesivir, which has been given emergency-use approval in India and is being prescribed widely by doctors. The benefits of the drug - which was originally developed to treat Ebola - are still being debated across the world. Mr Tiwari couldn't find the drug in any medicine shop and eventually turned to the black market. His brother's condition continues to be critical and the treating doctor says he may soon need a hospital where remdesvir could be administered.

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A new iPhone 13 mini leak shows what could very well be the back of the smallest new iPhone for 2021 and, crucially, the rear pair of cameras rearranged to a diagonal setup rather than the vertical line seen on the iPhone 12 mini. The leak, sourced from a post on Chinese social media site Weibo, appears to be an actual photo of the purported iPhone 13 mini prototype. While there’s no way to tell if the device is functional or anything more than a hollow plastic mock-up, it’s still the first potential design we’re seeing in the wild – and more support for rumors that the rear cameras will indeed move to a diagonal setup. That idea surfaced in previous weeks, especially after iPhone 13 CAD models based on insider info showed the rear cameras arranged diagonally, followed by 3D renders showing the same info mocked up in modern iPhone style. The going theory is that the lenses may have been rearranged to house a larger camera sensor that may be trickling down from the iPhone 12 Pro Max, but it could just be Apple shaking things up in its design. Purple iPhone 12: we've got the new color phone, and here's what it looks like Hands on: Apple AirTag review iPhone 13 could support much faster 5G iPhone 13 mini: real or not? Of course, even an iPhone 13 mini rumor suggests we’ll get an iPhone 13 mini. The iPhone 12 range featured the debut of a mini-format Apple phone, which is the smallest handset the company has released in years, but sales were reportedly so low that Apple was considering shuttering production in the middle of 2021. But leaks have emerged suggesting we’re still getting an iPhone 13 mini, perhaps at the expense of other devices like the iPhone SE 3. That’s good news for folks who enjoyed an iOS device in a much smaller form factor, though hopefully, Apple will improve on its shortcomings (like, say, lasting a full day without needing to recharge the battery).

Chinese mining firm Bitmain has released a teaser of the company's upcoming Antminer E9 Ethereum miner. The company stated that the Antminer E9 would launch very soon, although it didn't commit to a specific date. The Antminer E9 could be the answer to gamers' prayers. If cryptocurrency miners jump on this new ASIC miner, they could forgo buying Nvidia's Ampere offerings, and maybe, just maybe, gamers will finally be able to pick up a gaming graphics card. The shelves won't magically fill themselves since cryptocurrency miners aren't the sole cause of the graphics card shortage; we can also blame the pandemic for that as well. Perhaps we could see more stock on the market, though. The Antminer E9 reportedly delivers an Ethereum hash rate up to 3 GH/s, equivalent to 32 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 (Ampere) graphics cards mining in unison. If Bitmain delivers on its promise, the Antminer E9 will be the fastest ASIC miner available and even outperform Linzhi's Phoenix Ethash ASIC miner that delivers up to 2,600 MH/s. Bitmain didn't reveal too many details about the Antminer E9 except that it draws up to 2,556W and flaunts a power efficiency of 0.85 J/M. Therefore, the Antminer E9 isn't just faster than the Phoenix miner but also more energy-efficient. For comparison, the Phoenix miner pulls 3,000W, meaning the Antminer E9 has 14.8% lower power consumption. Obviously, an ASIC miner of the caliber of 32 GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards will not come cheap. The current speculation on Twitter is that the Antminer E9 could sell for over $20,000 easily. Linzhi's Phoenix miner sells for between $11,300 and $13,700. Even at $30,000, the Antminer E9 could be a very attractive option for mining farms since GeForce RTX 3080 graphics cards start at $2,500 nowadays, and purchasing 32 of them comes down to a whopping $80,000. On the other hand, Nvidia probably won't be too pleased with the news of the Antminer E9 since the chipmaker's Ampere graphics cards are selling like hotcakes. Let's not forget that between $100 to $300 million of Nvidia's Q4 revenue originated from cryptomining sales alone. On top of that, Nvidia recently rolled out its Cryptocurrency Mining Processor (CMP) products that focus on Ethereum mining. A little over a week ago, Nvidia updated its Q1 forecast for CMP sales to peak at $150 million, three times higher than its original estimate. The Antminer E9 won't put a dent in Nvidia's cryptomining business unless Bitmain can produce the Ethereum miner on a large scale. It will certainly be a challenge given the global electronic component shortage that's hitting every industry.

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