Trevors are fighting back against the nerd stigma that’s tainted us for so long Trevor Cunningham: ‘We’re not seen as heroic or glamorous.’ Photograph: Rebecca Lupton/The Guardian I’ve never resented the name Trevor, but I have thought about it a lot. It’s not a weird name, it’s just not that common. I was named after the ambulance driver who took my mother to the hospital as I was about to be born. I’ve only ever met one other Trevor in person in my life. Growing up in the 1970s, it seemed that if there was a TV character who was a bit of a geek, he would be called Trevor. We’re not seen as heroic or glamorous. It was hurtful enough to make me wish I had a different name. After 35 years as an engineer, I retired in 2020 to Monton, a village near Manchester, and was volunteering at an Age UK charity shop two days a week. I’d done it for three years and enjoyed it, but decided I wanted to do something more fu There’s not a lot of money around these days, but there is a huge amount of skill, wisdom and experience, which costs nothing to share. I thought it would be cool if I could gather together a group of clever Trevors, from all over, who could help each other out by sharing their skills. If one Trevor writes in requesting advice, I just give them the email address of the person best placed and willing to help out. I wanted to recruit an army of Trevors (I also include people with the surname “Trevor”). I knew they were out there – the challenge was to find them. I started emailing professionals whose skills I thought would be useful to others on a day‑to‑day basis. My system is very basic. I Google “Trevor professional” and then find Trevors who are photographers, mechanics and so on. I wanted to discover ordinary people who really know their stuff. The other day I wrote to an audiologist, a public‑speaking expert named Trevor the Toastmaster, a botanist, a photographer and a golf pro. Maybe one in 30 will write back. Trevor the full-stack website developer replied, saying: “This is a bit weird, but I’ll help if I can.” I know it’s a unusual, but it’s a project with a good heart. For instance, someone wrote in wanting more information about antidepressants, and I connected him with the Trevor who’s a clinical practitioner. He’s not going to tell people which drug to take, but he could put them on the right path. I’ve now got 11 or 12 Trevors signed up. I think maybe if we have about 25 or 30, that would cover a lot for the time being. And I’m open to people who are a little bit out there. One person is a poet, counsellor and funeral celebrant who lives in Bristol. He’s offered to speak at the funeral of anyone in Bristol who’s called Trevor or is the loved one of a Trevor. I started work on the website in August last year. I saw that Trevor.com was taken, and thought Trevors United seemed too football-y. I went for Trevors Together, which has a nice alliteration. The data analytics and management company Trevor.io offered to help me out with data management for free. To spread the word, I started advertising in Private Eye in October, when the website went live. With the advertising and the website, I’ve spent less than £200 in total. This isn’t something I want to throw lots of money at; it’s more about the fun and creativity. It’s really important to me that everything is kept free – there absolutely must not be any exchange of money among people using the site. I’m basically creating a way for people to meet. Ultimately, the aim is for TrevorsTogether.com to help anyone, regardless of their name. But for now, to keep it manageable, it’s all about Trevors. It’s become my 9 to 5. The benefits for me are obvious. It pleases me that I’m trying to do a good thing, and it’s really got my tail wagging. I’ve realised that, like me, others get a buzz from helping people. Working on Trevors Together has changed my relationship with my name. Trevors are fighting back in the best possible way against the nerd stigma that has tainted us for as long as I can remember. Now I really like my name. I’m glad that not a lot of people are called Trevor. And I want the name Trevor to be synonymous with empathy, kindness and generosity. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/23/experience-i-run-an-online-support-group-for-people-called-trevor

Venomous snakes, primates and wildcats among creatures in domestic settings, wildlife charity Born Free finds A king cobra. Born Free said: ‘The majority of the animals that we’re talking about here will be held in people’s private homes or in their back yards or whatever.’ Photograph: Diego Azubel/EPA From camels in Wiltshire to bush vipers in Redditch, a veritable menagerie of wild animals is being kept in homes across Britain. According to data from the wildlife charity Born Free, there are more than 200 wildcats, 250 primates and 400 venomous snakes living in domestic settings across England, Wales and Scotland, with cobras, crocodiles, tigers, kangaroos and bison among other residents. Dr Mark Jones, a vet and Born Free’s head of policy, said the findings were of concern, noting that while some animals were held in groups on farms, most were kept in rather more modest surroundings. He said: “The majority of the animals that we’re talking about here will be held in people’s private homes or in their back yards or whatever.” The data was obtained by requesting the number of private licences granted by local authorities for animals recognised as dangerous under the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976. The approach excludes animals kept under zoo licences, required if animals are on show to the public for at least seven days a year. The charity found that more than 2,700 dangerous wild animals were being kept in private settings in Great Britain, with small wildcats – or crosses between these and domestic cats – the most common. The list also includes lemurs, dingoes, leopards and lions. The figure is a rise from the 2,500 dangerous wild animals recorded in 2022. More than 2,700 dangerous wild animals are licensed to be kept privately in Great Britain During the progress of the 1976 law through the House of Lords, Tufton Beamish said the general policy of the bill was clear. “It is that in future the keeping of dangerous wild animals by private individuals should be made a wholly exceptional circumstance,” he said. Jones said the number of wild animals being kept in private settings showed that the act was no longer fit for purpose. He said that to get a licence it was necessary to apply to the local authority, which should then inspect the premises. Jones said the resources and expertise councils had to do so varied enormously. “We’re really concerned that it’s proving far too easy for people to get licences for these animals, which really don’t belong in people’s homes,” he said, noting that unlike domesticated species, wild animals had not been bred “to live in people’s homes in close proximity to people, raising both animal welfare and health and safety issues”. He said another concern was that some exotic animals that ended up in private homes may have been taken from the wild, which could have implications for the conservation of po[CENSORED]tions and species. The charity also noted that the act did not cover species including constrictor snakes or monitor lizards that could also be considered potentially dangerous, while offspring of wild and domestic cat crosses were also exempt. “Born Free also discovered that some councils are unaware of the exact species of animal being kept, despite a requirement to identify this within the legislation, which raises further serious animal welfare, and health and safety, concerns,” the charity said. A spokesperson for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said: “Anyone wishing to keep an animal covered by the Dangerous Wild Animals Act must be carefully vetted and apply for a licence which sets out strict conditions under which the animals must be kept. “We keep this legislation under regular review to ensure it remains effective in keeping the public safe. We have also increased the maximum prison sentence for animal cruelty to five years, as well as bringing forward legislation to prohibit primates being kept as domestic pets.” Born Free disputed the latter point. “What the government is in the process of implementing is a private keeper licensing system,” the charity said. “As a result, it will remain legal for the continued keeping, breeding and trading of privately kept primates so long as the keeper acquires the appropriate licence. It is important that government messaging is clear and honest in this regard.” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/dangerous-wild-animals-kept-in-homes-in-great-britain

Israeli plan envisions indefinite Israeli control over Gaza, and no ‘unilateral recognition’ of Palestine. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented the plan for a post-war Gaza to the Israeli cabinet on Thursday [File: Ronen Zvulun/Reuters] The Palestinian Authority has sharply criticised a “day after” plan for Gaza presented by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling it “destined to fail”. “If the world wants security and stability in the region, it must end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories and recognise the independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital,” Nabil Abu Rudeineh, the spokesperson for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, was quoted as saying on Friday by the Palestinian state news agency Wafa. Netanyahu’s plan is his first official proposal for what comes after the war in Gaza – in which Israel has killed more than 29,000 Palestinians. According to the document, presented to members of Israel’s security cabinet on Thursday, Israel would maintain security and military control over all land west of Jordan, including the occupied West Bank and Gaza – territories where the Palestinians want to create their independent state. In the long-term goals listed, Netanayhu also rejected the “unilateral recognition” of a Palestinian state. He said a settlement with the Palestinians will only be achieved through direct negotiations between the two sides – but it did not name who the Palestinian party would be. In response, Abu Rudeineh rejected any effort to separate governance in Gaza from the West Bank. “Gaza will only be part of the independent Palestinian state … Any plans to the contrary are destined to fail,” he said. “Israel will not succeed in attempts to alter the geographic and demographic reality in the Gaza Strip.” “Netanyahu’s proposed plans aim to perpetuate Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories and prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state,” Abu Rudeineh added. The White House also added its unease with the plan, with US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby sauind that Washington had been “consistently clear with our Israeli counterparts” about what was needed in post-war Gaza. “The Palestinian people should have a voice and a vote… through a revitalised Palestinian Authority,” Kirby said. “We don’t believe in a reduction of the size of Gaza… we don’t want to see any forcible displacement of Palestinians outside Gaza and, of course, we don’t want to see Gaza dominated or ruled by Hamas.” Gaza to be run by ‘local officials’ The war in Gaza has revived international calls – including from Israel’s main backer, the United States – for the so-called two-state solution as the ultimate goal for resolving the decades-long Israel-Palestinian conflict. However, many senior Israeli politicians oppose the creation of a Palestinian state. While on Gaza, Netanyahu’s plan emphasised that the war would continue until Israel had achieved all of its announced goals: the dismantlement of military capabilities and infrastructure operated by Hamas and Islamic Jihad; the return of all captives taken on October 7; and the removal of all security threats originating from Gaza. The enclave will then be run by “local officials” who are not tied to “countries or entities that support terrorism”. Commenting on the plan, Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara said that the identity of these officials was unknown. “We don’t know who they are, he [Netanyahu] doesn’t know either … I don’t think they exist. There were attempts in the 1970s and 1980s to create such entities among the Palestinians and it failed in no time,” he said. It is also unclear whether representatives of the Palestinian Authority (PA) will be involved in controlling Gaza. Reporting from occupied east Jerusalem, Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut highlighted that, in his draft plan, Netanyahu did not mention the PA’s role. “He [Netanyahu] didn’t say this officially in his plan but used broader terminology probably to reach a consensus among his right-wing government,” she said. “Remember the Israeli prime minister is under immense pressure from the Americans who want to see a revitalised PA to take over once the war is over. But Netanyahu has been quiet defiant to come in and take over Gaza,” Salhut added. The Israeli prime minister’s plan also outlined demilitarisation and deradicalisation as goals to be achieved in the medium term in Gaza. It does not elaborate on when that intermediary stage would begin or how long it would last, but says that the “the Israeli army will maintain indefinitely the freedom to intervene in Gaza to prevent the resurgence of terror activity”. It also proposes that Israel have a presence on the Gaza-Egypt border in the south of the enclave and says that Israel should cooperate with Egypt and the US in that area to prevent smuggling attempts, including at the Rafah crossing. Plans for UNRWA’s closure Lastly, Netanyahu’s plan also says that the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, would be shut. Israel has long tried to eliminate the UN agency, which enshrines the right of Palestinian refugees to return home. Israel has recently made claims that UNRWA has links to Hamas, a claim that the body has fiercely denied, and that US intelligence assessments have cast doubt on, according to reports. Tamara Alrifai, UNRWA’s director of external relations and communications told Al Jazeera that attempts to get rid of UNRWA should be seen alongside efforts to remove the future prospect of a Palestinian state, highlighting Netanyahu’s display of a map of Israel that included the occupied West Bank, Gaza, and occupied East Jerusalem during an address at the UN General Assembly in September. “A map which includes and encompasses all the Palestinian territories where UNRWA works. I don’t find this a coincidence,” she said. According to Al Jazeera’s Bishara, this plan is not official and is one that Netanyahu is floating to the cabinet, in order to leak it to the media and to do a number of other things. “Firstly there is that approach towards his own base. He’s telling his radicals in the government and public that he remains steadfast … Secondly, I think it is quite stupid to be honest, because we know the Israelis have tried this [plan to take control of Gaza in some form or the other] before and it never worked,” Bishara said. “Lastly, it [the plan] is so sadist. We are in the midst of the fifth month of genocide against the Palestinian people. Still, the Israeli prime minister insists they will maintain control … that kind of sadism is unprecedented.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/23/palestinian-authority-says-israeli-post-war-gaza-plan-destined-to-fail

Kurz receives eight month suspended sentence after being found guilty of lying to a parliamentary inquiry. Before his legal troubles, Austria's conservative former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz was once seen as a 'wunderkind' of European conservative politics after he became Austria's leader at the age of 31 in 2017 [Leonhard Foeger/Reuters] Austria’s former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has received an eight-month suspended sentence after being found guilty of perjury by a Vienna court after a four-month trial. The former leader, once hailed as a “wunderkind” of Europe’s conservatives, had denied downplaying his influence over the appointment of executives to the state-holding company OBAG when he was chancellor, and whose appointments were formally his finance minister’s responsibility. But Kurz’s corruption case centred on his testimony to a parliamentary commission of inquiry that he was “involved in the sense of informed”, but did not play an active role in appointments. The court, however, agreed with prosecutors that Kurz was actually the ultimate decision-maker, and produced evidence, including text messages and testimony from former loyalist Thomas Schmid, the first head of OBAG, who turned state witness. “I find this part of the ruling very unfair,” Kurz said after the ruling. “We have appealed and I am very optimistic that we will receive a ruling in our favour in the second instance.” The trial and other ongoing corruption investigations have damaged the reputation of the charismatic hardliner, and damaged any chance he had of a political comeback. In 2017, Kurz became one of the youngest leaders in the world at age 31 and formed a coalition with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO). Amid a scandal in 2019 when the FPO’s leader was embroiled in a video sting, the coalition collapsed. Kurz then won a snap election and formed a coalition with the Greens, who later forced him from office in 2021 due to the corruption investigation. But his Austrian People’s Party continues to lead the government under current Chancellor Karl Nehammer. Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz waves as he leaves a session of the Parliament in Vienna, Austria May 27, 2019 [File: Leonhard Foeger/Reuters] Kurz has insisted he is innocent of having misled a parliamentary inquiry probing wide-ranging corruption scandals that brought down his first government with the far right in 2019. Throughout the trial, he portrayed himself as the victim of selective prosecution and an opposition out to “destroy him”. Kurz said that while he had been informed about Schmid’s appointment, he did not decide on it and dismissed suggestions that he had sought to control everything. On the other hand, Schmid testified that Kurz had built up a “system” where he held the reins and could veto any appointment of personnel in critical companies. Separately, prosecutors are still investigating Kurz on suspicion of having embezzled public money to fund polls skewed to boost his image and pay for the favourable coverage that allowed for his success in 2017. However, they have so far failed to obtain any convictions since a video emerged in 2019 showing Kurz’s then-vice chancellor of the FPO offering public contracts to a purported Russian investor for campaign help. After leaving politics, the conservatives, who are in an election year, have slid to second or third in the polls, making it likely that they will lose seats in a parliamentary election this year, prompting speculation that Kurz could eventually return to lead the party and reverse its fortunes. Polls, however, have shown that a clear majority of Austrians say they do not want to see his return to government, and Kurz has said that he is happy as a businessman and is now involved with numerous private international enterprises. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/23/former-austrian-chancellor-sebastian-kurz-found-guilty-of-perjury

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Fresh off a mid-cycle refresh, Jeep's lifted V-8 Wrangler remains an entertaining escape from the sensible. It's important to maintain some levity in our lives, distractions to help keep our moods light. While the metaverse and pop-star hookups may entertain some, we posit that a more effective pursuit involves big tires, a powerful V-8, and the ability to transport you far from the daily grind, both literally and figuratively. Jeep, by way of its updated 2024 Wrangler Rubicon 392, seems to agree. HIGHS: Shockingly quick, goes almost anywhere, welcome interior enhancements. Within the greater strata of charismatic off-roaders, this Jeep's 6.4-liter V-8 develops roughly a third as much power (470 horses) as your average Monster Jam competitor, and its 35-inch BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KO2 tires are only around half as tall. But that hasn't stopped the Wrangler 392 from being a heroically ridiculous middle finger to the sensibilities of the uninitiated (and good luck getting Grave Digger into your garage). From the whopping 90 decibels of full-throttle thunder leaving its active exhaust to the tire-squawking hole shots it can pull at stop lights, few vehicles encourage deviant behavior like this Jeep. Disturbing the peace is its raison d'être. MARC URBANO|CAR AND DRIVER But you already knew this because the Wrangler 392 is not new. In our test of a 2022 model, we called it a "rocket-propelled basset hound," a somehow fitting descriptor for this 5413-pound covered wagon that can hit 60 mph in 4.0 seconds and cover the quarter-mile in 12.8 seconds at 104 mph. That it's also imbued with the same over-the-road qualities as pedestrian Wrangler models—ponderous recirculating-ball steering, a buckboard ride from two live axles, and a cramp-inducing lack of a dead pedal—makes those test results even more impressive, if a little unsettling. Drivers take note: You'll still need at least 194 feet to stop this thing from 70 mph, and it orbits the skidpad with a meager 0.71 g of grip (though those are improvements over the 2022 model's 218-foot and 0.70-g efforts, respectively). Updated Innards While the 392's brashness remains its charm, the Wrangler's mid-cycle refresh does bring some noteworthy refinements for the 2024 model year. Beyond a seven-slot grille that's been subtly rejiggered to better accommodate a newly optional 8000-pound Warn winch in the front bumper, a redesigned interior adds greater convenience when you're terrorizing the countryside. The highlight is a slick new 12.3-inch touchscreen that's horizontally arranged atop the lightly revised upper dashboards of all trim levels. Wireless phone mirroring is standard, with higher trims like the 392 gaining built-in navigation with Jeep's Badge of Honor trail guidance for certain mapped trail systems. As interfaces go, this is one of the better ones, offering an intuitive menu structure, quick responses to inputs, and crisp graphics for easy legibility. MARC URBANO|CAR AND DRIVER LOWS: Primitive handling, costs six figures with options, the Sierra Club may throw soup on it. Elsewhere, the 392's front seats have been reengineered and fitted with 12-way power adjustments, and like all 2024 Wranglers, its exterior mast antenna has been swapped out for an in-windshield unit. Side-curtain airbags also have been integrated into the rollover structure, while top trims get a cabin upgrade with some softer trim pieces, additional sound insulation around the windshield, and dual-pane front side window glass. Sadly, those sound-attenuating measures don't amount to much, barely dropping the noise level inside at 70 mph, from 76 decibels to 75—even louder than in our long-term Ford Bronco. Less Work, More Play But if creature comforts are guiding your potential 392 purchase, you're doing it wrong. Merely entertaining a 470-hp Wrangler on 35s requires a lull in common sense and a surplus of life insurance. Just look at its result on our 75-mph highway fuel-economy test: 13 mpg, the same as its EPA city estimate, and we averaged just 12 mpg overall. No, this is a novelty item for escaping the mundane, offering a commanding view of the road that imparts a sense of invincibility from behind the wheel—if you can't outrun it, you can drive over it. And considering its meaty tires, full-time four-wheel-drive system with low range, 3.5 inches of suspension lift from the newly standard Xtreme Recon 35-Inch Tire package (previously a $3995 option), a new fully floating Dana 44 rear axle, front and rear locking differentials, and a high-performance Off Road Plus drive mode, that's probably true. https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a46785457/2024-jeep-wrangler-rubicon-392-test/

Analysis gives clues as to why butterflies and moths have been resilient through dramatic changes on Earth – and could help with future conservation A peacock butterfly. Researchers looked at more than 200 genomes of butterflies and moths as part of the study. Photograph: Andrew Bladon/University of Cambridge/AFP/Getty Images The genomes of butterflies and moths have remained largely unchanged for more than 250m years despite their enormous species diversity, according to a new study published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution. In the face of rapid environmental changes in the 21st century, the researchers said the analysis gives clues as to how Lepidoptera – the order of winged insects that contains butterflies and moths – have been so resilient throughout dramatic changes on Earth. Researchers at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Edinburgh looked at more than 200 genomes – a complete set of the genetic information needed to build and maintain an organism – of butterflies and moths to better understand their evolutionary history. They traced the genetic code back to the very first butterflies and identified 32 ancestral chromosomes that are the building blocks of nearly all lepidopterans. Prof Mark Blaxter, the senior author of the study and the head of the Tree of Life programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: “All life is connected by a common thread – DNA. Our DNA sequences record our deep history. We were able to look at the evolutionary history of butterflies through their genome to go back to their common ancestor, to the great-great-great-etcetera-grandmother of all butterflies. We found they had been remarkably stable.” He added: “There is a contrast between the butterflies that have 16 times as many species as mammals but have a much more stable genetic foundation. It’s just amazing!” Lepidoptera is among the most diverse animal groups known to science, making up approximately 10% of living organisms on Earth. Most moths and butterflies species today have 31 chromosomes, but a rare subset of species that includes the chalkhill blue butterfly, common during the British summer, has 90, the scientists found – breaking the species groups’ genetic norms. A bee lands on a purple flower Food, soil, water: how the extinction of insects would transform our planet Read more Charlotte Wright, the first author and a PhD student at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, said: “The bigger question we are trying to understand is how biodiversity evolves at a broader scale. We want to know what the biggest features are from its genome that underlie the success of moths and butterflies. How can we make sense of the fact that this group makes up 10% of described species? What makes it different from other species groups that are nowhere near as successful?” The researchers said their findings can help with conservation efforts for the species amid a rapid loss of the planet’s biodiversity, which some scientists have called the sixth mass extinction. Many insect species, including crucial pollinators, are experiencing alarming declines. Research by Butterfly Conservation released in 2023 found that since 1976, butterfly species have vanished from almost half of the places where they once flew in the UK. The researcher team said lepidopterans were powerful indicators of ecosystem health – and that a deeper understanding of butterfly and moth biology will inform future research on adaptation for biodiversity conservation. “When the human genome was released in 2010, it was still in millions of pieces and we had stitched those pieces together but there were still many gaps in the letters of the code,” Blaxter said. “There were jigsaw pieces missing. With the butterfly genomes, we have all of the pieces. For the majority of the species we have looked at, it is the first time we have had a genome at all.” Find more age of extinction coverage here, and follow biodiversity reporters Phoebe Weston and Patrick Greenfield on X for all the latest news and features https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/feb/21/butterfly-genome-has-barely-changed-for-250m-years-study-finds-aoe

Galeno scored the late winner for Porto in their Champions League last-16 first leg against Arsenal. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images Mikel Arteta has known only frustration at Arsenal in the Champions League last 16. When he was a player, he tasted defeat at this stage of the competition for five consecutive seasons – part of a wider run of seven last‑16 exits from 2011 to 2017. That was then. But here, after a stressful night in Porto against a team with rather more recent experience of this kind of occasion, when the margins were so excruciatingly thin, Arteta got the same sinking feeling. Pepe in action for Porto against Arsenal Pepe still top dog as Arsenal’s new tricks fail to flummox Porto’s veteran Read more Nothing has yet been decided. And Arsenal will take heart from when they last won a Champions League knockout tie. It was in 2010 against Porto when they overturned a 2‑1 first‑leg deficit from this magnificent arena with a 5-0 victory in the ­Emirates Stadium return. This was another first-leg battle defined by defensive tightness, the closing of spaces, a lack of rhythm; the whistle never seemed to be far from the lips of the referee, Serdar Gozubuyuk. Porto defended deeply. They made life extremely difficult. Even more pronounced was the impression that both sets of players were acutely aware of how much an error might cost. Nobody wanted to make one. It was cagey from the first whistle for a reason. Arsenal would surely have taken a scoreless draw beforehand and the feeling would harden as the minutes ticked down. And yet at the very end of stoppage time, Arteta’s team were unhinged to spark wild scenes from the Porto bench, substitutes and staff ­members streaming everywhere; the crowd in delirium. Arsenal failed to clear once and then again, Gabriel ­Martinelli passing straight to Otavio who returned it to Galeno, 25 yards out and to the left of centre. The danger was not exactly pronounced. But with Declan Rice dropping off, the Porto winger stepped inside and shaped a curler for the far top corner. When David Raya clutched at thin air, Porto had lift‑off. Arsenal’s Kai Havertz’s looks dismayed after Galeno’s winner. Photograph: Michael Regan/Getty Images It was Arteta’s first Champions League knockout tie as a manager and a stark contrast to how his team had breezed through the group stage on their return to the competition after a six‑season gap. Arsenal had plenty of the ball and yet it was mainly sterile possession, lacking in zip or incision. They did not have a chance in open play that was worthy of the name, all of their threat coming from set pieces whipped in by Rice. Gabriel went the closest at the start of stoppage time, heading just off target. There was not enough aggression from Arsenal and they paid a heavy price when they failed to manage the very last minute. Porto were 4-5-1 without the ball but Francisco Conceição – son of the manager, Sergio – and Galeno were quick to get up the flanks in possession. Eduardo Pepê tucked in on the right of the midfield. All three were dangerous. The idea was to break quickly – the hosts did not need to hog the ball – and they flickered during a first half of high tension and only one real chance. What a chance it was, the stadium sound guy so convinced that Galeno had scored that he pressed play on the celebration beats before quickly locating pause. Galeno had scuffed the first shot somewhat after a Conceição ball in from the right on 22 minutes, ­watching the effort fly off the far post, but when it ricocheted back to him he had to score. He lashed inches past the other post. Arsenal’s defenders had seemed to freeze. How had the net not swelled? It had been important for ­Arsenal not to do anything silly in the early running; the order of the ­evening was to give the crowd nothing to rally behind. Which only made Rice’s ­yellow card after 67 seconds so ­worrying. He was never going to get there before Galeno and he did not, stretching in to foul him. Rice clambered up on to the tightrope. Arsenal were too predictable before the interval, relying purely on corners. It felt as though Rice took an age before delivering them. A deli­berate tactic to provoke anxiety and chaos inside the six-yard box; physical duels, too? Or just a symptom of ­Arsenal’s lack of purpose? They could not quite profit, William Saliba ­heading the clearest opening off target after winning a wrestling match. Victor Osimhen celebrates his goal as Barcelona’s substitutes look on Victor Osimhen strikes for Napoli to leave Barcelona tie in the balance Read more Arsenal’s fast first halves have been a feature of their Champions League campaign; 12 of their 16 goals have come before the interval – no other team in the competition have scored more. This occasion was different, Porto rather wilier opponents. They may lag seven points off the domestic title pace – it will be 10 if Sporting win a game in hand – but they have been regulars in the last 16 of Europe’s elite tournament under Conceição. Arteta had stuck with the XI which handed out drubbings to West Ham and Burnley; Kai Havertz in the pocket to the left, Leandro Trossard as a false nine. It was a night, though, when his team could get little going. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/feb/21/porto-arsenal-champions-league-last-16-first-leg-match-report

After spending much of her life on the coast, Lissie Turner heard a river calling. Despite floods, droughts and occasional porcine misdeeds, she’s glad she answered Lissie Turner and her husband on one of their planting days on the property. Photograph: Lissie Turner As I walked around the back of the house, I saw the bins first. Both were tipped over, rubbish everywhere. A trail of messy clues that would no doubt lead to a very happy perpetrator. The upturned table, the gas cooker on the back lawn, tins of beans crushed by a sizeable jaw, the toilet door off its hinges and the toilet itself covered in mud. The final clue left no shadow of doubt – a hole in the side of the food cupboard in the shape of Tina the pig. I first laid eyes on this house 10 months ago. I found it during one of many daydreaming sessions, scrolling through a real estate website, imagining all the different lives I could live in all the different homes. Sometimes, I searched “coastal”, other times “apartment”, but mostly I searched “rural”. In every search there was one consistent filter: “river”. Fast forward through months of house renovations, the second largest natural disaster in Australian colonised history and some of the wobbliest days I’d ever experienced and there I was, following a trail of refuse on the wraparound porch to find one very content, 180kg teacup pig sleeping beside our accepting border collie, Ziggy. Tina sleeping with Ziggy the border collie. Photograph: Lissie Turner In my career as a music journalist/radio broadcaster, I’d broken bread with some of the biggest names in music and entertainment, from Quentin Tarantino to Pharrell Williams to Debbie Harry. In that moment, staring down at Tina in bewilderment, I wondered – and not for the first time – how the hell I’d gotten here. Growing up in the western suburbs of Brisbane, I would lose myself for hours on an “island” I’d create on the front lawn using a circle of garden hose. I would sit all day in that circle with my packed snacks and daydream of a life by the sea. I barely swam in the ocean as a kid, but at 17 I took myself there. Over the next 30 years I barely left the coast – from Western Australia to far north Queensland, to Sydney and the Gold Coast. I spent 11 years near the waves of northern NSW. But something else tugged at me. Something that meant neither my husband, nor our kids were strangers to being packed up on weekends to look at places that were dry, hot and far from ocean breezes. I was dreaming about land; big degraded agricultural land. Land that we could regenerate, on a stretch of riverbank we could restore. In June 2021, we pulled up to an open inspection for the house that would become our home. It was only about an hour’s drive away, to the west of Lismore at the southern end of Bundjalung country, but the landscape on the other side of the lush hinterland was harsh and expansive, a place where green sat closer to grey. It was land prized for its capacity to produce beef and sugar, rather than loved for its beauty. Hazel Hog takes a nap. Photograph: Lissie Turner The 100-year-old farmhouse was stunning on the outside. Inside, it was dark. There were holes in the floor. Unfinished walls. Dangling power cables. Rotten carpets and nicotine-stained ceilings. We wandered through the fluorescent-green kitchen to the back door. There in the back yard, invisible from the road, right behind the old birdbath and the sign that read Cecil’s Garden, was a river. A wide stretch of the once mighty Richmond, 15m from the back porch. Two days later, we put in an offer. Against every bit of logic, without any idea of how we were going to make money, we were trading our two green acres north of Brunswick Heads for treeless, heavily pugged soil on the most wounded river in NSW. Two surfers heading out to hardcore cattle and cane country. “I’m not here to make friends,” I told my husband as we followed the removal truck three months later. “I’m here to do this project and that’s it.” On the coast, I already had a community I loved, in a place where I had felt more at home than any other. I was not moving to the river to bond with people, but to create habitat. It’s been two-and-a-half years since this deranged adventure began. Since March 2022, when the largest flood ever recorded moved through the Northern Rivers of NSW like a liquid excavator scouring the riverbanks bare, we’ve planted 8,000 native trees and 2,000 native grasses to weave them back together. Sunset on the property. Photograph: Lissie Turner We built a billabong for native aquatic species. We’ve connected with the most incredible environmental organisations, and created The Prana Project, to explore restoring mental health through restoring habitat. We’ve received so much vital wisdom from mob. We’ve stayed financially sustainable through grants, teaching yoga and organising retreats. We’ve had six frosts in three weeks. Our water tanks have bulged and run dry – twice. Candice Chung sits on the bare floor of an empty living room, eating from plates placed on a piece of fabric resembling a picnic rug My big move: leaving Sydney for Glasgow, suddenly I was an old-school migrant again Read more We see koalas daily and spy brolgas on our 40-minute drive to the beach. We’ve grown apples and silverbeet, lettuce and beetroot. We’ve sunk in mud deeper than our gumboots are high. Our kids are still not back in their schools, which were devastated by the floods. But we’ve had some of the happiest days of our lives here and Tina and Hazel Hog have found pig heaven. As for friends, even though we set out not to make any, we inadvertently have. On a patch of old farming land, on the banks of a river calling for care, we have found a kind of calm we never knew possible. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/feb/21/my-big-move-we-were-two-surfers-heading-to-cattle-and-cane-country-against-every-bit-of-logic

Government and SNP condemn Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for his handling of the Gaza ceasefire debate. Speaker Lindsay Hoyle returned to the House of Commons to apologise after causing controversy by allowing a Labour amendment on a ceasefire in Gaza to go ahead [Maria Unger/Handout via Reuters] The UK’s House of Commons has descended into chaos as the government and the Scottish National Party (SNP) condemned Speaker Lindsay Hoyle for his handling of a key vote on support for a ceasefire in Gaza. SNP members of parliament (MPs) and some Conservatives walked out of the chamber on Wednesday in an apparent protest at the speaker’s actions as the debate reached its conclusion. Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt claimed Hoyle had “hijacked” the debate and “undermined the confidence” of the House in its longstanding rules by allowing MPs to vote on a Labour amendment to an SNP motion calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in Gaza and Israel. The initial SNP motion also called for an end to the “collective punishment of the Palestinian people” by Israel. But Labour’s motion included language that caveated calls for a ceasefire by noting that “Israel cannot be expected to cease fighting if Hamas continues with violence”. It had been expected that Hoyle would prioritise a government amendment to the SNP motion, which sought an “immediate humanitarian pause” – and not a ceasefire – to Israel’s war on Gaza. However, by instead prioritising the opposition Labour Party’s rival motion, Hoyle was accused of breaking precedent. More importantly, the decision allowed Labour to avoid a potentially damaging split over the SNP motion, with some Labour MPs willing to support it, but party leadership telling its parliamentarians not to vote for it without the Labour amendment. The number of Labour MPs willing to vote against the directive from party leader Keir Starmer would likely have led to the biggest revolt against his leadership since he became leader of the opposition in 2020. Instead, by bringing the Labour motion forward, Hoyle gave potential rebels the opportunity to support their party leadership instead of the SNP, while still backing a ceasefire – even if the motion’s language was less blunt than the Scottish party’s. Israel’s assault on Gaza has led to a damaging split within Labour ahead of what many observers believe will be a return to power for the party in the next UK general elections, which must be held before the end of January next year. Much of the party’s traditional voter base, and previous leader Jeremy Corbyn, are vocal supporters of the Palestinian cause. But, with Starmer attempting to move away from Corbyn’s legacy, the man regarded as prime minister in waiting has avoided heavy criticism of Israel and has been accused of ignoring the plight of the Palestinians. Speaker denies accusations SNP MPs were understood to have headed to the voting lobby after the walkout from the chamber. Ian Blackford, an SNP MP, told Al Jazeera that the day’s events in parliament had distracted from events in Gaza and made the eventual vote less impactful. “[The Labour Party] came up with this proposition that allowed them to have a vote, and the purpose of that – particularly when the government party [the Conservatives] wouldn’t participate in it – meant that our meaningful vote … wasn’t taken,” Blackford said. “I regret that tonight we’re having to discuss this, rather than discuss the need of protecting the people in Gaza that need that ceasefire to take place.” One Conservative MP, William Wragg, has brought forward a parliamentary motion expressing no confidence in the speaker, a sign of the anger of some parliamentarians at what is perceived to be a deviation from the speaker’s traditionally neutral role. Hoyle returned to the House of Commons later in the evening and apologised. “I have tried to do what I thought was the right thing for all sides of this House,” Hoyle said. “It is regrettable, and I apologise, that the decision didn’t end up in the place that I wished.” According to Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett, reporting from London, Hoyle denied favouring “one set of politicians over the other”. “It has ended in this real farce,” Fawcett added. “The Labour amendment [went] through because no Conservatives took part in the vote. The SNP motion, which began the whole story, was not voted on at all; the SNP and Conservatives are furious.” “Keir Starmer [and] his Labour Party have kind of gotten out of a sticky mess, but it leaves parliament looking extremely compromised. What was a serious debate about this crucial issue about civilian life in Gaza has ended in this procedural nightmare.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/uk-parliament-speaker-gives-labour-leadership-gaza-ceasefire-vote-reprieve

Video of the United States representative has gone viral after he clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters in Washington. US congressman tells pro-Palestine activist ‘we should kill 'em all’ Muslims, Democrats and social media users expressed their displeasure on Wednesday with remarks made by Republican Representative Andy Ogles of Tennessee, who responded to an activist’s question about the deaths of Palestinian children in Gaza by asserting that “we should kill ‘em all”. In a statement released Wednesday, the American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC) “unequivocally” denounced Ogles and wrote that his remarks were tantamount to advocating for “the extermination of the Palestinian people”. Noting an increase in anti-Muslim attacks across Tennessee since Israel began its indiscriminate bombing and blockade of Gaza in October, AMAC wrote: “Such rhetoric is not only abhorrent but also antithetical to our values as a state. It is such rhetoric that has continued to foster a political climate where extremist ideologies flourish, empowering neo-Nazis to openly parade through our streets and allowing genocidal sentiments to go unchallenged. This cannot be tolerated any longer. As citizens of Tennessee, we deserve better representation from those elected to office.” On the social media platform known as X, the opprobrium directed at Ogles was even worse, with one user writing Wednesday: “Name em and shame em! Say hi to Andrew ‘I think we should kill em all’ Ogles. This extraordinary piece of feces is a USA congressman.” Another user, posting as Saira Rao, wrote: Andrew Ogles, a sitting member of Congress, says the quiet part out loud. ‘I think we should kill ‘em all.’ He states WE [America] are responsible for killing all Palestinians [genocide]. Congress + Biden + Entire Cabinet are ALL WAR CRIMINALS Palestine will be free.” Noting that Palestinians are also Semitic people, Susan Jones posted on X: “‘I think we should kill ‘em all.’ @AndrewOgles #SenatorofTennessee Has NO Shame in his admission of #USIsraeliINTENT to commit #USIsraeliGenocide of #IndigenousSEMITICPalestinians and the IRONY is completely lost on the ignorant that #KillingPalestiniansISANTISEMITISM!!!” Ogles’s comments were in response to a pro-Palestinian activist who peppered him with questions as the two walked through a corridor in the United States Capitol. “I’ve seen the footage of shredded children’s bodies,” the activist told Ogles. “That’s my taxpayer dollars that are going to bomb those kids.” Ogles responded bluntly: “You know what? So, I think we should kill ’em all if that makes you feel better. Hamas and the Palestinians have been attacking Israel for 20 years. It’s time to pay the piper.” Finally, Ogles turned towards a camera and uttered a final comment before walking away: “Death to Hamas!” In an email to the congressman’s hometown newspaper, The Tennessean, Ogles’s spokesperson Emma Settle wrote: “The Congressman was not referring to Palestinians, he was clearly referring to the Hamas terrorist group.” The exchange between Ogles and the activist occurred on February 15, but video footage of Ogles’s remarks was posted to social media hours after the administration of President Joe Biden vetoed a ceasefire resolution at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, representing the third time since Israel’s assault began that the US has voted against a suspension of hostilities in Gaza. A first-term congressman, Ogles represents Tennessee’s gerrymandered 5th district, which was created in 2022 to favour Republican candidates and includes a swath of the state capital of Nashville. Hours before the US exercised its veto, a spokesman for the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that Gaza is “poised to witness an explosion in preventable child deaths” as malnutrition and disease spread rapidly across the enclave. Israeli forces have killed more than 12,400 children in Gaza since October 7, according to Palestinian health authorities. More than 600,000 children are currently trapped in the city of Rafah on the Egyptian border, with Israeli forces preparing to invade. Additionally, officials with the charity organisation Save the Children say that nearly 10 Palestinian children in Gaza per day have lost one or both of their legs since October. “After four months of relentless violence, we are running out of words to describe what children and families in Gaza are going through, as well as the tools to respond in any adequate way,” Jason Lee, Save the Children’s country director for the occupied Palestinian territory, said in a statement Tuesday. “The scale of death and destruction is astronomical.” “Children are being failed by the adults who should be protecting them,” Lee added. “It’s beyond time for the adults in the room to step up their responsibilities and legal obligations to children caught up in a conflict they played no part in, who just want to be able to live.” A Nashville Metro Council member, Zulfat Suara, told The Tennessean that she learned about Ogles’s comments while at a council meeting Tuesday night. Coincidentally, on the agenda that evening was a resolution condemning the public display of Nazi symbols, chants and hate speech in downtown Nashville during a rally last weekend. Born in Nigeria, Suara, a Democrat, is the first Muslim person elected to the metropolitan government of Nashville and Davidson County. She said that rhetoric like Ogles’s encourages people “to march and preach hate”. She told The Tennessean: “In the conflict overseas, I have been very mindful of what I say and how I say it because I want to make sure that my Jewish friends are not hurt in what I say and to make sure that my Palestinian families are taken care of. But when legislators at the federal level and the state level continue to demonize people, continue to only look at one side and not the other, that’s the result that we see on the streets. And I hope that we will continue to do better. “This otherization, this demonization, this ‘Kill them all’ is only breaking us apart.” https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/21/us-congressman-andy-ogles-stirs-outrage-with-gaza-comment-kill-them-all

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