The energy crisis triggered by the war in Iran “has made the economic logic of renewables impossible to ignore”, the top United Nations climate change official, Simon Stiell, told leading figures in international climate negotiations on Thursday

good riddens 😍

cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/26110589

The BBC’s news operation is to cut costs by a steeper-than-expected 15%, with staff told to expect heavy redundancies.

The division, home to about a quarter of all BBC staff, is being saddled with one of the highest cost-cutting targets as the corporation attempts to cut as many as 2,000 jobs in the biggest downsizing of the public service broadcaster in 15 years.

Last month, staff were informed that, on average across the BBC, about 10% of the corporation’s 21,500 employees would be affected as part of a £600m cost-cutting plan, but it was not clear at the time that news operations would see even deeper cuts.

Staff at divisions across the BBC are being informed of the level of cuts, with details to be announced in June, and those affected to be told in September.

Great, so, Sword of Damocles for four months. I've played this game, and it isn't fun.

prison labor

Hubris is a hell of a drug

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46723177

May 1, 2026
[weekly newsletter about Cuba (with YouTube video links) from the Belly Of The Beast news collective. Their videos can also be found at: https://peertube.world/c/cuba_botb_videos/videos]

On International Workers' Day, as protests around the world linked economic hardship to U.S. military aggression, Donald Trump issued an executive order intensifying his administration’s war on the Cuban people.

This week, we look at the sweeping order, which is the latest escalation in a decades-long economic war designed to bring about regime change by suffocating the island’s economy.

Also:

• Amid U.S. Aggression, Cubans March on May Day
• U.S. Voices Against the Blockade
• Cuba's "Magic Formula" for World-Class Musicians
• New Report: Cuban Babies Killed by U.S. Sanctions
• Senate Blocks Resolution to Stop Attack on Cuba
• Cuba Turns to Local Crude to Counter Oil Blockade
• Fact-checking Marco Rubio
• Cuban-American Billionaire on Trump Guest List
• The Cost of the U.S. War on Cuban Doctors
• ICE Arrests Multiply, Green Cards Diminish
• Tourism Drops in Cuba Amid Oil Blockade
• Cuba Collaborates with FBI in Kidnapping Case
• Belly of the Beast Recommends

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/63568571

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/63568513

President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order broadening U.S. sanctions against the Cuban government, two White House officials told Reuters. He seeks to put more pressure on Havana, following his administration's challenge to Venezuela's leadership. The new sanctions target people, entities and affiliates supporting Cuba's security apparatus, or those complicit in corruption or serious human rights violations, officials said. Government agents, officials or supporters are also included. It was not immediately clear which specific people or entities were impacted by the sanctions under the order, which Reuters first reported. The order authorizes secondary sanctions for conducting or facilitating transactions with those targeted under the order, officials said.

CEO pay increased 20 times faster than worker pay around the world in 2025, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the International Trade Union Confederation, the world’s largest trade union federation.

When adjusted for inflation, global worker pay declined 12% between 2019 and 2025, the equivalent of 108 days of free work during that time period. In comparison, CEO compensation increased by 54% between 2019 and 2025.

The average CEO received $8.4m in total compensation in 2025 compared to $7.6m in 2024.

President Donald Trump said “yeah, I probably will,” when asked whether he would consider pulling U.S. troops from Italy and Spain. “Why shouldn't I? Italy has not been of any help to us and Spain has been horrible. Absolutely horrible,” he replied, doubling down on his argument that NATO allies have not supported the U.S. during the Iran war. “We helped them [Europe] with Ukraine… but when we needed them, they were not there. We have to remember that.” As of December 2025, there were 12,662 U.S. active-duty personnel stationed in Italy and 3,814 in Spain, according to data from the U.S. Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC). While Spain has yet to respond to Trump mulling over the troops, Italy’s Defense Minister Guido Crosetto has pushed back. “I wouldn't understand the reasons behind it. As is clear to anyone, we haven't used the Strait of Hormuz. And we've even offered to carry out a mission to protect shipping—a gesture that, incidentally, was greatly appreciated by the U.S. military,” he told Italian ANSA news agency.

Flotilla members said Israeli troops used 'extreme violence' during the midnight raid, smashing engines and leaving damaged vessels abandoned in open waters