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Ye of little faith? The tax loophole that turns old pubs into places of worship

A complex corporate network is enabling big landlords to avoid business rates by claiming religious exemption – and costing cash-strapped councils millions

The Guardian - UK

Couple’s hope for compensation from easyJet for disruption after rejection

The couple’s easyJet flight from Heraklion airport to Luton had been cancelled due to an air traffic control glitch.

The Independent UK

Couple estimates ‘about £2,200’ loss due to flight disruption

Tom Perry said his flight from Crete had been cancelled about an hour before he planned to leave for the airport.

The Independent UK

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Exclusive-Assad approved Syria quake aid with a UAE nudge, sources say

President Bashar al-Assad ceded to calls for more aid access to Syria's northwest with prodding from the United Arab Emirates, sources say, a diplomatic win for the Gulf state which has rebuilt ties with Damascus despite U.S. disapproval.

Reuters

Analysis-After allowing quake aid routes, Syria's Assad may expect reward

By allowing aid to enter rebel-held northwest Syria through more border crossings from Turkey, President Bashar al-Assad has given way to a demand of his foreign adversaries. The question now, say analysts, is what he may want in return.

Reuters

Analysis-Earthquake in Syria offers leverage to isolated Assad

President Bashar al-Assad is seeking political advantage from an earthquake that has devastated large parts of Syria and Turkey, pressing for foreign aid to be delivered through his territory as he aims to chip away at his international isolation, analysts say.

Reuters

Hope fades for survivors as Turkey-Syria earthquake toll passes 20,000

Cold, hunger and despair gripped hundreds of thousands of people left homeless after the earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria three days ago as the death toll passed 20,000 on Thursday.

Reuters

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Lebanese opposition lawmakers stage sit-in to demand new president

Independent lawmakers in Lebanon are staging a sit-in at parliament to pile pressure on dominant factions to elect a new president nearly three months since the post fell vacant with the country in the throes of an economic crisis.

Reuters

Why does cheese taste like cheese? Food experts explain how microbes work magic

Have you ever wondered how all the different types adorning your festive cheese board, from the hard to the soft, the fragrant to the stinky, are created?

Inverse

Analysis-Iran crackdown may burnish Raisi's credentials for top job

By tightening curbs on women's rights, President Ebrahim Raisi has boosted his hardline credentials and possibly his prospects of becoming Iran's Supreme Leader, even at the cost of provoking mass protests and driving a wedge between many Iranians and the ruling elite, three analysts and a pro-reform official said.

Reuters

Can cheese combat climate change?

These Vermont cheesemakers think so

Salon

Families mourn as at least 76 die on Lebanon migrant boat

At least 76 people died when the migrant boat they were aboard sank off the Syrian coast after sailing from Lebanon this week, the Lebanese transport minister said, as search operations continued on Friday.

Reuters

Alex Renton: the abuse survivor still shining light on ‘vicious’ elite schools

BBC Radio 4’s In Dark Corners gives platform to those who suffered abuse in British private schools

The Guardian - UK

Analysis-Tunisia's Saied poised for more power but economy crumbles

President Kais Saied looks on course to tighten his grip on Tunisia through a constitutional referendum in July, but it could prove to be a poisoned chalice as the economy sinks deeper into crisis and opposition to his rule widens.

Reuters

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Analysis - Sadr raises the stakes in struggle for Iraq

Moqtada al-Sadr has raised the stakes in the struggle for Iraq with a major political escalation that could lead to conflict with his Iran-backed rivals or force a compromise in their tussle over government.

Reuters

Lebanon may not enact IMF reforms before election, lawmakers say

Lebanon won't be able to deliver many if any reforms sought by the IMF as conditions for a funding deal before an election in May, two lawmakers said, meaning months could go by without action as that vote may well be followed by political limbo.

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