A social enterprise that hopes to train young people to protect the ocean has expanded to the UK.
The Sea Rangers Service is now running from Port Talbot, after first launching in The Netherlands in 2016. They hope to restore one million hectares of ocean biodiversity by 2040, while training 20,000 young people, mainly from coastal areas, into maritime careers.

Debates in parliament have become more intense thanks in part to a more active opposition in parliament, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in his last interview with the media as PM. Whether this is productive, is unclear. "I think if we spend more and more time thinking up clever arguments and rebutting clever arguments, we will have less and less time thinking up good ideas and implementing good ideas," he said.

Labor MP Nick Thomas-Symonds has branded the government's Rwanda policy "an expensive gimmick".
It comes after Sir Keir Stammer confirmed he wants to "scrap the scheme", which aims to send asylum seekers entering the UK illegally from a safe country, such as France, to Rwanda.

Greater Manchester is to become the UK's first center of excellence for music therapy for dementia in a bid to establish if the treatment can ease pressure on the NHS.
More than £1m of funding has been committed to the project to offer more musical support to people living with dementia across all of Greater Manchester.
There are more than 940,000 people in the UK who have dementia with one in 11 people over-65 being most affected.

Skies over the UK and across the world were turned shades of pink and green as the Northern Lights produced incredible displays for sky gazers.
The impressive Aurora Borealis, usually only visible from northern parts of the British Isles, was visible across large parts of the UK overnight, including Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and, unusually, southern England.
Rare solar storms also caused colorful auroras in various other parts of the glob

Israel rejects a ceasefire agreement, invades Rafah, and orders the closure of Al Jazeera - all in a week's work for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Middle East’s so-called “only democracy”.

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in as Russia's president for the fifth time as he embarks on a new six-year term.
When he first became president - in 2000 - at his inauguration ceremony he promised to preserve and develop democracy and take care of Russia.
BBC Russia Editor Steve Rosenberg asked Fiona Hill, a former White House national security advisor and Russia expert, how the Putin then compares to the Putin now.

School board members of Virginia’s Shenandoah County Public Schools voted to restore the names of Confederate leaders to two schools in the district.

Israeli forces have been expanding attacks on Rafah where nearly 1 point five million Palestinians are sheltering.
That's forced people to flee northwards.
More than 100,000 people have fled since Monday.
Many of them have have ended up in Deir al Balah where they are now facing desperate conditions

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins speaks with CNN legal analyst Elie Honig about former President Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial ahead of Michael Cohen’s expected testimony.

Climate activist Great Thunberg is well-known across the world. But have you heard of Severn Cullis-Suzuki?
In 1992, when she was just 12, Severn warned the world about the environmental crisis.

Youtuber and journalist Akash Banerjee breaks down the politics and the coverage of India’s election.
Featuring:
Akash Banerjee - Founder & Host, The Deshbhakt

Eurovision has kicked out the Netherlands' entrant following a controversy over an 'incident' he was involved in.
Joost Klein was alleged to have made verbal threats to a female production worker at the event's venue in Malmo, Sweden, on Thursday night.
Eurovision organizers said: "We would like to make it clear that, contrary to some media reports and social media speculation, this incident did not involve any other performer or delegation member.
"We maintain a zero-tolerance policy towards inappropriate behavior at our event and are committed to providing a safe and secure working environment for all staff at the contest. In light of this, Joost Klein's behavior towards a team member is deemed in breach of contest rules."

The Netherlands' Eurovision entrant has been questioned by police over claims he made "unlawful threats" to a member of staff, Dutch media reports.
Joost Klein, 26, missed his slot in the show's penultimate dress rehearsal in Malmo, Sweden, on Friday and was not allowed to take part in either of yesterday's two dry-runs after the event's organizer said it was investigating an "incident" he was involved in.
Swedish police say they subsequently questioned a man over alleged "unlawful threats" made against a Eurovision employee on Thursday evening.

American universities are worried the student protests against Israel's war on Gaza could lead to funding cuts.
Some donors are threatening to end their support if Palestine solidarity camps aren't cleared.
Alan Fisher reports from Washington D.C.

US President Joe Biden has reaffirmed he won't supply weapons to Israel which could be used to attack Rafah.
Some in Washington have referred to a full-scale assault on Rafah as Biden's 'red line'.

The fourth phase of elections in India is set to take place on Monday.
Indian-administered Kashmir is among the regions going to the polls.
For the first time in decades, the governing B-J-P is not fielding a candidate from there.
A reminder, the Indian government has not granted visas to Al Jazeera’s journalists - so we are covering the election from outside the country.

Marc Lamont Hill challenges Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon on her support for Israel’s war on Gaza.
Israel has seized the Gaza side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians to flee the area while shutting down Gaza's main entry point for humanitarian aid.
In the meantime, university students in the United States are protesting against the country’s unconditional support for Israel, which has resulted in arrests, suspensions, and expulsions.
This week on UpFront, Marc Lamont Hill challenges Newsweek opinion editor Batya Ungar-Sargon on her depiction of Israel's military actions in Gaza as “just”.

On Friday (May 10), Singapore voted in favor of a United Nations resolution expressing support for Palestine's full membership in the international body.
The General Assembly passed the draft resolution with 143 members voting in favor, nine against, and 29 abstaining.
In a ministerial statement on Friday, Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan said Singapore chose to do this "after serious and careful consideration".
He said the vote was consistent with the country's support for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

A CNN investigation has uncovered the horrors of a shadowy detention facility where Palestinian prisoners are blindfolded, handcuffed, and forced to wear dirty diapers. Watch Matthew Chance’s full report.

CNN legal analyst Elliott Williams explains the significance of phone records being submitted into evidence in Donald Trump’s hush money trial.

The mastermind of an armed robbery in which PC Sharon Beshenivsky was shot dead in 2005 has been jailed for life - with a minimum term of 40 years.
Piran Ditta Khan, 75, was found guilty last month of murdering PC Sharon Beshenivsky. The West Yorkshire Police officer was shot at point-blank range at a Universal Express travel agent in Bradford.

Aspiring tour guides can now get licensed faster, with their training course shortened to 120 hours, down from the current 220. The aim is to attract people from different backgrounds to join the industry and tell more sides of the Singapore story. Richa Mathew speaks to some tour agencies to find out how this will boost offerings.

Every year there are fewer African penguins and soon there may be none at all.
Conservationists primarily blame the fishing industry for the decline in numbers, as penguins depend on the sardines and anchovies they catch and sell.
But fishermen say they are “a fraction of the problem”, as there are there factors like climate change and vulnerability to natural predators involved.
While the South African government has previously tried to restrict fishing activities, it is estimated that only 8,750 penguin breeding pairs are left in the country.
This has led conservation groups to take legal action against the government in the first case of its kind in South Africa.

Donald Trump’s former attorney Michael Cohen is expected to begin his testimony in the criminal hush money case, according to a person familiar with the case. CNN’s Kristen Holmes and Alayna Treene report.