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The military is heading for an expected victory in Myanmar's "election"

The military-backed USDP party is heading for an expected victory in the first phase of the heavily criticized election in Myanmar, AFP reports. According to a source in the party, the USDP will get its own majority.

The military took power in a coup in 2021 and is now arranging a month-long election that it claims will "return power to the people".

The UN, among others, has condemned the election as a sham to consolidate the military's power. 

Missing MH370
The search for missing MH370 is now resumed

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will resume on Tuesday, more than ten years after the plane disappeared, writes The Guardian. Behind the search effort is the company Ocean Infinity, which has also previously searched for the plane.

The new operation will last 55 days and will cover an area of ​​15,000 square kilometers.

The plane, with 227 passengers and 12 crew members on board, disappeared shortly after takeoff from Kuala Lumpur on March 8, 2014, and has become one of the greatest mysteries in aviation history. 

Attempt to clean Everest fails – to be redone

A project to reduce the amount of trash on Mount Everest has proven ineffective and is therefore being closed after 11 years, Nepalese authorities tell the BBC.

Climbers have had to pay a deposit of around 37,000 kronor, which is returned if they take at least eight kilograms of trash down. Most have done so, but the mountain of trash is still growing.

A climber produces an average of twelve kilograms of trash, and most of the trash that is brought back down comes from the camps at lower altitudes. From the higher camps – where the trash problem is worse – they usually only take empty oxygen tanks with them and leave behind tents and food packages.

The authorities now plan to continue to demand the same amount from climbers, but keep the money and invest it in a checkpoint at Camp Two (6,500 meters above sea level) and staff to ensure that climbers at high altitudes take their trash with them.

Pardoned activist
Tory Party demands: Deport activist for his tweets

British-Egyptian democracy activist Alaa Abdel Fattah has become the subject of a heated debate in Britain. Fattah was recently released from Egyptian prison where he spent almost six years for “spreading fake news”. He then traveled to Britain where he was granted citizenship through his mother who was born in the country.

But Fattah’s old posts on social media have led to a storm of criticism. These include calls on Twitter to kill police officers and Zionists. The posts were written over a decade ago, according to The Guardian. Alaa Abdel Fattah has apologized for them and said he understands they were “shocking” and “hurtful”.

Now the Tory Party is demanding that Prime Minister Keir Starmer and his government open an investigation to revoke Alaa Abdel Fattah’s citizenship.