| | | | | | | Hello. What was branded as the most predictable Super Tuesday in living memory has delivered expected results in the US, bar a few surprises. My colleagues worked through the night to cover all relevant updates. Also in the Americas, business correspondent Michelle Fleury reports on the Panama Canal's critically low water levels and what they mean for its future. Finally, a 72-year-old cleaner unwillingly defied gravity with the help of a shop's roller shutter - and lived to tell, and joke, about the tale. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | What to make of Super Tuesday's results | | | | Millions of voters in 15 states and American Samoa chose their preferred party candidates for president. Credit: Getty Images |
| | Results from Super Tuesday have reinforced expectations that the November presidential election in the US will once again see Joe Biden face off against Donald Trump. The only difference from 2020 is who holds the title of incumbent, and both Mr Biden and Mr Trump's track records as presidents are weighing on voters' minds. As North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher notes, among Republicans, Mr Trump's rhetoric on immigration convinces part of the electorate. But it fails to win over the young, suburban and college-educated voters who are concerned about his ongoing legal issues and backed his rival, Nikki Haley. Mr Biden has lost some support among Democrats over his handling of the war in Gaza and even recorded one minor, but surprising, loss in American Samoa. | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | AT THE SCENE | Panama | | Panama Canal's existential threat | | Water levels at the Panama Canal are the second lowest they have been in 110 years due to lack of rain and the El Nino weather phenomenon. Those who operate the canal are working hard to find ways to ensure it can keep running for another century, and beyond. | | | | Michelle Fleury, North America business correspondent |
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| | Unlike the Suez Canal, the Panama Canal is fed by a freshwater lake, Lake Gatún, and its water level is falling critically low. After a choppy boat ride across Lake Gatún, Nelson Guerra, the Panama Canal Authority's hydrologist, points toward a rusted ruler beneath a tower on the western end of the water. "The level, as you see on the rulers, is 81.20ft," he says. "The level should be five feet more than now." |
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| | | | Beyond the headlines | | Serbian town risks losing much-loved owls | | | | Kikinda's long-eared owls have become a draw for birdwatchers. Credit: Reuters |
| | Long-eared owls spend their winter months roosting in the trees around the main square of Kikinda, a small Serbian town near the border with Romania. But a recent spate of other bird deaths, which experts suspect to be the result of poisoning, has ornithologists concerned about whether the birds of prey will keep coming back if their environment is no longer suitable for roosting. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Twisted history | | As the "crookie" takes Paris by storm, explore the complicated story of the croissant. | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | CCTV footage of a woman being yanked into the air after standing a little too close to a shop's roller shutters would be, frankly, terrifying were it not for the happy ending. Anne Hughes, a 72-year-old cleaner at the shop in south Wales, was even able to joke about the incident, saying she's learning to "handle the fame" after this hair-raising clip of her dangling upside-down went viral. |
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