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Metro
an hour ago
- Metro
Ryanair hits back at couple who were booted off flight after a ‘hack' went wrong
RyanAir has issued a scathing remark to a couple who complained about being booted off a flight after not paying to reserve a seat. Scott McCormick and his girlfriend, Helena Boshwick, 33, were due to fly from Birmingham Airport on May 1 to Palma de Mallorca, Spain, for a week-long holiday and gym-mentorship event (Picture: PA) The 33-year-old said they had not paid to reserve seats, which typically costs between £4.50 and £33 per seat, because it was a short two-hour flight and they didn't mind if they didn't sit together. Everything went as normal, and the couple were first in the boarding queue when a Ryanair staff member asked them to step aside while the rest of the passengers boarded – and there was only one seat onboard (Picture: iStock/Getty) The pair protested and were eventually put on the next flight together, but not without Ryanair making a joke of the situation. Posting online, the airline wrote: 'Today is a good day to separate couples onboard.' The cheeky remark has garnered tens of thousands of likes and thousands of comments (Picture: Kennedy News) One commenter said: 'You are the reason I only fly with you when I travel with my wife!' Despite the airline's seemingly joking take on the situation, Scott and his girlfriend said they will never fly the budget airline ever again. Scott said there was 'no compassion or care' when they tried to sort out the issue, until they were told both tickets would be reimbursed if they went on the next flight together (Picture: Kennedy News/@ The couple reportedly had to fork out another £100 for the new ticket and waited around four hours to board the next flight to Palma. Scott said he will now avoid flying with Ryanair due to the staff's lack of compassion and empathy. While a Ryanair staff member reportedly told the couple that a refund would be processed for one of the tickets, Scott claims he has still not received it or heard from the company (Picture: Kennedy News/@ A Ryanair spokesperson said: 'This flight from Birmingham to Palma de Mallorca (1 May) was not 'overbooked' – it was scheduled to operate on a 737-8200 (197 seats) but for operational reasons had to be swapped to a 737-800 aircraft (189 seats). 'Mr McCormick's travel companion was not refused boarding but chose not to board and travel on this flight from Birmingham to Palma de Mallorca and was required to pay a Missed Departure fee (£100) to be booked onto the next available flight' (Picture: Kennedy News/@ They added: 'Mr McCormick was notified by email on the day of travel (1 May) that he was entitled to claim back reasonable receipted expenses, however Mr. McCormick has yet to submit any expense receipts to Ryanair' (Picture: Getty)
American Military News
2 hours ago
- Politics
- American Military News
Trump says US ‘could get involved' in Iran-Israel conflict
President Donald Trump warned in an interview on Sunday that the United States 'could get involved' in the conflict between Israel and Iran following Israel's military strikes against Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs. During a Sunday interview with ABC News' Rachel Scott, the president refused to answer whether Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked for the United States to take a more active role in the conflict between Iran and Israel. However, Trump explained that the United States has not been 'involved' in the Israeli strikes against Iran. 'We're not involved in it,' Trump told Scott. 'It's possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved.' ABC News reported that Trump told Scott he was not planning to set another deadline for Iran to agree to a nuclear deal following the expiration of a '60 day ultimatum' he gave Iran to 'make a deal.' 'No, there's no deadline. But they are talking,' Trump said. 'They'd like to make a deal. They're talking. They continue to talk.' READ MORE: Video: Trump gives major update on Iran nuclear deal negotiations 'Something like this had to happen because I think even from both sides, but something like this had to happen,' the president added. 'They want to talk, and they will be talking.' Trump's comments regarding the United States not being involved in Israel's strikes against Iran echo a statement he released on Truth Social following Israel's strikes against Iran. 'The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight,' Trump wrote. 'If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before. However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!!' According to The New York Post, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters on Sunday that Iran believed Israel was coordinating its military strikes against the country with the 'agreement and support of the United States' and did not believe statements denying U.S. involvement. 'We have received messages from the US through various channels over the past two days stating that the US had no involvement and will have no involvement in this attack,' Araghchi stated. 'As I said, we don't believe the US's claim.'
UPI
3 hours ago
- Business
- UPI
Senate parliamentarian tosses some core Trump budget bill provisions
"I remain committed to advancing legislation that cuts waste and duplication in our federal government and saves taxpayer dollars," Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said in a statement Friday. File Photo by Annabelle Gordon/UPI | License Photo June 20 (UPI) -- The U.S. Senate Parliamentarian ruled Thursday that several key provisions from Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on the Trump budget bill violate reconciliation process rules. Reconciliation is a tool to limit debate and bypass filibuster in order to expedite a bill's passage. Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough's ruling means core provisions of the bill must be removed to use reconciliation to pass the bill with a simple majority vote. Among the pieces of the bill MacDonough disallowed were a $6.4 billion cut from Consumer Financial Protection Bureau budget that would zero-out all funding for that agency by reducing its maximum funding to 0% of the Federal Reserve's operating expenses. She also knocked out Scott's provision of a $1.4 billion Federal Reserve staff pay cut. "I remain committed to advancing legislation that cuts waste and duplication in our federal government and saves taxpayer dollars," Scott said in a statement. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., said, "As much as Senate Republicans would prefer to throw out the rule book and advance their families lose and billionaires win agenda, there are rules that must be followed and Democrats are making sure those rules are enforced." Scotts budget bill proposals included ending funding of the consumer bureau, as well as dissolving the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and cutting the Treasury Department's Office of Financial Research. Scott said he will continue working with the parliamentarian on his committee's budget bill provisions. "Democrats fought back, and we will keep fighting back against this ugly bill," Banking Committee ranking Democrat Elizabeth Warren said in a statement.
Business Wire
7 hours ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Bioceres Crop Solutions Announces Changes to Board of Directors
ROSARIO, Argentina--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOX) (the "Company"), a leader in the development and commercialization of productivity solutions designed to regenerate agricultural ecosystems while making crops more resilient to climate change, today announced changes to the composition of its Board of Directors. Noah Kolatch and Scott Crocco are being appointed to the Company's Board of Directors with effect from June 24, 2025. Noah Kolatch is a Principal at Jasper Lake LLC, a family investment office that invests across public and private markets. Prior to joining Jasper Lake, Mr. Kolatch was a Partner at Solel Partners, a Boston-based investment firm focused on public equity and credit investments. Mr. Kolatch graduated summa cum laude from Columbia College with a BA in biochemistry. Scott Crocco is a seasoned executive with over three decades of experience in finance and operations across public and private companies. Mr. Crocco was CFO of Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (NYSE: APD), where he led corporate restructuring and portfolio transformation, and later served as Chief Financial Officer of Imperial Dade, a private equity-backed distributor. Mr. Crocco holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Bucknell University and an MBA from Cornell University. Gloria Montaron Estrada, who has served as a Director since February 2019, and Keith McGovern, who has served as a Non-Executive Director since July 2022, have each resigned from the Company's Board of Directors with effect from June 24, 2025. The Company deeply appreciates the service of these outgoing Directors, each of whom offered valuable experience and expertise that benefitted the Company and its shareholders. "On behalf of our Board, our Company, and personally, I would like to express our deepest gratitude to Gloria and Keith, for their tenures with us. Gloria has been with Bioceres since before our public listing, initially as General Counsel and then as Board Member. She played a pivotal role in shaping our legal and regulatory strategy, including key milestones such as the Rizobacter acquisition and our IPO. Keith joined the Board more recently, following our acquisition of Marrone Bio. His insights have, among other things, helped us maintain a grounded, farmer-centric perspective on innovation and go-to-market efforts, while reinforcing our focus on operational excellence. As we look ahead, we are pleased to welcome Noah and Scott to our Board, as we enter a new chapter in Bioceres' trajectory. Noah has followed our Company closely since it became public and has been a committed investor at critical moments, helping us achieve key milestones such as the acquisition of Marrone Bio. Scott's 31-year trajectory in Air Products speaks for itself. Scott helped APD become one of the most profitable companies in its industry, with a strong focus on cash flow, strategic capital deployment, and global expansion. We are confident that the deep experience, strategic insight and shared commitment of our new Board members will help us further refine our strategy and deliver value to shareholders and partners,' said Federico Trucco, the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Enrique Lopez Lecube, the Company's Chief Financial Officer and member of the Company's senior management team, will rotate off the Company's Board of Directors. The resulting vacancy will be filled by Milen Marinov, the Company's Chief Commercial Officer and member of the Company's senior management team. These changes will also be effective from June 24, 2025. The above described changes to the composition of the Company's Board of Directors have been agreed as part of the Company entering into (1) an amendment to a note purchase agreement pursuant to which, in August 2022, it had issued secured guaranteed convertible notes to Jasper Lake Ventures One LLC, Redwood Enhanced Income Corp. and Liminality Partners LP and (2) an amendment to the note purchase agreement pursuant to which, in August 2022, it had issued secured guaranteed notes to Solel-Bioceres SPV, L.P. A summary of the terms of these amendments has been provided in a Form 6-K furnished by the Company to the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 18, 2025, which summary is qualified by reference to the full text of the amendment, which has been furnished as an exhibit to such Form 6-K, which can be accessed at About Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. Bioceres Crop Solutions Corp. (NASDAQ: BIOX) is a leader in the development and commercialization of productivity solutions designed to regenerate agricultural ecosystems while making crops more resilient to climate change. To do this, Bioceres' solutions create economic incentives for farmers and other stakeholders to adopt environmentally friendlier production practices. The Company has a unique biotech platform with high-impact, patented technologies for seeds and microbial ag-inputs, as well as next generation crop nutrition and protection solutions. Through its HB4 program, the Company is bringing digital solutions to support growers' decisions and provide end-to-end traceability for production outputs. For more information, visit here. Forward-Looking Statements This communication includes 'forward-looking statements' within the meaning of the 'safe harbor' provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements may be identified by the use of words such as 'forecast,' 'intend,' 'seek,' 'target,' 'anticipate,' 'believe,' 'expect,' 'estimate,' 'plan,' 'outlook,' and 'project' and other similar expressions that predict or indicate future events or trends or that are not statements of historical matters. Such forward-looking statements are based on management's reasonable current assumptions, expectations, plans and forecasts regarding the Company's current or future results and future business and economic conditions more generally. Such forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievement of the Company to be materially different from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, and there can be no assurance that actual results will not differ materially from management's expectations or could affect the Company's ability to achieve its strategic goals, including factors that are described in the sections entitled 'Risk Factors' in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings updated from time to time. The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. All forward-looking statements contained in this release are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are or were made, and the Company does not intend to update or otherwise revise the forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this release or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law.
The Hill
8 hours ago
- Health
- The Hill
Trump's megabill hits more trouble as Senate conservatives demand changes
The Senate version of legislation to enact President Trump's agenda is hitting new turbulence as conservatives led by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) are demanding deeper spending cuts to address the nation's $2.2 trillion annual deficit. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has focused this week on addressing the concerns of Senate GOP colleagues such as Sens. Josh Hawley (Mo.) and Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), who raised alarms about cuts to federal Medicaid spending. But Thune has to worry about his right flank as Johnson and his allies are threatening to hold up the bill unless GOP leaders agree to deeper cuts to federal Medicaid spending and a faster rollback of the renewable energy tax credits enacted under former President Biden. Johnson, Lee and Scott are threatening to vote as a bloc against the bill next week unless it undergoes significant changes. Thune plans to bring the bill to the floor Wednesday or Thursday next week, but he may not have enough votes to proceed on the legislation, say Republican senators. 'There's no way I vote for this thing next week,' Johnson told reporters. 'I don't want to go the Nancy Pelosi route, 'You got to pass this bill to know what's in it,'' he added, referring to the Democratic Speaker emerita who represents California. Johnson noted that senators are taking a closer look at a proposal offered by Scott to significantly reduce the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP), or the federal government's share of Medicaid spending, in states that expanded the program under former President Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA). Lee is pushing for a fuller phaseout of the renewable energy subsidies enacted by Democrats in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). 'Mike is handling the IRA provisions of this, Rick Scott is handling the Medicaid. You need to satisfy those two, too. All three of us have to be yes or none of us are yes,' Johnson said. Scott, who founded the Columbia Hospital Corp. and went on to run Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corp., one of the world's largest health care companies, wants to dramatically cut the 90 percent federal match for states that expanded Medicaid under the ACA. 'The focus should be on how do we take care of what Medicaid's original purpose was? It's children and the chronically ill,' he said. Scott argues that able-bodied low-income adults are drawing far too much of Medicaid spending in states that expanded the program, such as California and New York. 'Half the people, half the adults that are on Medicaid under the expanded FMAP are not working,' he said, adding that these people are not disabled. 'We're running $2 trillion deficits.' Scott says Medicaid shouldn't pay out more than Medicare and that states should not be eligible for expanded federal Medicaid payments for new enrollees after two years. He also wants to further crack down on states' use of health care provider taxes to increase their share of federal Medicaid spending. That sets up a fight next week with Senate Republican colleagues who have balked at the cuts to Medicaid spending unveiled Monday by Senate Finance Committee Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho). The current Senate bill would reduce the maximum permitted provider tax rate from 6 percent to 3.5 percent by 2031. The Florida senator said colleagues such as Hawley and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who are worried about limiting health care provider taxes, have a 'legitimate concern' about the fate of rural hospitals. But he argued that the high rate of Medicaid spending won't solve their problems. Collins has proposed a 'provider-relief fund' to the bill to help offset Medicaid cuts for rural hospitals, nursing homes and community health centers. Lee, the Utah Republican, meanwhile is calling for a more rapid and complete phaseout of renewable energy subsidies in the bill and for tougher language to keep tax benefits from going to immigrants who entered the country illegally. 'Green New Deal subsidies that don't terminate by 2028 will effectively become permanent. If you don't want them to be permanent, tell your senators!' Lee posted on social platform X. Language released Monday by the Senate Finance Committee would extend tax credits for hydropower, nuclear and geothermal energy into the 2030s. A faster and broader phaseout of clean energy subsidies would be opposed by Republican senators such as Murkowski, Jerry Moran (Kan.), John Curtis (Utah) and Thom Tillis (N.C.), who warn that a sudden termination of federal support would disrupt the renewable fuel industry, cost jobs and strand billions of dollars in investment. Yet Senate conservatives are ready for a showdown, arguing the deficit poses a major threat to the U.S. economy. 'The deficit will eat us alive if we don't get it under control. If not us, who? If not now, when?' Lee posted Thursday on X. Johnson said Trump promised to balance the budget but argued 'the bill before us does not do it' and will instead worsen deficits over the next decade. He said while the spending cuts in the legislation are 'the most spending reduction we've had ever,' the 'spending increase is unprecedented, 10 times more.' 'Look at the numbers,' he said. The Congressional Budget Office unveiled a new projection that the House-passed bill to enact Trump's agenda would add $3.4 trillion to the debt.
