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The global energy crisis caused by the war in Iran is equivalent to the combined force of the twin oil shocks of the 1970s and the fallout from Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, the head of the International Energy Agency has said<\/a>.<\/p>\n Fatih Birol, the IEA\u2019s executive director, said the growing crisis could be seriously compounded through interruptions to the \u201cvital arteries of the global economy\u201d, including petrochemicals, fertilisers, sulphur and helium. He said the depth of the problems had not initially been properly understood by world leaders.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, global stock markets dropped sharply<\/a> today after Donald Trump threatened to \u201cobliterate\u201d Iran\u2019s power plants unless the strait of Hormuz was opened.<\/p>\n Why is the ex-CIA chief Leon Panetta in the news? He has spoken out about Donald Trump\u2019s attack on Iran<\/a>, telling the Guardian the US president is \u201csending a message of weakness\u201d to the world.<\/p>\n What\u2019s the latest in Iran? Its government is threatening to lay mines across entire Gulf if its coasts are attacked.<\/p>\n This is a developing story. Follow our liveblog here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Pilot and co-pilot killed after Air Canada jet collision at LaGuardia airportDamage could be seen to the nose of the plane, which was tilted upward. Photograph: Angela Weiss\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The pilot and co-pilot of an Air Canada Express regional jet have been killed after the plane collided with a fire truck while landing<\/a> at New York\u2019s LaGuardia, in an incident that closed the airport.<\/p>\n Other were seriously injured, with nine people in hospital. The collision happened as a firefighting vehicle was responding to a separate incident.<\/p>\n The CRJ-900 plane, which was operated by Air Canada\u2019s partner Jazz Aviation, was carrying 72 passengers and four crew members from Montreal, according to a preliminary passenger list. Jazz is owned by Chorus Aviation.<\/p>\n What happened? The aircraft hit the fire truck while travelling at about 24mph, according to the flight-tracking website Flightradar24. In the moments before the crash, an air traffic controller could be heard giving clearance to a fire vehicle to cross part of the runway, then trying to stop it. The controller can then be heard quickly diverting incoming aircraft from landing.<\/p>\n Arkansas police arrest Kendra Duggar on child abuse chargesJoseph and Kendra Duggar. Photograph: Instagram\/littleduggarfamily<\/p>\n Arkansas police have arrested Kendra Duggar<\/a>, the wife of reality TV personality Joseph Duggar, on misdemeanor child abuse charges, in the latest scandal to envelop the family featured on TLC\u2019s 19 Kids and Counting.<\/p>\n Kendra Duggar faces four counts each of endangering the welfare of a minor and second-degree false imprisonment, according to the Washington county sheriff\u2019s office.<\/p>\n Her arrest came days after Joseph Duggar was arrested on charges in Florida. He is accused of molesting a girl when she was nine years old during a family trip to Panama City Beach.<\/p>\n Why are they famous? The 19 Kids and Counting series portrayed the lives of parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and their children, all of whose names began with the letter J. The show was canceled in 2015 after the Duggar\u2019s eldest son, Joshua, faced allegations of molesting four of his sisters as a teenager. He is in prison for possessing child sexual abuse images. Joseph and Kendra Duggar were also stars of the spinoff Counting On.<\/p>\n In other news \u2026The Senate has advanced Markwayne Mullin\u2019s nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security, paving way for his confirmation. Photograph: Allison Bailey\/NurPhoto\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n Donald Trump\u2019s nomination of the Republican senator Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma to be the next head of homeland security advanced towards confirmation<\/a> yesterday after the US Senate voted 54-37 to limit debate on the appointment.<\/p>\n The Oscar-nominated actor Barry Keoghan has said online abuse about his appearance is affecting his life to such an extent that he now does \u201cnot want to go outside\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s so-called border czar, Tom Homan, confirmed that ICE<\/a> agents will be sent to US airports<\/a> from today to assist with security amid extremely long lines.<\/p>\n Stat of the day: Only 1% of excess heat is felt by humans as Earth\u2019s energy imbalance hits record highHeatwaves and acidification are growing problems for corals and other marine life. Photograph: Mike Veitch\/Alamy<\/p>\n Our home planet is struggling with a record energy imbalance, which is heating oceans to unprecedented levels, the World Meteorological Organization has said<\/a>. The rising temperature experienced by humans on the surface was only 1% of the faster-accumulating heat in the wider Earth system.<\/p>\n Building power: Say gay \u2013 feminist magazine reclaims Charlie Kirk-style campus tours after Florida DEI cutsSarah Leonard, Lux Magazine\u2019s editor-in-chief; Noella Williams, Lux\u2019s college tour coordinator; and Nya Jacobson, president of New College of Florida\u2019s LGBTQIA+ student club, Queery. Composite: Megan May\/The Guardian<\/p>\n With speakers from activist organisations such as 50501, one of the groups behind the No Kings protests, Lux Magazine is on a multicity college tour in states with academic bans<\/a> around race, gender and sexuality and restrictions around bodily autonomy. The magazine wants to show Black, brown, queer, feminist and trans students that they still have a safe space on campuses.<\/p>\n Don\u2019t miss this: \u2018In 20 years most of the world could be racist dictatorships\u2019 \u2013 Ibram X Kendi on book bans and far-right fearmongering\u2018We\u2019re so easily manipulated into thinking that strangers are dangerous,\u2019 says Dr Ibram X Kendi. Photograph: Jared Soares\/The Guardian<\/p>\n How have the rich and powerful convinced so many voters that the reason they are struggling is the poor and powerless? The US historian, whose books have been banned at least 50 times by multiple US school districts, talks about the weaponising of divisiveness<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u2026 or this: \u2018There\u2019s no ceasefire\u2019 \u2013 Gaza paramedic and father of two killed as civilian death toll since October passes 650Israeli strikes in Gaza have averaged about 10 a day across the territory over the past five months. Photograph: Anadolu\/Getty Images<\/p>\n Despite the supposed end of the fighting last year, casualties in the Palestinian territory continue to rise, with Abed Elrahman Hamdouna, a volunteer ambulance driver, joining the long list of those killed by Israeli forces. His death is a shocking reality-check on the large numbers of civilians that continue to die in Gaza<\/a> despite the supposed end of the fighting last year.<\/p>\n Climate check: US weather extremes bear \u2018fingerprint\u2019 of the climate crisis, experts sayMarch has long been known for its unpredictability, particularly in regions like the north-east. Photograph: Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n The US is experiencing a striking mix of weather extremes this March. Flooding rains in Hawaii, rare snow in Alabama, flip-flopping temperatures in the north-east and, perhaps most concerning, a severe heatwave affecting the west coast are raising questions about how strange these patterns really are<\/a> and what role the climate crisis is playing.<\/p>\n Last Thing: Inside the strangely soothing world of fragrance TikTok\u2018Young people are still handcrafting aesthetics like the halcyon days of Tumblr moodboards\u2019 \u2026 fragrance TikToks. Composite: Composite: Eleanor Burnard<\/p>\n TikTok is awash in perfume-inspired image carousels that assign scent profiles to abstract concepts, many of them accompanied with a slowed-down version of Robert Miles\u2019s Eurodance hit Children. The age of 18, for example, has a scent profile of sweat, vodka, lip gloss, musk and lace. Looking at old photos too long? That smells like paper, iris, amber, musk and cedar. The first time passing a joint includes grass, fog, smoke, lip gloss and (obviously) marijuana. The majority focus on adolescent nostalgia, but they possess such universal relatability that any generation can get in on the action, writes Eleanor Burnard<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sign up<\/p>\n Sign up for the US morning briefing<\/p>\n<\/p>\n First Thing is delivered to thousands of inboxes every weekday. If you\u2019re not already signed up, subscribe now<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get in touch<\/p>\n