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date: 2026-04-21 08:49
type: daily
title: Daily Rundown for 2026-04-21
permalink: /2026-04-21-daily-rundown
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_Good Morning, Here is your daily briefing..._
## On Tuesday, 21 April 2026
- The average temperature today is 9.88˚C,
- With highs of 9.88˚C and lows of 9.88˚C,
- It may feel like 6.76˚C with scattered clouds
- The wind speed is 7.09m/s and visibility is 10000m
- The pressure is 1026hPa and humidity is 72%
- The sun will rise at 04:59 and set at 19:14
### MI5 Status
- The current threat level is SUBSTANTIAL
- It has been 777 days since the last change (2024-03-05)
### Today's tasks
- Recycling Waste Collection Day
- Food Waste Collection Day
### Daily Doctrine
> Be humble.
### Fixture List
- Coventry City v Portsmouth
- Leicester City v Hull City
- Norwich City v Derby County
- Oxford United v Wrexham
- QPR v Swansea City
- Southampton v Bristol City
- Stoke City v Millwall
- West Brom v Watford
- Bradford City v Plymouth Argyle
- Doncaster Rovers v Lincoln City
- Rotherham United v Luton Town
- Stevenage v Barnsley
- Stockport County v Mansfield Town
- Cambridge United v Grimsby Town
- Cheltenham Town v Tranmere Rovers
- Hartlepool United v Southend United
- Brighton & Hove Albion v Chelsea
### Stocks
- VWRL.L : 130.1566925048828
- ^FTSE : 10621.9296875
- ^FTMC : 23033.05078125
### Just for fun
> Why did the Jazzman cross the road? To get from A to B flat 6th.
### Top News
- Iran hangs man accused of ties to Israel and setting mosque on fire during pre-war protests (€, [4 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/04/21/iran-hangs-man-accused-of-ties-to-israel-and-setting-mosque-on-fire-during-pre-war-protest))
- Apple’s next chief Ternus faces defining AI moment (£, [4 minutes ago](https://www.ft.com/content/ef888edd-d12e-41d0-b38d-3d6465cf280c))
- Watch: Europe’s relationship with Israel is fracturing — how far will it go? (€, [16 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/21/watch-europes-relationship-with-israel-is-fracturing-how-far-will-it-go))
- Adaptavist Group breach spawns imposter emails as ransomware crew claims mega-haul (®, [19 minutes ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/adaptavist_group_breach_spawns_impostor/))
- German-made components found in Russian drones despite EU sanctions (€, [24 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/21/german-made-components-found-in-russian-drones-despite-eu-sanctions))
- US-Iran ceasefire on brink of collapse as talks stall and Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens (€, [29 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/04/21/us-iran-ceasefire-on-brink-of-collapse-as-talks-stall-and-strait-of-hormuz-crisis-deepens))
- ‘Important threshold crossed’ as renewables meet world’s energy demands and fossil power drops (€, [38 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/2026/04/21/important-threshold-crossed-as-renewables-meet-worlds-energy-demands-and-fossil-power-drop))
- Timelapse footage shows maritime traffic around Gulf, Straight of Hormuz (€, [46 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/04/21/timelapse-footage-shows-maritime-traffic-around-gulf-straight-of-hormuz))
- Appetite among NATO members to join Iran war 'very limited', says Norway's foreign affairs minister (€, [52 minutes ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/21/appetite-among-nato-members-to-join-iran-war-very-limited-says-norwegian-foreign-affairs-m))
- Panasonic creates device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture (®, [1 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/panasonic_locked_qr_codes/))
- Apple chief Tim Cook to hand over to John Ternus in September (£, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/5b5a466c-fc48-429d-b505-2c81d87e3615))
- Robbins says No 10 created ‘atmosphere of pressure’ over Mandelson appointment (£, [1 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/0699aafc-13ff-491a-be8f-2d05fa356aa9))
- Marijuana smokers celebrate 420 in New York (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/video/2026/04/21/marijuana-smokers-celebrate-420-in-new-york))
- ‘This is a sacrilege’: Nancy Sinatra calls out Donald Trump for using father Frank’s ‘My Way' (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/culture/2026/04/21/this-is-a-sacrilege-nancy-sinatra-calls-out-donald-trump-for-using-father-franks-my-way))
- Following four years of full-scale war, which EU countries are hosting the most Ukrainians? (€, [1 hours ago](http://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/04/21/following-four-years-of-full-scale-war-which-eu-countries-are-hosting-the-most-ukrainians))
- Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war (®, [2 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/iran_claims_us_used_backdoors/))
- Will social media addiction go the way of cigarettes? (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/154d34b6-3e04-456b-af33-ea12c8fa5945))
- Babcock’s cheaper warships offer the Royal Navy hope (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/82fafcaf-7770-41d3-9497-e25ffad27192))
- Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ held talks with DP World over Gaza reconstruction (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/873b866b-fd17-426d-8cb1-a34566e2e1d4))
- Sotheby’s strikes $100mn debt deal with KKR backed by auction fees (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/72ecd622-e40c-4937-b31c-c9fc9c7c89d9))
- ‘Kiss of death’: how the US killed a Swiss merchant bank (£, [4 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/861bbb39-9cdb-4e80-933a-46b0d7104e5e))
- ‘Highly unlikely’ Iran ceasefire will be extended if no deal reached, Trump says (£, [5 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/18c234e2-019a-448d-bf17-35bb2c146add))
- NASA Inspector fears new spacesuits won’t be ready for Moon landing (®, [5 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/21/nasa_oig_spacesuit_report/))
- Bezos’s AI lab nears $38bn valuation in funding deal (£, [7 hours ago](https://www.ft.com/content/87ea0ced-bf3c-4822-8dda-437241570ded))
- Microsoft's GitHub grounds Copilot account sign-ups amid capacity crunch (®, [9 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/microsofts_github_grounds_copilot_account/))
- Vibe coding upstart Lovable denies data leak, cites 'intentional behavior,' then throws HackerOne under the bus (®, [9 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/lovable_denies_data_leak/))
- Trump-branded datacenter project fails to make itself great, again (®, [9 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/fermi_america_reorg/))
- World's blandest man steps down from CEO job to spend more time in tastefully appointed home (®, [10 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/apple_tim_cook_ceo_leaving_john_ternus/))
- Chase got a spiff of $77 million to create one job with New York datacenter (®, [11 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/chase_77m_tax_subsidy_datacenter_job/))
- Claude Desktop changes app access settings for browsers you don't even have installed yet (®, [12 hours ago](https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2026/04/20/anthropic_claude_desktop_spyware_allegation/))
- The Daily Hilario: Monday (♣, [1 days ago](https://weaintgotnohistory.sbnation.com/bobby-ramblings/167937/the-daily-hilario-april-20th))
### Word of the day
> swound - noun: A swoon; a fainting fit. verb intr.: To swoon; to faint.
### Quote of the Day
> Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
### Oblique Strategies
> Intentions
-credibility of
-nobility of
-humility of
### Film Archive
- Murder By Numbers (Rated: 3)
- Released in 2002
- Summary: Two gifted high school students execute a perfect murder - then become engaged in an intellectual contest with a seasoned homicide detective.
### Countdown Numbers
- Target: 474, using [6, 7, 25, 50, 75, 100]
- Answer: 6 solutions.
- Solution
Solution: ( 100 - 75 x 7 / ( 50 - 25 ) ) x 6