内容摘要："Israelis have been experiencing democratic backsliding in a very intense way and I think we should be the first to recognise what's going on here in the US."

"Israelis have been experiencing democratic backsliding in a very intense way and I think we should be the first to recognise what's going on here in the US."

One department hit by funding cuts is the Sinclair Lab at Harvard Medical School, which studies aging and seeks to find interventions for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer, infertility, immune disorders, and more."We aim to understand and reverse the underlying mechanisms of aging to develop treatments for a wide range of diseases and tissue injuries," the lab's founder, anti-aging geneticist David Sinclair, told the BBC via email.

Under the Trump administration, the laboratory lost a National Institutes of Health grant, and researcher Kelly Rich lost a career grant to study age reversal to combat motor diseases. The White House's move to revoke Harvard's ability to host international researchers had affected six people - half of the laboratory's staff."The loss of funding not only halts ongoing experiments that cannot simply be restarted, but also jeopardizes the contributions of international scholars who are integral to the lab's operations and the wealth of the US," Mr Sinclair said.Adam Nguyen, a Harvard alumnus and founder of the admissions consulting firm Ivy Link, said that the potentially "hugely negative" impact would fall on graduate and PhD students. Academics from both the US and abroad rely on outside funding for their research, he said.

"If you have the cuts, they're out of a job," Mr Nguyen said. "It's as simple as that. There's no money to fund their research. You're talking about cuts, lay-offs and immediate stop-work orders for many graduate students."Irish musicians Kneecap have sold out a pre-sale for a new Glasgow show in 80 seconds after being removed from the TRNSMT festival.

The rap trio announced the gig at the city's O2 Academy on 8 July after promoters DF Concerts axed them from the 11 July event at Glasgow Green due to "safety concerns".

The decision came after a member of the Irish language group was charged with a terror offence over the display of a flag in support of proscribed organisation Hezbollah at a London gig in November last year.Mr Huxtable said: "The youngsters have catapulted the game, we are seeing 12 and 13-year-olds throwing another level of darts for that age.

"By the time they're in their early 20s the standard is going to be even higher and with the viewing figures and the prize money going up, it'll become even more popular with youngsters."Thousands of fans gathered for the funeral of The Alarm's Mike Peters on Thursday.

aged 66 after living with cancer for 30 years, following his diagnosis of lymphoma in 1995 and later havingThe service featured performances from musicians including Billy Duffy of The Cult, and was held in Peters' home village of Dyserth near Prestatyn, Denbighshire.