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According to the Daily Mail, sources say British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told close friends that he intends to resign and has developed a well-organized timetable for his departure.On May 17, British Columbia health officials reported on May 16 that a passenger from the cruise ship *Hundius*, who was quarantined in the province, tested positive for hantavirus in a preliminary test. British Columbias Chief Medical Officer of Health, Bonnie Henry, said the patient developed mild symptoms such as fever and headache two days prior and was subsequently hospitalized. Her preliminary hantavirus test on May 15 was positive. The patient is currently in isolation, and her test results still require confirmation by a microbiology laboratory. Her partner tested negative. Currently, 10 Canadian citizens are under quarantine due to the *Hundius* outbreak; four are in British Columbia for a 21-day quarantine, and the other six are in Alberta, Ontario, and Quebec.According to Israeli media reports, the massive explosion near Beit Shemesh, Israel, was a controlled industrial blast, with no casualties or property damage.May 17th - According to a report in the British newspaper *The Sun* on Saturday evening, British Chancellor of the Exchequer Reeves plans to announce next week that she will postpone the planned fuel tax increase originally scheduled for September. The temporary fuel tax reduction measure, which began in 2022, was originally scheduled to expire this September. If the measure expires, fuel prices will rise by 5 pence (approximately 6.6 US cents) per liter. However, the British government has previously extended this tax reduction measure several times, most recently in the annual budget last November. *The Sun* reports that Reeves is preparing to extend the measure again.On May 17, US President Trump posted an AI-generated image on social media. In the image, Trump and a general are standing on a warship, while small boats and ships flying the Iranian flag are nearby. The caption reads, "This is the calm before the storm."
