Boy accidentally smashes 3,500-year-old jar on museum visit
It was on display near the entrance of the museum without glass when the accident happened.
Watch: High-speed chase between Mexican navy and drug boats
Around 7,200kg of drugs were seized by the navy, in two separate raids.
Israel rescues a hostage found alone in an underground tunnel in Gaza – The Associated Press
- Israel rescues a hostage found alone in an underground tunnel in Gaza The Associated Press
- Hostage’s Release Shines a Spotlight on Israel’s Bedouins The New York Times
- Creeping Through Hamas’s Tunnels, Israeli Commandos Bump Into a Hostage The Wall Street Journal
- Israel rescues hostage after 325 days in Hamas captivity Fox News
- Former Rahat mayor says rescued hostage told him another captive died by his side The Times of Israel
Italy opens investigation into captain in deadly yacht sinking, lawyer says – The Washington Post
- Italy opens investigation into captain in deadly yacht sinking, lawyer says The Washington Post
- Captain of Sunken Yacht Under Investigation in Deaths on Ship The New York Times
- Captain of Sunken Italian Yacht Being Interrogated Third Time as Other Crew Members Set to be Investigated: Source PEOPLE
- The Creepy Coincidences of the Superyacht Sinking New York Magazine
- Bayesian yacht captain faces manslaughter probe after deadly sinking in Sicily CNN
U.N. says evacuation order in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah ‘upends’ aid efforts – The Washington Post
- U.N. says evacuation order in Gaza’s Deir al-Balah ‘upends’ aid efforts The Washington Post
- UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push CNN
- Hospital in central Gaza empties out as Israeli forces draw near The Associated Press
- Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Dozens killed; 100,000 displaced in two days Al Jazeera English
- In pictures: Families flee after Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza Reuters
White House’s Kirby says US would defend Israel in Iranian attack – The Jerusalem Post
Israel rescues Bedouin hostage held by Hamas in Gaza
Commandos free Kaid Farhan Elkadi in a "complex operation" in southern Gaza, the military says.
Why Harris campaign is fighting for unmuted debate mics
They will be muted when it's the other candidate's turn to speak - but Ms Harris's team are pushing back.
Mpox jabs arrive on African soil after red-tape delays
Vaccines are arriving in Africa - the heart of the outbreak - weeks after it was declared a health emergency.
Trump adds ex-Democrats Gabbard and RFK Jr to transition team
The former progressives have endorsed Trump, while a group of former Republicans has declared support for Kamala Harris.
Rare mosquito disease prompts Massachusetts to close public parks
State also bug spraying in several communities due to virus that spreads to humans via bite of an infected mosquito
A rare but serious – and potentially lethal – mosquito-borne disease has prompted officials to close public parks as well as implement targeted bug spraying in several communities in Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, a resident of nearby New Hampshire has died after testing positive for the disease, eastern equine encephalitis, or EEE, according to the Associated Press.
Continue reading...Belarus filmmaker pleads with Serbia not to send him back
Andrei Gnyot says he faces "inevitable torture and inevitable death" if he is sent back.
Ryanair passenger numbers pass 20m a month amid 5% fall in fares
Shares rise despite a drop in carrier’s revenues, which Michael O’Leary says will last until spring 2025
Ryanair said it has reaped strong traffic growth after a summer when the airline’s fares were down 5% and passenger numbers passed 20 million a month.
Shares in Europe’s biggest carrier rose on Tuesday, after the group chief executive, Michael O’Leary, revised previous gloomier predictions of a double-digit drop in peak-season fare income, although he said the dent in revenues would probably last until spring 2025.
Continue reading...Liz Truss considered cutting NHS cancer care to pay for tax cuts, claims new book
Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister also claims former Tory leader feared smears over cocaine use among team
Liz Truss considered cutting cancer care on the NHS in a desperate bid to find savings to pay for the tax cuts in her botched “mini budget”, according to a new book about her time in office.
The book, Truss at 10: How Not to Be Prime Minister by the renowned political biographer Anthony Seldon, is a 330-page long, largely excoriating account of Truss’ 45 days in Downing Street.
At that point, they were joined by fellow special adviser Alex Boyd, who was told that Truss and Kwarteng were thinking they could still sort out the black hole with severe cuts.
“We’ve been told that they’re looking at stopping cancer treatment on the NHS,’ they told him.
Continue reading...Two Delta workers killed and one injured after accident
Few details are available on the incident, which took place in a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility.
Removal of unsafe cladding from buildings ‘too slow’, says Angela Rayner
Deputy PM visited Dagenham, east London, after fire tore through block of flats undergoing remedial works
Angela Rayner has called efforts to remove unsafe cladding from thousands of at-risk buildings “too slow” and said it was her job to ensure remaining works finished as quickly as possible.
The deputy prime minister made the comments during a visit to Dagenham, east London, on Tuesday afternoon, the day after a dramatic fire tore through a block of flats that was undergoing remedial works to remove “non-compliant” cladding.
Continue reading...Two men charged with murder over Bradford house fire that killed four
Mohammed Shabir and Calum Sunderland to appear in court after death of mother and three children
Two men have been charged with murder over a fatal house fire in Bradford in which a mother and her three children died.
Bryonie Gawith, 29, and her three children – Denisty Birtle, 9, Oscar Birtle, 5, and 22-month-old Aubree Birtle – died in the early hours of last Wednesday, after a fire at their home.
Continue reading...New Taliban law bans women from speaking in public, showing their faces – New York Post
- New Taliban law bans women from speaking in public, showing their faces New York Post
- ‘Frightening’ Taliban law bans women from speaking in public The Guardian
- Watch: Afghan women defy Taliban by singing for their freedom The Telegraph
- Taliban codify morality laws requiring Afghan women to cover faces, men to grow beards Reuters
- Taliban’s Law Promoting Virtue And Eliminating Vice Or As We Call It - Gender Apartheid Forbes
Germany’s grandmothers take on the far-right ahead of key state elections – NPR
- Germany's grandmothers take on the far-right ahead of key state elections NPR
- Thousands gather to protest German far right ahead of regional vote Euronews
- Anti far-right AfD demonstrators block state leader Höcke from event Yahoo! Voices
- Threats and Protests Disrupt AfD Campaigns Ahead of State Elections The European Conservative
- Germany’s grandmothers take on the far-right ahead of key state elections WLIW
Watch: Lightning strikes and a rainbow forms during Minnesota storm
Lightning flickered through the orange skies at the same time as a rainbow, after a summer storm.