Fire in overhead locker on Virgin Australia flight believed to be caused by lithium battery in power bank

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Sydney to Hobart flight landed safely on Monday after a small fire ignited in a passenger’s carry-on luggage

A fire that broke out on a Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Hobart is believed to have been caused by a power bank in a passenger’s carry-on luggage, prompting the airline to consider changes to its battery policy.

The Virgin flight VA1528 was making its descent into Hobart on Monday when the fire started in an overhead locker, a spokesperson for the airline said.

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Alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown likely to face more charges, court told

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Magistrate Donna Bakos granted an application by police for extra time to compile additional evidence against Brown

Alleged childcare paedophile Joshua Dale Brown is likely to face extra charges, with a court granting police more time to investigate him.

Magistrate Donna Bakos on Tuesday approved a request by police for an extension in the matter of Brown and Michael Simon Wilson.

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Western diplomatic chiefs, EU Commissioner Lahbib condemn Israel’s treatment of Gaza civilians – politico.eu

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  1. Western diplomatic chiefs, EU Commissioner Lahbib condemn Israel’s treatment of Gaza civilians  politico.eu
  2. UK, Canada and 26 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’  AP News
  3. Images from Gaza are ‘unbearable,’ von der Leyen says  politico.eu
  4. 'UK condemnation of aid attacks' and 'Come on Lionesses'  BBC
  5. Lammy ‘sickened’ by Israel’s targeting of starving Palestinians and threatens fresh sanctions  theguardian.com
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Death of Malcolm-Jamal Warner shocks fans: ‘We saw ourselves in him’

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Actor’s Theo Huxtable provided an entire generation of Black youth and teens a relatable character

For Black youth and teens growing up in the mid-1980s, The Cosby Show offered something rarely seen on television up until that time: a sitcom that placed characters who looked like them in a positive light.

And Malcolm-Jamal Warner’s Theo Huxtable was the character generation X most related to. Fans took quickly to social media on Monday as news of Warner’s accidental drowning in Costa Rica spread.

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Trump ‘caught off guard’ by Israeli strikes on Syria last week

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The White House confirmed that Trump called Netanyahu to ‘rectify’ the situation after ongoing clashes in the city of Sweida

Donald Trump was “caught off guard” by Israeli strikes on Syria last week, the White House has said, adding that the US president called Benjamin Netanyahu to “rectify” the situation.

Israel launched strikes on the capital Damascus and the southern Druze-majority city of Sweida last week, saying it aimed to put pressure on the Syrian government to withdraw its troops from the region amid ongoing clashes there.

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New trust to monitor anti-Muslim hatred in UK after funding to Tell Mama ended

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British Muslim Trust expected to begin monitoring incidents from early autumn, government says

The UK government has appointed a new partner to monitor anti-Muslim hatred, months after its relationship with the Islamophobia reporting service Tell Mama ended.

The British Muslim Trust (BMT) – a new organisation – is expected to begin receiving reports and monitoring incidents from early autumn, after being “selected as the recipient of the government’s new combatting hate against Muslims fund”, a statement from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government said on Monday.

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Trump officials release FBI records on MLK Jr despite his family’s opposition

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About 200,000 pages of surveillance records released despite objection from slain civil rights leader’s family

The Trump administration has released records of the FBI’s surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr, despite opposition from the slain Nobel laureate’s family and the civil rights group that he led until his 1968 assassination.

The release involves an estimated 200,000 pages of records that had been under a court-imposed seal since 1977, when the FBI first gathered the records and turned them over to the National Archives and Records Administration.

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