Fourteen go on trial over deadliest Channel small boats disaster
At least 30 men, women and children drowned when their dinghy capsized on 24 November 2021.
Pilots tried to abort landing seconds before deadly Amazon cargo plane crash that killed five
The five people killed were employees of an aircraft cleaning company who were in a van struck by the plane after it overran the Miami airport runway
Officials in Florida on Tuesday said evidence collected from Saturday’s Amazon cargo plane crash at Miami international airport suggests the pilots considered aborting the flight’s landing before it crashed and killed five people on the ground.
At a press conference Tuesday evening, officials from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released data from the plane’s “black box” flight data recorder, which was recovered from the wreckage on Monday, indicating pilots initiated a “go-around”, or aborted landing, seconds before impact.
Reuters contributed reporting
Continue reading...Trump renames places and poses as superhero in bizarre social media blitz
Trump passed the long weekend posting a torrent of memes and musings on his Truth Social platform
The long weekend may have proved too long for Donald Trump, who passed the time by musing about annexing other countries, unilaterally renaming places he’s not allowed to rename and turning himself into a superhero.
Amid the torrent of memes and posts by the president on his Truth Social platform over the Labor Day holiday weekend was a bizarre AI-generated video depicting Trump as the Green Lantern DC superhero, wielding a glowing green power ring to erect his border wall, illuminate an “American manufacturing” scene, and command a fleet of warplanes and warships behind him.
Continue reading...‘A bit too late, but important’: UK bans goods from Israeli settlements
The UK has announced a ban on the import of all goods produced by illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.
Ukrainian TV channel building hit by Russian drone as five killed in Kyiv
President Zelensky describes the daytime drone attack in Ukraine's capital as a "new page in Russian degradation"
Ukrainian TV channel building hit by Russian drone as five killed in Kyiv
President Zelensky describes the daytime drone attack in Ukraine's capital as a "new page in Russian degradation"
Israeli strikes devastate homes, displace families across Gaza
Israeli strikes hit several areas across Gaza, destroying homes in Khan Younis and sending thick smoke over Bureij camp.
Bombardier defends US manufacturing amid Trump’s aviation sales threat
Bombardier defends its US presence, stating its planes already feature components made in Texas and California.
China Tests New Silk Road—in the Arctic – Newser
- China Tests New Silk Road—in the Arctic Newser
- Chinese Ship Takes Arctic Shortcut: Smart Business? Or a Political Flex? The New York Times
- A Forgotten Soviet Waterway Could Give China a New Arctic Trade Route Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
- The new Arctic route is redrawing the economic and geopolitical map EL PAÍS English
- Container ship arrives in UK after voyage from China via the Arctic The Independent
Russia’s New Stealthy Lower-Cost Air-Launched Standoff Weapons On Display In Egypt – TWZ
- Russia’s New Stealthy Lower-Cost Air-Launched Standoff Weapons On Display In Egypt TWZ
- Russia markets drone-like missiles in Egypt during Su-57 jet's Africa air show debut Reuters
- Another powerful African country welcomes Russia’s fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter after Algeria made history as first operator Business Insider Africa
- Russians Brought Su-57E Jets to Egypt Equipped with Monochrome, Kover, and Dan-T Missiles Мілітарний
- Su-57’s Drone army: Russia turns stealth fighter into an airborne commander WION
Where is Israel’s proposed West Bank settlement the UK opposes?
BBC's Middle East correspondent Lucy Williamson reports from an area close to Israel's proposed site in the occupied West Bank.
Scientist Says Human DNA Contains Clues of an Intelligent Creator – Yahoo
Israeli strikes transform Lebanese city into ghost town
Nabatieh, once southern Lebanon’s economic centre, is now a ghost town as Israel intensifies attacks.
UK sanctions on Israeli settlements a ‘seismic’ shift says Albanese
UN expert Francesca Albanese calls UK sanctions on Israeli settlements a ‘seismic shift’ after years of UK ‘complicity’.
German police arrest suspect over sabotage attacks on power grid – BBC
- German police arrest suspect over sabotage attacks on power grid BBC
- Germany: Police arrest suspect in power grid sabotage case dw.com
- Police in Germany's Saxony state defuse 21 explosive devices found near power grid TVP World
- Berlin police probe substation fire amid series of attacks on grid Reuters
- Police arrest suspect in Germany power grid attacks after dayslong search ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
Sabotage suspect held in Germany after spate of attacks on power grid
The suspect had reportedly claimed responsibility for attacks on electricity substations in letters.
Iranian twins tortured so brutally for protests — hair ripped out, feet broken — that even their mother didn’t recognize them – New York Post
- Iranian twins tortured so brutally for protests — hair ripped out, feet broken — that even their mother didn’t recognize them New York Post
- Broken feet, ripped-out hair and now a death sentence: the fate of twin sisters jailed over Iran protests The Guardian
- Iranian Twin Sisters Reportedly Tortured Over January Protests; One Sentenced To Death, Other Gets 25 Years Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
- 21-Year-Old Rapper Erfan Mirzaei Executed in Isfahan Following Severe Torture IranWire
- Iran Sentences Woman, 20, to Death; Twin Gets 25 Years Yahoo
Video captures grocery store manager’s daring rescue of toddler who ran into oncoming traffic – Fox News
- Video captures grocery store manager's daring rescue of toddler who ran into oncoming traffic Fox News
- Lucky toddler has a narrow escape after running into speeding traffic BBC
- Supermarket manager honored for saving child who ran into traffic FOX 8 News
- Heart-stopping moment supermarket worker races into traffic to save little girl Yahoo
- Heart-stopping video shows hero supermarket manager run into traffic to save little girl New York Post
British family of man abducted by Saudi Arabia speak out over nine-year ordeal
Mira Lozi says quiet diplomacy has failed to free Rami Naimi who was first seized in Dubai in 2017
A British woman has spoken out for the first time about the alleged abduction, torture and coercion of her husband at the hands of Saudi authorities, after nine years of “failed” quiet diplomacy.
The businessman Rami Naimi was first abducted in Dubai in 2017 on his return from a trip to Australia with his father. After being tortured, he was released the following year.
Continue reading...UK accuses Israeli ‘terrorists’ of ethnic cleansing in West Bank with government backing
In strongest condemnation ever by UK government, Ed Miliband announces sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements
Israeli “terrorists” are conducting ethnic cleansing in the West Bank with the tacit backing of the government, the UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband has said, as he announced sweeping sanctions on trade with Israeli settlements.
In the strongest condemnation ever issued by the UK government, Miliband said the government would now take the official position that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank was unlawful in its entirety, saying such acknowledgment was “the least the people who face such suffering deserve. And it should be the prelude to justice.”
An import ban on goods from illegal settlements in the occupied territories.
A comprehensive sanctions regime against providing services such as construction or financing for Israeli settlements.
A ban on the advertising in the UK of illegal settlement properties.
Personal sanctions against key individuals accused of promoting settler violence.
A new ban for arms licences and other exports that “materially contribute to the occupation”.
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