Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,234
Here are the key events on day 1,234 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
North Korea’s Benidorm-style resort welcomes first Russian tourists
Details of how it was built - in a country largely closed to the outside world - are shrouded in secrecy.
North Korea’s Benidorm-style resort welcomes first Russian tourists
Details of how it was built - in a country largely closed to the outside world - are shrouded in secrecy.
Engine fuel switches cut off before Air India crash that killed 260, preliminary report finds
Early investigation into accident in Ahmedabad in June also contains details of pilots discussing the switches
Fuel to both engines of the Air India plane that crashed and killed 260 people last month appears to have been cut off seconds after the flight took off, a preliminary report has found.
Air India flight AI171, bound for London, crashed into a densely populated residential area in the Indian city of Ahmedabad on 12 June, killing all but one of the 242 people on board and 19 others on the ground. It was India’s deadliest air crash in almost three decades.
Continue reading...Gout Gout wins again in Monaco as Jess Hull and Peter Bol break national records
17-year-old dazzles in under-23 200m at Diamond League meet
Bol fourth in fast 800m final that sees world record fall
The remarkable Gout Gout story speeds on with the Australian producing another blistering performance to further his European track education in Monaco.
Guesting in an invitational 200 metres at the prestigious Diamond League meeting at the Stade Louis II in the principality during his school holidays on Friday, the teenage phenomenon raced away to another striking win in 20.10 seconds into a headwind.
Continue reading...Intense Med Sea heatwave raises fears for marine life
Sea temperatures around places like Majorca exceeded 30C earlier this month, far above average.
Trump surveys damage in Texas as search continues for 160 missing
Efforts to find and identify the scores of dead and missing continue into a second week.
The beauty and brutality of life in the shadow of Kashmir killings
BBC visits ground zero of the April attack in Pahalgam where locals are picking up the pieces of their broken lives.
Israeli settlers beat American to death in West Bank; US says it’s aware – Al Jazeera
- Israeli settlers beat American to death in West Bank; US says it’s aware Al Jazeera
- Palestinian American killed in Israeli settler attack in West Bank Axios
- US aware of reported death of American after beating by Israeli settlers Reuters
- Lebanese Terrorist Targeted in IDF Airstrike, Israeli Army Says Haaretz
- Palestinian American from Florida killed in the West Bank, family says The Washington Post
Israeli settlers beat American to death in West Bank; US says it’s aware
Rights advocates call on the Trump administration to ensure accountability for the killing of Sayfollah Musallet.
Canada’s Carney talked tough on Trump – now some say he’s backing down
Canada has made concessions to win goodwill with the White House. Trump, in return, has threatened steeper tariffs.
Canada’s Carney talked tough on Trump – now some say he’s backing down
Canada has made concessions to win goodwill with the White House. Trump, in return, has threatened steeper tariffs.
US sending special envoy after weapons deliveries resumed, says Ukraine
US envoy Keith Kellogg will travel to Kyiv early next week, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
US has resumed military supplies to Ukraine, Zelensky says
It comes after US President Donald Trump announced a new deal to supply air defence systems via Nato.
Watch: What we know about the fuel switches on Air India flight 171
A preliminary report investigating the Air India crash finds both fuel switches were moved to the off position.
Ancient Aboriginal rock art, African sites make UNESCO World Heritage list
UN cultural organisation this week announces its choice of sites to be granted World Heritage status.
An Indigenous Australian community is fighting to protect sacred springs from a coal mine
One Aboriginal family has been fighting for nearly a decade to protect the Doongmabulla Springs.
Trade trumps geopolitics as Australia PM visits China
The visit comes as countries around the world navigate the US president's "America First" policies.
Farm worker dies a day after chaotic immigration raid at California farm
Jaime Alanis died after sustaining injuries during raid where authorities say they arrested about 200 people
A farmworker died Friday from injuries that he sustained a day earlier in raids on two California cannabis farm sites as US immigration authorities confirmed they arrested 200 workers after a tense standoff with authorities.
Jaime Alanis’s death was confirmed in a social media post by the United Farm Workers advocacy group. “We tragically can confirm that a farm worker has died of injuries they sustained as a result of yesterday’s immigration enforcement action,” the post read.
Continue reading...Fuel switches cut off just before deadly Air India crash, early report says
Preliminary investigation does not apportion blame for Boeing 787 crash that killed 260 people in June.