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Two crew members have been killed after two helicopters collided mid-air in Greece while taking part in efforts to tackle wildfires. The victims were a Danish pilot and a Greek fire service liaison officer. A British pilot and another Greek coordinator, who were aboard the second helicopter, survived the collision. Video of the incident, which […]
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Donald Trump says he has cancelled planned strikes against Iran, provided a deal can be reached “rapidly” with Tehran. In a post on Truth Social, the US president said he had decided to “cancel the attack, subject to being able to rapidly make a DEAL” that would include the immediate reopening of the Strait of […]
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At first glance, Iran’s surprise missile strike on a US base in Jordan earlier this week appeared puzzling. The attack ended the fragile pause in direct US-Iran hostilities and prompted Washington to resume strikes inside Iran. It was an unusual move. If Tehran’s priority had been to secure a ceasefire, the strike makes little sense. […]
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Whether you’re training for your first 5K, chasing a marathon personal best, or simply trying to stay consistent with your weekly runs, a quality GPS running watch can transform the way you train. Today’s best running watches do much more than record distance and pace—they analyse your performance, monitor your recovery, track your sleep, guide […]
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President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States was engaged in “good talks” with Iran and that a deal to end their conflict remained possible, but warned that U.S. strikes would resume if negotiations failed. Despite Trump’s optimism, Tehran appeared to quickly test the pause in the U.S. military campaign, with Saudi Arabia, […]
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Shares in China’s biggest memory chip maker have soared by nearly 470% after making a blockbuster debut on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s technology-focused Star Market. The rally lifted ChangXin Memory Technologies’ (CXMT) market value to around 3.3 trillion yuan ($487bn; £365bn), making it the most valuable listed company in mainland China. The spectacular debut comes […]
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A 37-year-old man from the UK has become the first person in the world to receive an experimental vaccine against the Ebola virus. Ed Hunt was given the vaccine in Oxford as the first of 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 55 taking part in an early-stage clinical trial. Hunt said he was inspired to […]
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Passengers travelling through Gatwick Airport endured lengthy queues for toilets and found restaurants and bars closed after a major outage left both terminals without running water. The disruption began on Sunday morning when a power failure at SES Water’s Bough Beech treatment works, which supplies the airport and surrounding areas, cut the water supply. The […]
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Israeli settlers set fire to two mosques, along with cars and agricultural land in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said, in the latest violence to grip the territory. The attacks came two days after clashes near the village of Tal that left four Palestinians and two Israelis dead. Each side blamed the other for […]
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The Iran war broadened over the weekend despite a pause in U.S. strikes, as Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis attacked Saudi oil facilities on the Red Sea coast and Tehran accused Ukraine of striking one of its commercial vessels in the Caspian Sea. The U.S. military said on Saturday that its naval blockade of Iran “remains in […]
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One dead and 16 injured after car driven into crowd at Berlin Pride event One woman has been killed and 16 other people injured after a car was driven into a crowd at a Berlin Pride event on Saturday night. Police have launched a large-scale manhunt across the German capital for the suspect, who remains […]
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Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he would be prepared to publicly challenge Donald Trump if doing so was in Britain’s national interest, insisting his priority would always be to defend the UK. In his first major interview as prime minister, Burnham told the BBC he had enjoyed a positive first conversation with the US […]
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