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A Ryanair plane caught fire, forcing nearly 200 passengers to evacuate using emergency slides
The Ryanair plane - flight FR8826 - caught fire as it was about to leave Brindisi Airport in Italy and the inflatable slide was deployed to help the passengers evacuate following the emergency
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Ukraine says its forces have withdrawn from defensive bastion of Vuhledar
Eastern city had resisted repeated attacks but Russian troops are close to ‘encircling’ it in Donetsk advance
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Nigeria has arrested 13 university students on charges of internet fraud
Nigerian authorities have apprehended 13 students of Usmanu Danfodio University, located in the northwestern city of Sokoto, in the latest round of raids targeting internet fraud and other cyber-related offenses.
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A buried U.S. Second World War bomb has exploded at a Japanese airport
Unexpected blast at Miyazaki airport makes crater in taxiway and leads to grounding of 80 flights but no injuries
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IDF has promised to strike Iran tonight "in a powerful way" after missiles fell on Israel
Iran has fired approximately 200 missiles into Israel today in reprisal for its invasion of Lebanon - but Israel has now vowed to fight back as tensions escalate
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The network showed Iranian missiles that did not explode
Judging by the videos circulating on social networks, a large part of the ballistic missiles either did not explode or were simply not filled with explosives.
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Tel Aviv shooting: Eight killed in Jaffa just minutes before Iran launches missile strikes on Israel
The two gunmen were shot dead by police, who are saying the shooting was an act of terror
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Videos of the arrival of Iranian missiles over Israel appeared on the Internet
Iran launched about 500 ballistic missiles at Israel.
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Iran launched missiles towards Israel
Iran launched missiles towards Israel - IDF.
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Iran planning imminent ballistic missile attack on Israel, US warns
Israeli forces at ‘highest readiness’ after White House officials see ‘indications’ of strike following Lebanon incursion
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Father accused of choking his 1-year-old son to death for not obeying him
A father allegedly strangled his 1-year-old son for minutes until he died for not listening to what he said.
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Putin has ordered the conscription of 133,000 new soldiers for front-line duty
Vladimir Putin has ordered the conscription of another 133,000 soldiers to aid his war in Ukraine.
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Israel has initiated "limited" ground operations along the Lebanese border
The Israeli military have begun small ground raids against Hezbollah and communities along its border with Lebanon.
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Criminals may benefit as Cambodia conceals new citizenship data
Cambodia has begun hiding the identities of foreigners purchasing passports through a citizenship investment program – a move analysts say will undermine efforts to tackle crime groups that have set up shop in the Southeast Asian nation.
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Trump comes up with way to cut crime that’s worse than the death penalty
Donald Trump was mocked online after proposing a solution to crime that has been compared to the horror film The Purge.
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Saltwater is making electric cars blow up after Hurricane Helene
Electric vehicles that have been flooded with saltwater are being treated as a potential fire hazard in the wake of Hurricane Helene.
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Airstrikes launched at Yemen’s Hodeidah port
There are reports of an airstrike on the the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah in Yemen. Reuters reports that fuel tanks were hit.
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Hezbollah confirms death of seventh senior leader
Hezbollah has confirmed that Nabil Kaouk, another of its senior leaders, was killed in an Israeli airstrike, the Associated Press are reporting.
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British woman says Israel’s strike on Lebanon killed five of her family members
Sana Chamseddin’s uncle, his wife and their three daughters died in IDF bombing of Tyre
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Nine dead and 48 missing after migrant boat sinks off Canary Islands
Rescue services say they saved 27 of the 84 people aboard the vessel believed to have come from Mauritania
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German far-right politician accused of exploiting political prisoners as cheap labour in Belarus
Reports of dissenters working for £4 a day on onion plantation owned by Saxony state parliament AfD member Jörg Dornau
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Fears of Iranian retaliation after death of Hezbollah leaders
Hezbollah have confirmed that Israel’s military killed their leader Hassan Nasrallah in an airstrike on Beirut.
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Trump vows to pursue criminal charges against Google if re-elected president
Ex-president complains search results unfairly favor Kamala Harris and display negative stories about him
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Israel claims to have killed a Hezbollah leader in airstrikes on Lebanon
Israel’s military says Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been killed in an air strike on Beirut.
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Three arrested as Just Stop Oil targets Van Gogh paintings again after two activists jailed for ’souping’ Sunflowers
Three people have been arrested after Just Stop Oil activists targeted more Van Gogh paintings following the sentencing of two activists earlier for throwing soup over the iconic ’Sunflowers’ piece.