Russia jammed the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal of the Defence Secretary’s official jet on a round trip to Poland. Grant Shapps was travelling on the RAF’s Envoy, a Dassault 900LX, to visit troops in Mazury, a military base near the Belarus border, when the aircraft’s pilots lost access to the GPS. The aircraft was...
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Haiti violence: Gangs free 4,000 inmates in mass jailbreak
Armed gangs have stormed the main prison in Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, releasing many inmates. The vast majority of about 4,000 men held there have now escaped, a local journalist told BBC News. Among those detained were gang members charged in connection with the 2021 killing of President Jovenel Moïse. Violence in Haiti, the poorest country...
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Alexei Navalny: Putin critic about to be freed in prisoner swap when he died, says ally
Alexei Navalny was about to be freed in a prisoner swap when he died, according to his ally Maria Pevchikh. She said the Russian opposition leader was going to be exchanged for Vadim Krasikov, a Russian hitman who is serving a life sentence for murder in Germany. Two US citizens currently held in Russia were...
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Serving US Air Force member sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in ‘genocide’ protest
A man who set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC on Sunday in an apparent protest against the Gaza war is a serving member of the US Air Force, a spokesperson confirmed. The US Air Force serviceman suffered life-threatening injuries and remains in critical condition at a hospital. The man filmed...
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Israeli report says Hamas sexual violence ‘systematic and intentional’
The Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel says it has gathered evidence Hamas gunmen “systematically and intentionally” committed sexual crimes during the 7 October attacks. These allegedly included violent rapes of women conducted “collectively” or “in front of an audience”. Hamas has denied its gunmen sexually assaulted women during the attacks. On 7 October,...
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Joe Manchin’s reign is over – with a middle finger to his own party
During the dog days of Democrats negotiating President Biden’s doomed Build Back Better legislation in 2021, one reporter asked then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about her discussions with Sen Joe Manchin, the mercurial conservative Democrat from West Virginia. “You think I’m going to talk about my conversations with Joe Manchin in here,” she told reporters, before...
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Big-race preview ahead of Flemington showpiece
Racing.com’s Edward Sadler with all the talking points going into the Melbourne Cup and his one-two-three prediction. It’s Australia’s greatest race and at 3pm local time on Tuesday, the nation will come to a halt to watch the Melbourne Cup. Whether you’re a diehard racing fan or a once-a-year punter, Cup Day is the day...
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Israel plans ‘indefinite’ controls over Gaza, says Benjamin Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu claimed on Tuesday that Israel’s month-long offensive against Hamas in Gaza was an “extraordinary success” as Israeli troops began operating inside Gaza City, the besieged strip’s capital. Speaking to soldiers in a televised speech, Israel’s prime minister said there were “problems” with drones, improvised explosive devices and anti-tank fire and sometimes “very painful...
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Ukraine war: Western ‘weariness’ of supporting Kyiv, US aid at stake, France strikes arms deals
All the latest developments from the war in Ukraine. West will tire of supporting Ukraine – Kremlin ADVERTISEMENT The Kremlin claimed on Monday that “weariness” about assisting Ukraine will increase in the West, amid a meeting by EU foreign ministers in Kyiv seeking to prove the opposite. “Weariness of (the) completely absurd support for the...
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Taiwan: Fire and explosions at golf ball factory kill at least five | World News
More than 100 people have been taken to hospital with injuries. Rescuers were searching for four factory workers and one firefighter who remained unaccounted for, officials said. A fire and explosions at a golf ball factory in Taiwan have killed at least five people and injured over a hundred more, officials have said. The fire...