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EasyJet pilot suspended after hotel incident
LONDON — EasyJet has suspended one of its captains after he was reportedly seen roaming a luxury hotel drunk and naked.The unnamed pilot was witnessed walking through common areas of a five-star resort in Cape Verde without any clothes on in the early hours of the morning on 5 August, after an extended drinking session, according to the Sun.He was due to operate a return flight to Gatwick more than 36 hours later, but was grounded after the budget airline received complaints about the incident and a replacement pilot found.An EasyJet spokesman told the BBC the pilot now faces an investigation and that the safety of passengers and crew was its "highest priority".The captain arrived at the Melia Dunas Beach Resort and Spa in the West African island nation on 4 August, the Sun...
August 11, 2025

EasyJet pilot suspended after hotel incident

Anthony Albanese
Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key allies
BRISBANE — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday that his country will recognize a Palestinian state in September, joining a growing list of Western allies as international condemnation and anger builds over Israel’s actions in Gaza.A formal recognition will be made at the United Nations General Assembly next month, where “Australia will recognize the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority,” Albanese said at a press conference.On Monday, New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said his country was also considering recognizing a Palestinian state, and would make a decision at a cabinet meeting in September.“New Zealand has been clear for some time that our...
August 11, 2025

Australia to recognize Palestinian state, leaving US increasingly isolated among key allies

Benjamin Netanyahu
Netanyahu defends Gaza takeover plan as international condemnation grows
TEL AVIV — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has defended his planned military takeover of Gaza City in the face of growing international condemnation and anger, with United Nations officials warning Sunday the move would lead to “another calamity” in the embattled, starving enclave.In a rare news conference with international media, Netanyahu said the controversial operation to take over what was once Gaza’s largest city, which faces tremendous internal and international opposition, is the fastest way to end the war.“Contrary to false claims, this is the best way to end the war and the best way to end it speedily,” he said. “This is how we bring the war to an end.”In the early hours of Friday morning, Israel’s security cabinet approved plans to capture Gaza City,...
August 11, 2025

Netanyahu defends Gaza takeover plan as international condemnation grows

Dennis Bell was on a two-year assignment in Antarctica
British man who perished in Antarctic glacier found 65 years later
LONDON — The bones of a British man who died in a terrible accident in Antarctica in 1959 have been discovered in a melting glacier.The remains were found in January by a Polish Antarctic expedition, alongside a wristwatch, a radio, and a pipe.He has now been formally identified as Dennis "Tink" Bell, who fell into a crevasse aged 25 when working for the organisation that became the British Antarctic Survey."I had long given up on finding my brother. It is just remarkable, astonishing. I can't get over it," David Bell, 86, tells BBC News."Dennis was one of the many brave personnel who contributed to the early science and exploration of Antarctica under extraordinarily harsh conditions," says Professor Dame Jane Francis, director of the British Antarctic...
August 11, 2025

British man who perished in Antarctic glacier found 65 years later

South Korea's military has fallen below the 500,000 threshold that experts say is needed to maintain defence readiness
South Korea military shrinks by 20% due to low birthrate
SINGAPORE — South Korea's military has shrunk to about 450,000 people — a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defence ministry report released by a ruling party lawmaker on Sunday.Authorities say the main reason behind the decline is the country's dismal birth rate, which at 0.75 babies per woman is the world's lowest.South Korea retains compulsory military service mainly because the country is still technically at war with its nuclear-armed neighbour North Korea.A study published by South Korean researchers in July had suggested that the country would need at least 500,000 soldiers to defend against an attack from the North, which is believed to have 1.3 million active-duty members.The difference in military sizes put South Korea in a "structurally...
August 11, 2025

South Korea military shrinks by 20% due to low birthrate

A freight train arrives in Vienna. (File photo)
Man survives after clinging to Austrian high-speed train after cigarette break
VIENNA — A 24-year-old man in Austria barely escaped death after clinging to the exterior of a high-speed train when it departed while he was taking a cigarette break, according to the state railway ÖBB.The incident occurred late on Saturday at St Pölten, west of Vienna, when the Railjet service bound for the Austrian capital from Zurich began to move off.The man reportedly leapt into the gap between two carriages as the train departed.Passengers said the man drew attention to himself by banging on the train’s windows, prompting the conductor to press on the emergency brake.Crew members then brought him inside. The train, which can reach speeds of up to 230km/h, arrived in Vienna seven minutes behind schedule.According to Austrian newspaper Heute, a passenger said that the...
August 11, 2025

Man survives after clinging to Austrian high-speed train after cigarette break

Anas al-Sharif had reported extensively from northern Gaza
Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza
DOHA — Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City's Al-Shifa Hospital, the broadcaster has said.Correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, alongside cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent for journalists at the hospital's main gate when it was targeted, Al Jazeera reported.The "targeted assassination" on Sunday was "yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom", it said in a statement.Shortly after the strike, the IDF confirmed that it had targeted Anas al-Sharif, writing in a Telegram post that he had "served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas".The IDF did not mention any of the other journalists who were killed.In total, seven people died in the...
August 11, 2025

Five Al Jazeera journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza

A tent encampment being removed from downtown Washington DC in 2023
Trump demands homeless people 'immediately' move out of Washington
WASHINGTON — US President Donald Trump has said homeless people must "move out" of Washington DC as he vowed to tackle crime in the city, but the mayor pushed back against the White House likening the capital to Baghdad."We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital," he posted on Sunday. The Republican president also trailed a news conference for Monday about his plan to make the city "safer and more beautiful than it ever was before".Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said: "We are not experiencing a crime spike."Trump signed an order last month making it easier to arrest homeless people, and he last week ordered federal law enforcement into the streets of Washington DC."The Homeless have to move out, IMMEDIATELY," Trump wrote...
August 11, 2025

Trump demands homeless people 'immediately' move out of Washington

Emergency workers in blue and red uniforms stand on a building that has crumbled from the earthquake. It is night time and the debris is light brightly by spot lights
Turkey earthquake flattens buildings in north-east Balikesir province
ISTANBUL — One person has died in Turkey after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the north-west province of Balikesir on Sunday evening.An 81-year-old woman passed away shortly after she was pulled out from rubble in the town of Sindirgi, which was the epicentre of the quake, Turkey's interior minister said.Sixteen buildings collapsed as a result of the tremors, and 29 people had been injured, Ali Yerlikaya added.Turkey's disaster management agency said the quake was recorded at around 19:53 local time (16:53 GMT), and was felt as far away as Istanbul.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement wishing a swift recovery to everyone who was affected, and said that all recovery efforts were being closely monitored."May God protect our country from any kind of...
August 11, 2025

Turkey earthquake flattens buildings in north-east Balikesir province

US fashion designer Willy Chavarria at The Mark Hotel before the 2025 Met Gala
Adidas designer sorry for shoes 'appropriated' from Mexico
WASHINGTON — US fashion designer Willy Chavarria has apologized after a shoe he created in collaboration with Adidas Originals was criticized for "cultural appropriation".The Oaxaca Slip-On was inspired by traditional leather sandals known as huaraches made by Indigenous artisans in Mexico.The Mexican president was among those who spoke out against the footwear, which was reportedly made in China without consultation or credit to the communities who originated the design.Chavarria said in a statement sent to the BBC: "I am deeply sorry that the shoe was appropriated in this design and not developed in direct and meaningful partnership with the Oaxacan community."Cultural appropriation is defined as "the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs,...
August 11, 2025

Adidas designer sorry for shoes 'appropriated' from Mexico

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