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The co-pilot's mistake led to take-off being abandoned
Plane caught fire as pilot confused left and right
LONDON — A plane aborted take-off on a Gatwick runway after its co-pilot muddled up his left and right hands, investigators have found.The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) said the error resulted in the aircraft's brakes catching fire.The 28 June incident — involving a British Airways flight to Vancouver, Canada — led to a 50-minute runway closure and 23 canceled departures at the West Sussex airport.A British Airways spokesperson said: "Safety is always our highest priority and our pilots brought the aircraft to a safe stop."Gatwick Airport has been contacted for comment.A 13-person crew and 334 passengers were on board during the incident, according to the AAIB report.Investigators said the co-pilot "unintentionally" moved a lever to his left when...
May 09, 2025

Plane caught fire as pilot confused left and right

Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after his election, at the Vatican, 8 May 2025
Pope Leo XIV addresses Vatican crowd as new leader of the Catholic Church
VATICAN CITY — The conclave of 133 cardinals representing 70 countries elected Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost as new pontiff on Thursday, after deliberating on who would be the new leader of the Catholic Church for less than a day.The new pope has chosen Leo XIV as his name.With black smoke appearing around noon on Thursday, the wait for the new pontiff continued. After a midday lunch break, the cardinals were to hold two more rounds of voting, but the first vote resulted in a yes.The most geographically diverse College of Cardinals in the Catholic Church’s 2,000-year history has followed centuries-old rituals inside the Sistine Chapel to decide who will lead the 1.4 billion faithful.In the past century, choosing a pontiff has taken between three and eight ballots.And with that, an...
May 09, 2025

Pope Leo XIV addresses Vatican crowd as new leader of the Catholic Church

Excited crowds gather in St Peter's Square to see the new Pope
Pope Leo XIV marks new beginning for Catholic Church
VATICAN — After the sorrow of death, the joy of a new beginning.The warm May sun was still high in the sky when a roar echoed out in the streets surrounding St Peter's Square.One street over, startled people looked at each other, then at their phones. Then, they began to run down the narrow alleyways leading to the Vatican. "White smoke, they're saying white smoke!", they called out.By the time they reached the square, a white haze was still hovering over the left-hand side of the Apostolic Palace where 133 cardinals had been locked away since the day before, voting to elect the new head of the Catholic Church.As the evening sunshine streamed through the statues of the apostles on the ledge of St Peter's Basilica and bells tolled joyously over the square, young and...
May 09, 2025

Pope Leo XIV marks new beginning for Catholic Church

Dozens of people from all over the world line in front of the central registration centre for asylum seekers in Berlin, 25 September, 2023
Germany denies plan to declare state of emergency to tackle migration
BERLIN — The German government has denied a media report claiming that the newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz had declared a state of national emergency in a bid to ramp up border controls.A spokesperson for the government cleared the rumours on Thursday, assuring the public that the special Brussels clause, Article 72 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, has not been triggered."The chancellor is not declaring a national emergency," said Stefan Kornelius, speaking to local media.Earlier on Thursday, German media outlet, Die Welt, reported that the new federal government is planning to invoke the EU clause. If passed, national law would apply to border protection and internal security with immediate effect.This would trigger extensive tightening of border...
May 09, 2025

Germany denies plan to declare state of emergency to tackle migration

The Statue of Peace is reflected on water fountain at the Peace Park in Nagasaki, 16 November, 2019
Nagasaki extends invitation to 'all countries' to memorial event of 1945 nuclear bombing
TOKYO — The mayor of Nagasaki has announced the city will invite representatives "of all countries" and regions to the peace memorial marking the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city.The invitation to the 157 countries and regions that have diplomatic missions in Japan will include Russia, Belarus and Israel, who were excluded last year.Mayor Shiro Suzuki said he wants all representatives to see the brutal consequences of atomic weapons use as a lesson at a time of growing divisions and conflicts.The United States dropped its second atomic bomb on Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, three days after the first bombing of Hiroshima, together killing more than 210,000 people.Japan surrendered on 15 August, ending World War II and its nearly half-century of aggression across...
May 09, 2025

Nagasaki extends invitation to 'all countries' to memorial event of 1945 nuclear bombing

French President Emmanuel Macron awards French WWII resistant Jean Daikhowski with the Legion of Honor during ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII
80 years on, France’s last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended
PARIS — France commemorated the 80th anniversary of the end of the World War II on Thursday.French President Emmanuel Macron led the national remembrance in the capital, Paris, laying a wreath in front of a crowd at the statue of General Charles de Gaulle, who led the French Resistance against Nazi Germany.But as France remembered the millions who fought and died in the war, it also faced a sobering reality: few remain who have witnessed its horrors first-hand.“Unfortunately, I'm finding that there are fewer and fewer of us,” said 89-year-old Marcjanna Marcinkowski, who was just nine when Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation in 1944.“That’s a real concern, because finding myself alone is something that troubles me a lot," she added.Marcinkowski fears the lessons of...
May 09, 2025

80 years on, France’s last WWII veterans warn peace must be defended

The sun sets behind the Independence Monument overlooking Maidan Square on the country's National Flag Day, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, in Kyiv, Ukraine
Zelensky addresses Ukrainians in Kyiv as Moscow airspace remains blocked
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky released a video address for the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, recorded in selfie mode as he walked down Kyiv’s bustling central Khreschatyk street."This day reminds us of an important pattern: every evil inevitably comes to an end," he said walking to Kyiv’s Independence square.“On the morning of February 24 Khreschatyk was empty – no cars, no people. Now, there is life here, you see. Three years ago, when I recorded an Independence Day address, burned Russian vehicles stood here. And that is the only kind of parade evil can get here," Zelensky said.Zelensky was seen filming the video in Kyiv the day before, on May 7. The Ukrainian leader took selfies with people on the streets, which had not been blocked...
May 09, 2025

Zelensky addresses Ukrainians in Kyiv as Moscow airspace remains blocked

Russian President Vladimir Putin talks during meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, May 8, 2025
Vladimir Putin welcomes China's Xi Jinping in Moscow ahead of Victory Day
MOSCOW — Chinese President Xi Jinping was welcomed by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Thursday as part of a four-day state visit, as Moscow's all-out war in Ukraine, now in its fourth year, goes on.At the meeting between the two leaders, Putin attributed Moscow's and Beijing's strategic cooperation to "the combat brotherhood" that the two countries built during World War II."We are developing our ties for the benefit of the peoples of both countries, and not against anyone. Our relationship is based on equality, mutual benefit and is not driven by short-term considerations," Putin said."The intention to build good neighbourly relations, strengthen friendship and expand cooperation is a choice of Russia and the People’s...
May 08, 2025

Vladimir Putin welcomes China's Xi Jinping in Moscow ahead of Victory Day

Police block the entrance to the Israeli embassy during a protest in March
Israeli embassy was target of suspected terror plot in UK
LONDON — The Israeli embassy in London was the alleged target of five Iranian men arrested on suspicion of preparing an act of terrorism, the BBC understands.Police have not yet confirmed that the embassy in Kensington was the suspected target, as first reported by the Times, citing operational reasons. But the BBC understands the report is accurate.Commander Dominic Murphy, head of the Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism command, said it was a "fast-moving" investigation and there were "significant operational reasons" why the force could not provide further details.Iran "categorically rejects" any involvement, said the Iranian foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, on the social media site X.He added his country was ready to assist with the...
May 08, 2025

Israeli embassy was target of suspected terror plot in UK

T-34 Soviet-era tanks are seen in a street near near the State Historical Museum on the day of a rehearsal for a military parade, which marks the 80th anniversary of the victory over Nazi Germany, in central Moscow on April 29
Putin’s 3-day ceasefire comes into effect, but Ukraine claims Russia already broke it
KYIV — A three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that was unilaterally declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month has come into effect, as Russia prepares to mark the anniversary of its World War II Victory Day on Friday.Russian state media agency Tass said the ceasefire began at midnight local time on Wednesday (5 p.m. ET Wednesday).Within three hours, Ukraine’s air force had claimed Russia had launched guided bombs over Sumy in the north of Ukraine, the Reuters news agency reported, adding that it could not independently verify the claims.A statement from the Kremlin last month said that Putin ordered “all military actions” in Ukraine to be suspended from midnight May 8 to midnight May 11 based on “humanitarian considerations.”Kyiv rejected the short-term truce when it...
May 08, 2025

Putin’s 3-day ceasefire comes into effect, but Ukraine claims Russia already broke it

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