Air India cancels eight Boeing flights amid safety checks
Air India has axed eight planned plane journeys following the crash that killed 270 people. The firm's Gatwick-bound plane carrying 242 passengers, including 53 British nationals, crashed just moments after take-off from Ahmedabad Airport in the northwestern Indian state of Gujarat.
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Idaho sniper's grandpa hints at vain reason he launched firefighter ambush
The 20-year-old suspected of shooting two firemen dead in Idaho dreamed of joining the fire department himself and may have been rejected, his relatives have revealed. Wess Val Roley might have been turned down for a firefighting job because of his height, his grandfather has speculated in the immediate aftermath of the attack. Roley, who was 5-foot-8, is believed to have fatally shot two firefighters and wounded a third on Sunday after lighting a bush on fire and ambushing the first responders.
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The moment rare 'roll clouds' sweep across Portugal during record heatwave
Europe has been rocked by yet more wild weather extremes with freak 'roll clouds' and destructive 'water bomb' downpours adding to the chaos brought by record 46C temperatures. Towering roll clouds loomed over beaches in Portugal as temperatures edged past 40C this week. Tourists described a 'tsunami'-like wall of cloud rising high above the coastline and 'everything going dark'. The meteorological agency said those on beaches in northern and central Portugal would have seen the cloud blown towards the coast on Monday. Roll clouds are formed from interacting air masses of different temperatures and sea breezes.
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Trump 'approves plan for attack on Iran and could launch strike in coming days'
President Donald Trump is understood to have approved plans for a U.S. attack on Iran, though he has not given the go ahead to carry them out. Trump met with his top generals in the Situation Room on Wednesday night as details on a potential US offensive were discussed. Senior White House officials are now preparing for the U.S. to strike Iran 'in the coming days,' Bloomberg reported.
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Trump's 'Doomsday Plane' makes unusual trip as Iran war fears escalate
President Donald Trump's emergency command aircraft was caught making a mysterious flight from Louisiana to Maryland on Tuesday. The Boeing E-4B 'Nightwatch', also known as the 'Doomsday plane,' serves as a flying command post for key officials during times of crisis, particularly designed to survive a nuclear attack and coordinate military actions. The craft took off from Bossier City at 5:56pm ET, traveled along the coast, looped around the border of Virginia and North Carolina, before landing at Joint Base Andrews at 10:01pm.
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Thousands of tourists stranded in Israel evacuated on a luxury cruise ship to Cyprus
More than 1,000 young tourists, from all over the world, have been evacuated from Israel by luxury cruise ship following the escalation of hostilities with Iran. Crown Iris, operated by Mano Maritime, set sail with 1,500 participants from the Birthright Israel programme, a not-for-profit outfit offering educational group trips. The passengers were taken to Larnaca, Cyprus, in a secretive operation.
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'Monster' filmed throwing a toddler to the ground admits he wanted to KILL him
A 'monster' filmed throwing a toddler to the floor in an airport lounge in Moscow has confessed to seeking to kill the helpless boy. Appalling footage showed Belarus national Vladimir Vitkov, 31, a nuclear power plant construction worker, pick up and slam the 18-month-old child down at the Russian capital's Sheremetyevo terminal. The child had arrived in Russia minutes earlier after he and his mother fled the bombing in Iran, say reports.
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Terrifying video shows cheaply-built deck collapse as toddler prepared to blow out candles
Shocking footage captured the moment a cheaply built deck collapsed as a toddler celebrated his Spider-Man-themed third birthday party. The young son of Hilary and Tony Loffredo was seen preparing to blow out his candles when the deck outside their home in West Des Moines, Iowa suddenly crumbled underneath them. 'The kids were crying and we all were screaming, 'Oh my gosh, what do we do?'' Hilary told KCCL.
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Trump says Iran strike like Hiroshima as NATO chief calls him daddy
Trump is a 'daddy' who has used 'strong language' to stop the warring parties in the Middle East, NATO chief Mark Rutte suggested. The US president said during a press conference that he believes the ceasefire between Iran and Israel will hold because they have had enough of fighting. 'They're not going to be fighting each other, they've had it,' he told reporters. 'Like two kids in the schoolyard, they fight like hell, you can't stop them. Let them fight for two or three minutes then it's easy to stop them.
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Iconic restaurant shuts down after 61 years just weeks after Gordon Ramsay visit
An iconic Michigan restaurant has closed its doors for the last time, just weeks after a reported visit from Gordon Ramsay. Firenze's Restaurant & Pizzeria in Warren, twenty miles north of Detroit, closed permanently on Monday. Wait staff were sent text messages telling them not to turn up for their next shifts due to the closure, the Detroit Free Press reported.
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Trump goes on ALL CAPS tirade to bash 'failing' New York Times and CNN over 'fake' Iran coverage
Donald Trump launched an all caps rant against the New York Times and CNN late last night over what he called their 'fake' coverage of the impact of the United States' bunker-buster bombing of nuclear sites in Iran. An intelligence assessment leaked to the two outlets reportedly stated the weekend strikes against key nuclear facilities in the country only set back Iran's nuclear programme by a couple months. Trump, however, claimed the strikes 'completely and totally obliterated' the facilities.
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Japanese car giant issues urgent recall for over 259,000 US vehicles after deadly fault found
America's fourth-best-selling car brand is recalling over a quarter-million vehicles over a potentially life-threatening defect. Honda says 259,033 SUVs and sedans must go back to their dealerships due to a brake pedal flaw that could make it harder to stop. According to the company, a misplaced pin on the brake pedal arm may cause it to shift out of position, increasing the risk of a crash or injury.
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Trump reveals whether he'll strike Iran's nuclear sites
Donald Trump said that he 'can't say' whether he'll authorize U.S. military strikes on Iran and revealed that the nation is seeking a way out of the escalating conflict. Trump teased 'I may do it, I may not do it,' during a gaggle with reporters on the White House lawn on Wednesday. The president also said that Iran's leadership have reached out asking to come to the White House to strike a deal on nuclear weapons.
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