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Thursday briefing: Search underway after catastrophic mid-air collision over Potomac river
Good morning. Late last night near Washington DC, a jet carrying 64 people collided with a US army helicopter above the Potomac river. A frantic rescue operation got underway quickly and was still continuing a few minutes ago, with the precise number of fatalities unclear but multiple bodies seen being …
Hinkley Point C owner warns fish protection row may further delay nuclear plant
The owner of Hinkley Point C in Somerset has warned that the much-delayed construction of Britain’s first new nuclear power plant in a generation could face further hold-ups due to a row over its impact on local fish.
The nuclear developer, EDF Energy, warned that the “lengthy process” to agree …
Sydney to host 2027 Rugby World Cup final as Melbourne settles for last-16 games
The eyes of the rugby world will again fall on Sydney after it was chosen to host the 2027 Men’s Rugby World Cup final, 24 years after the Wallabies’ heartbreaking defeat to England at the city’s Olympic Stadium.
Accor Stadium at Homebush, with a capacity of 82,000, will again host …
Ukraine war briefing: Hitler wanted to kill me – don’t let Putin, says Ukrainian Holocaust survivor
A Ukrainian Holocaust survivor made an impassioned plea to the German parliament on Wednesday to do more to fight Russia’s “new war of extermination”, as Germany marks 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz.
“Back then Hitler wanted to kill me because I am Jew,” said Roman Schwarzman, …
Rebel leader Ahmad al-Sharaa made transitional president of Syria
Olaf Scholz attacks rival’s ‘unforgivable mistake’ as AfD backs migration plan
The leader of Germany’s conservative opposition has been backed in his controversial plans to restrict migration by the far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, in what Olaf Scholz branded “an unforgivable mistake.”
Friedrich Merz was accused by Scholz’s minority government of breaking a longstanding political firewall against the far-right populists. He …
Dowlais deal shows crisis in the UK stock market is getting worse
There goes another hidden gem of the UK stock market, and the mini-tragedy in this case is that the deal ought to be structured the other way around. It should be Dowlais, the FTSE 250 company whose main business carries the grand historic UK manufacturing name of GKN Automotive, buying …
Ukraine reels from ‘worst-case scenario’ suspension of US foreign aid
It was …
Lammy tells Rwanda it is putting $1bn in aid ‘under threat’ in DRC invasion
Rwanda has put $1bn of global aid under threat by taking part in the invasion of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UK foreign secretary, David Lammy, has said.
He made the direct warning in a phone call to the Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, on Sunday after also speaking …
Family pays tribute to women of three generations killed in Omagh bombing
A family from which women of three generations were killed in the Omagh bombing have spoken about the immeasurable pain caused by the atrocity and said they hope no other family suffers as they have.
They were speaking at a public inquiry established to determine whether the attack, the worst …