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Passengers and crew members had to overpower a 17-year-old who got onto a plane with a shotgun and ammunition in Australia. It happened as the aircraft prepared to take off from Avalon Airport, near Melbourne, ahead of a flight bound for Sydney on Thursday afternoon carrying about 160 people. Police believe the teenager got onto … Read more
32 mins agoWatch: Moment Democrat Al Green sings to protest his censureGreen and fellow Democrats began singing after the House voted to censure the Texas congressman over his Trump speech disruption.32 mins agoUS & Canada
America’s national parks saw more than 331 million visits last year, a record. But the Trump administration does not want to call attention to those numbers, according to a National Park Service memo, amid mass firings of rangers and other employees at the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Arches and other popular destinations. The internal memo, issued … Read more
13 mins agoWeekly quiz: Anora cleaned up but who left the Oscars empty-handed?How much attention did you pay to what has been going on in the world over the past seven days?13 mins agoUS & Canada
The Trump administration has moved to rewrite rules designed to prevent disasters at thousands of chemical facilities across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency filed a motion in federal court on Thursday pulling back the safety regulations, introduced last year under former president Joe Biden. The rules, which took effect in May, require sites that … Read more
55 mins agoAnalysing Russian strike on Ukraine hotelFour killed in a missile strike on a hotel in President Zelensky’s home town in central Ukraine.55 mins agoEurope
Hugh Schofield BBC News, Paris Macron says France is open to extending nuclear deterrent to protect European Allies So in the end Charles de Gaulle was right. As president of France in the 1960s, it was he who launched the policy of French strategic independence. Of course, he said, Americans were more our friends than … Read more
27 mins agoWatch: Moment falling tree narrowly misses pedestriansThree people narrowly escaped a falling tree that crashed onto a sidewalk in Brooklyn, New York.27 mins agoUS & Canada
US Congress has voted to censure Texas Democrat Al Green, who was ejected from the House chamber on Tuesday after disrupting President Donald Trump’s address to the nation. Green, a long-serving member of the Democratic party, was punished for heckling and waving his cane at Trump during the president’s joint session of Congress. The resolution, … Read more
More must be done to make Gabonese football safer, players’ union Fifpro has said after a former youth coach convicted of sexually abusing players was handed a life ban by world football’s governing body, Fifa. On Tuesday Fifa ruled that Patrick Assoumou Eyi, who was head coach of Gabon’s national youth teams for decades, had … Read more