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The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was originally from Dublin, joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) as a teenager before World War Two. At 21, he was a fighter pilot in the Battle of Britain, a three-month period when air force personnel defended the skies against a large-scale assault by the German air force, the Luftwaffe. […]
At least 12 people have been killed after a plane crashed off the Caribbean coast of Honduras on Monday evening, officials said. The aircraft - operated by Honduran airline Lanhsa - crashed into the sea within a minute of take-off from the island of Roatán. The Honduran national police and fire department separately said five people had been rescued, while one person is yet to be found. The cause of […]
Germany's Parliament, the Bundestag, is voting on whether to take the brakes off defence spending. This could pave the way for a massive uplift in military investment just as Russia makes gains in Ukraine and Washington signals that Europe can no longer rely on US protection. "This vote in the Bundestag is absolutely crucial," says Prof Monika Schnitzer, who chairs Germany's Council of Economic Experts. "After the Munich Security Conference, […]
US President Donald Trump has warned Iran that it will face "dire" consequences if Yemen's Houthis continue to attack international shipping lanes. He said the Iranian leadership would be held responsible for "every shot fired by the Houthis", which have long been backed by Tehran. The group later said it had targeted a US aircraft carrier three times in the past two days. The Houthis first tried to attack the […]
Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of social messaging app Telegram, has been allowed to fly home to Dubai as French authorities continue their unprecedented case against him. The tech billionaire was arrested in August after being accused of failing to properly moderate his app to reduce criminality. Mr Durov denies failing to cooperate with law enforcement over drug trafficking, child sexual abuse content and fraud. Telegram has previously denied […]
Tiny plastic pellets found washed up on England's east coast are likely to have come from a collision involving a tanker and a cargo ship a week ago, the coastguard has said. The Stena Immaculate and cargo ship Solong collided in the North Sea, off East Yorkshire, on Monday, triggering an explosion and fires. Chief coastguard Paddy O'Callaghan said they were told on Sunday there had been a sighting in […]
A paedophile who stole a terminally ill man's identity and spent almost three decades on the run has been convicted of 54 child sex abuse charges. Richard Burrows "acted like a coward and fled the country" leaving his victims to suffer, police said after he was convicted at Chester Crown Court. During his trial this year, the court was told he had abused boys as young as nine while a […]
Rwanda has cut diplomatic ties with Belgium, saying it has been "consistently undermined" by the European nation during the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Brussels has been leading calls for European nations to sanction Rwanda over its support for the M23, a rebel group at the centre of DR Congo's crisis. The authorities in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, have given Belgian diplomats 48 hours to leave the country. […]
An eight-year-old child who was raped in Bangladesh has died of her injuries on Thursday, setting off fierce protests around the country. The girl was raped while visiting her elder sister's house in the city of Magura some time between the night of 5 March and the following morning, according to a case filed by her mother. The elder sister's 18-year-old husband, along with his parents and brother, were arrested […]
