80 m. ago Italy looks at hiding state flight paths after jamming of Von Der Leyen plane

EU member states debate how to make leaders’ flights more secure as Russia blamed for GPS lossEurope live – latest updatesItaly is considering keeping state flights secret after the satellite signal of the aircraft carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, was allegedly jammed by Russia, Italian defence ministry sources said.Von der Leyen, a fierce critic of the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Moscow’s war in Ukraine, was flying to Bulgaria on Sunday when her charter plane lost satellite navigation aids, delaying its arrival in Plovdiv, and reportedly forcing it to circle an airport for an hour. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Greta Thunberg laughs as her Gaza flotilla sets off again after it was forced to turn back just hours after leaving Spain

The activist appeared to be in good spirits as around 20 boats flying Palestinian flags left the Spanish port yesterday evening with food and medical aid on board.

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24 h. ago Strikes across Gaza kill at least 31 as international scholars accuse Israel of genocide

Israel has launched strikes across the Gaza Strip

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24 h. ago Storms and Israeli ‘terror cell’ threats: What we know about Greta Thunberg’s blockade

Israel was said to be drafting up plans to arrest Thunberg and other activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla and detain them

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25 h. ago Russia suspected of jamming GPS on plane carrying Ursula von der Leyen

Aircraft with European Commission president onboard reportedly forced to circle Bulgarian airport for an hourEurope live – latest updatesRussia is believed to have jammed the satellite signal of a plane carrying the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, over Bulgaria, reportedly forcing it to circle an airport for an hour.Von der Leyen was travelling to Plovdiv on Sunday when her charter plane lost electronic navigation aids, delaying its arrival in the central Bulgarian city. Continue reading...

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26 h. ago Gaza aid flotilla carrying Greta Thunberg returns to port due to storm

After departing Barcelona with much fanfare, it was forced to turn back overnight

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27 h. ago Greta Thunberg's Gaza flotilla 'is forced to turn back to Spain within hours'

The Global Summud Flotilla, made up of around 20 vessels carrying tons of food, medicine, and other humanitarian aid, set sail from Barcelona on Sunday.

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27 h. ago Greta Thunberg compared to Shrek character and cult superhero with dodgy haircut

The 22-year-old eco-warrior was pictured speaking at the launch of another freedom flotilla mission to provide aid to Gaza in Barcelona on Sunday when he looks became a talking point

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27 h. ago Storm forces flotilla back to Barcelona port, delaying its journey to Gaza

A flotilla headed to Gaza that departed Barcelona Sunday under much fanfare has been forced back to port after a storm hit parts of Spain overnight

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29 h. ago Ryanair axes one million seats to Spain as leaving UK gets harder for Brits

Ryanair has announced that one millions seats to and from Spanish airports will be scrapped as the government insists on an 'unjustified and damaging' fare increase on passengers.

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32 h. ago Meghan McCain sparks backlash after comparing Greta Thunberg's appearance to Shrek character

The conservative political commentator left a snarky remark comparing 22-year-old activist to Lord Farquaad in response to a video she made in defense of Palestine.

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34 h. ago Israel threatens Greta Thunberg with 'terror cell' jail for her new Gaza flotilla

Greta Thunberg is launching her second Gaza-bound "Freedom Flotilla" today, with Israel reportedly preparing to throw activists in 'terror cell' conditions

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45 h. ago Israel is planning to throw Greta Thunberg in a terror cell' as Swedish eco zealot sets off on second Gaza

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg will today launch a second Gaza-bound 'Freedom Flotilla', just weeks after she was detained in international waters by Israel. 

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47 h. ago Greta Thunberg’s rousing speech before sailing to Gaza in aid flotilla

Greta Thunberg gave a rousing speech before boarding a humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza, their second attempt at delivering aid to Palestinians this year.

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50 h. ago Ships carrying aid, activists, and celebrities to set sail from Barcelona to Gaza

A flotilla of ships has prepared to set sail from Barcelona to the Gaza Strip with humanitarian aid, activists, and celebrities on board

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58 h. ago Aid flotilla with Greta Thunberg set to sail for Gaza to ‘break illegal siege’

Unspecified number of vessels due to depart Barcelona on Sunday, with dozens more expected to leave other Mediterranean ports on 4 SeptemberA flotilla carrying humanitarian aid and activists, including Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, is due to leave from Barcelona on Sunday to try to “break the illegal siege of Gaza”, organisers said.The vessels will set off from the Spanish port city to “open a humanitarian corridor and end the ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people”, said the Global Sumud Flotilla. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Gran locked in Spanish cell for 22 hours after losing passport

Pam Tweedale, 77, flew to Madrid for a trip of a lifetime with family, but after landing with a missing passport and being detained for 22 hours, she was forced to fly back home to the UK

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5 d. ago Brit nan 'locked in jail with men for 22 hours' after losing passport on plane

Pam Tweedale, 77, flew to Madrid for a trip of a lifetime with family, but after landing with a missing passport and being detained for 22 hours, she was forced to fly back home to the UK

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5 d. ago Devastated mother of bullfighter killed by rampaging 1,500lb beast in Portuguese arena hits back at trolls for 'rejoicing over her son's death'

Manuel Maria Trindade, a 22-year-old 'forcado', died on Saturday, just 24 hours after a tense face off with an enraged bull in Lisbon's Campo Pequeno.

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1 week ago Was my memory wiped or was the Star Wars sequel trilogy just that forgettable?

The Force Awakens and its follow-ups had so few memorable characters, it’s a wonder Disney – and Oscar Isaac – are still talking about potential spin-offsThere might just be a strange irony to this week’s news that Oscar Isaac, AKA the tousled X-wing pilot Poe Dameron, is up for a return to Star Wars if the script is right. Because before the actor’s comments in a new interview with Variety, it was quite possible to forget that the sequel trilogy ever existed. Was The Force Awakens really a film, or just two hours of Disney rummaging through George Lucas’s recycling bin? Did The Last Jedi split the fanbase so violently that Brexit looked like a parking dispute? And could The Rise of Skywalker really have stunk that badly?The problem with the post-Lucas films is that they never quite decided what they wanted to be. The Force Awakens tried nostalgia cosplay. The Last Jedi tried to set fire to nostalgia cosplay. The Rise of Skywalker then tried to urgently stitch nostalgia back togethe...

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