13 h. ago I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist

I survived the 7/7 London bombings, but as a British Muslim I still grew up being called a terrorist  The Conversation

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43 h. ago Lorraine Kelly fumes as 7/7 London bombings survivor shares NHS blunder

Lorraine Kelly interviewed Thelma Stober, survivor of the 7/7 London bombings, during the latest instalment of her ITV show

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53 h. ago Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman pays London tornado survivors a visit

Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman pays London tornado survivors a visit  WKYT

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4 d. ago ‘I have a deep sense of survivor’s guilt’: Four people on 7/7, the day that changed the nation

Netflix’s documentary marks 20 years since the suicide bombings on the capital’s transport network that killed 52 and injured almost 800. Four of those caught up in the atrocity talk to Gabriel Tate about their experiences and their enduring legacy

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8 d. ago Mamdani faces barrage of Islamophobic attacks after New York primary success

State assembly member subjected to death threats and xenophobic rhetoric from Republican figures“Hamas terrorist sympathizer”, “jihadist terrorist”, calls for deportation and predictions of another 9/11 – these are among the torrent of Islamophobic attacks that have erupted across social media and conservative political circles following Zohran Mamdani’s success in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor.The 33-year-old state assembly member, a democratic socialist who would become the first Muslim mayor of America’s largest city, has been subjected to a barrage of death threats and xenophobic rhetoric from prominent Republican figures and online activists since his primary win became apparent. Continue reading...

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1 week ago 'I thought we were dead': British expat recalls how he and his son survived Iranian bombing raid in Israel

David Mason, 54, said he and his son Itay, 16, were lucky to survive Friday’s attack in Haifa

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1 week ago London’s independent ad agencies will survive the AI apocalypse

London’s independent ad agencies will survive the AI apocalypse  Financial Times

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1 week ago British services bases on high alert for Iran drone attacks following US bombing of Iranian nuclear facilities

Security has been increased at key British installations in the region since Sunday's early-morning raid, with troops now on high alert for drone attacks, as well as missile and rocket bombardments.

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1 week ago US request to UK over Iran would have raised legal questions, ex

Peter Ricketts says US likely to have decided it was better not to ask, after minister says no request was madeMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe US did not ask to use UK airbases to support its overnight bombing of Iran because that would have required British ministers to take a view on the legality of the attack, according to a former government adviser.Peter Ricketts, a former UK national security chief, said he believed the US had concluded it was better not to ask to launch B-2 bombers from the RAF base on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean than to be told no. Continue reading...

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1 week ago British Airways flight from UK to Dubai diverts after Trump bombs Iran’s nuclear sites

A British Airways flight from UK to Dubai was forced to divert after Donald Trump launched a US attack on Iran.

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2 w. ago Extraordinary new video shows moment miracle Air India survivor stumbles from crash

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, from London, was the only survivor of the plane crash which killed 242 people on board, including pilots, crew members, and families

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2 w. ago He was face to face with a 7/7 bomber and was horrifically injured, now he's 'haunted by him'

Dan Biddle, who lives in Wales, was the most-injured survivor of the 7/7 suicide bombings on London's transport network, losing an eye and both legs in the horrific attack - now he wants an inquiry into what happened on that terrible day

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: British investigators reach India as second black box found in decade’s worst aviation disaster

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: Second black box recovered from Dreamliner wreckage as grieving families demand answers

Air India's Boeing 787 fleet could be grounded temporarily

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: Black box recovered from Dreamliner wreckage as grieving families demand answers

Families demand answers after worst air crash in a decade kills 241

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3 w. ago The best recent science fiction, fantasy and horror – review roundup

Awakened by Laura Elliott; Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab; Immaculate Conception by Ling Ling Huang; Esperance by Adam Oyebanji; The Quiet by Barnaby MartinAwakened by Laura Elliott (Angry Robot, £9.99)A debut novel set in an apocalyptic 2055, following the development of a neural chip dispensing with the need for sleep. At first it seemed a blessing: it ramped up people’s metabolisms, made them stronger and more productive workers, but when they ignored the advice to turn it off and sleep for at least a few hours a week, they turned into ravenous monsters. Thea is one of a group of scientists who developed the chip and are now barricaded in the Tower of London, struggling to reverse the damage they have caused, when two survivors turn up seeking shelter: a silent, traumatised woman and her protector, a nameless man who shows signs of having once been Sleepless himself. Thea comes to question her own values and past actions in a dark and gripping gothic tale with e...

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: India may ‘ground Boeing 787’ after black box recovered from wreckage

Lone survivor of deadly crash that killed more than 240 people says he walked out of a broken emergency exit

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3 w. ago Who is the miracle man in Seat 11A? Everything we know about Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India plane crash

Astonishing footage captured 40-year-old Londoner stumbling away from the crash site, visibly bloodied and disoriented

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: India may ‘ground Boeing 787’ after airline confirms 241 on board killed

One of two black boxes of Boeing 787 Dreamliner headed for London Gatwick recovered from crash site, local media say

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3 w. ago Air India plane crash latest: One black box recovered after airline confirms 241 on board killed

One of two black boxes of Boeing 787 Dreamliner headed for London Gatwick recovered from crash site, local media report

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