5 h. ago Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana

A lawsuit says some West Africans who were deported to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a U.S. military plane on which all passengers were shackled and given only bread and water

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40 h. ago Ghana receives 14 West African nationals deported from the US

Ghana's President John Mahama says his country has received a group of 14 West African deportees from the United States

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50 h. ago The Fence review – Claire Denis stumbles with a grim and grating misfire

Toronto film festival: French director has made of one her least effective movies with this dull and clunkily adapted version of 1979 play with a miscast Matt Dillon at its centreAfter trips to space (2018’s High Life) and Nicaragua (2022’s Stars at Noon), the French director Claire Denis has returned to more familiar territory: post-colonial west Africa. Denis, who grew up in several Francophone African countries, has made several movies that inquire into the troubled heart of such places, and now reaches into that well again for her new film, The Fence. In some ways, the film is hallmark Denis, flinty and strange and sometimes inscrutable. But it is also a disappointment, a leaden film whose points Denis has made more convincingly elsewhere.The Fence is based on a 1979 play by the late Bernard Marie-Koltès called Black Battles with Dogs. It tells the story of three white people living in a protected construction zone in a rural part of an unnamed west African nation. A fatal accid...

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3 d. ago Mega playground that's 'better than Disneyland' is less than an hour's flight from UK

This huge playground is said to be 'better than Disneyland' and is easy for Brits to get to in a day - and it has over 350 different attractions for all ages to enjoy

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6 d. ago 'Selfish passenger ruined my flight with his cheesy feet, so I got the ultimate revenge'

Sophie Brame was on a four-hour flight from Manchester to Fuerteventura when she became aware of a very unpleasant smell coming from under her seat - and decided to take action

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1 week ago Moment Emirates passenger restrained on plane 'after what he called flight attendant'

Shocking footage from a seven-hour flight from Newcastle to Dubai shows the moment an allegedly drunk passenger was restrained by Emirates staff and fellow passengers

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2 w. ago Moment 'unruly' passenger restrained during an Emirates flight from Newcastle to Dubai

Approximately four hours into the seven-hour flight, a passenger claimed a flight attendant refused to serve another traveller anymore alcohol, at which point he became 'aggressive'

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2 w. ago Family 'stranded' in Cyprus for 26 hours after passengers hauled off TUI flight

Sophie Hughes, from Huyton, said her family's journey home from Larnaca to Manchester Airport began with a three-hour delay as they arrived at the airport at around 9pm on Friday, August 22

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2 w. ago Entitled mom boarded flight then warned stranger she'd have to babysit her toddler if she didn't swap seats

Alexis Cash shared her recent experience on a 10-hour flight where a mom demanded she give up her premium economy seat.

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2 w. ago Inside gruelling Celtic plane trip to Kazakhstan as Liam Scales shuts out the excuses after mammoth 10 hour flight

The defender is hoping for a blockbuster display from the Hoops rather than being left investigating a Champions League crime scene

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2 w. ago How to make the perfect fish finger sandwich – recipe | Felicity Cloake's How to make the perfect

Everyone in the UK has an opinion on this British classic, and here is our resident perfectionist’s I must be the only person in Britain not to have grown up with fish finger sandwiches – we always had them with mash and peas – but after discovering them on pub menus as an adult, it wasn’t hard to see the appeal. These crunchy batons of firm, creamy fish in soft white bread, often topped with a tangy sauce, are surely the UK equivalent of Mexican fish tacos or West African fish rolls – a quick, nutritious and very satisfying light meal or snack.(NB: if you’re skim-reading this before leaping below the line to demand to know who needs a recipe for a fish finger sandwich, I can assure you a lot of people online seem to feel there’s a demand.) Given their popularity (indeed, this column was a reader request), I must echo Helen Graves, who prefaces her recipe thus: “I am bracing myself for the comeback on this one, because everyone (or at least everyone in the UK) has an opinion on what...

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3 w. ago United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11

United passengers from New York to London endured a flight to nowhere and an 11-hour delay — then got to the UK after their original plane  Yahoo News Canada

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3 w. ago United Airlines Flight to Nowhere Delayed London Passengers 11 Hours

United Airlines Flight to Nowhere Delayed London Passengers 11 Hours  Business Insider

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3 w. ago Delta Air Lines passengers terrified as they watch wing 'break' while in mid

Part of a Boeing 737's wing broke off while the Delta Air Lines flight was moving at hundreds of miles an hour - with terrified passengers reporting the plane 'shaking' mid-air

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3 w. ago Major new assessment recognises four separate giraffe species for the first time

Historically, experts classified giraffes as a single species with nine subspecies, but that has been overturned by the new classification.

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3 w. ago Lawyer argues Meta can't be held liable for gunmaker's Instagram posts in Uvalde families' lawsuit

Lawyers for the media giant Meta says a lawsuit brought by families of the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, should be thrown out

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3 w. ago Woman's Jet2 flight horror as passenger gropes her and says 'are you going to f*** me'

Craig Lowe had been drinking before boarding the four-and-a-half hour Jet2 flight from Manchester to Tenerife, before reportedly consuming six mini bottles of red wine

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3 w. ago Passengers stuck inside cabin for 29 hours as 'black warning' issued on 'flight from hell'

On August 4, 294 passengers were trapped on a flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong and not allowed to disembark for almost 29 hours owing to a severe 'Black Warning'.

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3 w. ago 'Flight from hell' as passengers stuck on plane for 29 hours after 'black warning' issued

The Cathay Pacific flight from Los Angeles to Hong Kong was diverted due to a 'black warning' in the region, with passengers not allowed to disembark for almost 29 hours

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3 w. ago Government orders striking Air Canada flight attendants to return to work

Union criticises move less than 12 hours after start of action that has left more than 100,000 travellers strandedThe Canadian government has forced flight attendants at Air Canada back to work less than 12 hours after they began striking and ordered binding arbitration over a dispute that has left more than 100,000 travellers stranded around the world during the peak summer travel season.Since March, Canada’s largest airline and the union representing its flight attendants have been locked in an increasingly bitter dispute over what the union has described as “poverty wages” and unpaid labour. Flight attendants are not paid for any work before or after the plane takes off. Continue reading...

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