2 h. ago Hulu saw its rate of cancellations double after Kimmel was pulled from the air: report

Kimmel’s short suspension in September caused a wave of public outcry, which included boycotts of Disney’s streaming services

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2 h. ago Passenger was handcuffed on seat after sparking chaos on BA flight ‘when he was refused a drink’ before threatening crew

A PASSENGER was handcuffed on his seat for raging and threatening crew on a British Airways flight after they refused to serve him a drink. Simon Jones, 51, was on a flight from LA International airport to London Heathrow when he became "agitated" and began angrily shouting at staff. On Monday, he appeared at Uxbridge...

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3 h. ago Over 4,000 flights delayed across US as FAA deals with staffing shortage amid shutdown

A total of 4,445 flights within, into, or out of America had been affected as of Monday afternoon, according to flight-tracking site FlightAware

Economics

3 h. ago Man who was handcuffed on flight after shouting at passengers is banned from leaving UK

A court heard how Simon Jones, 51, threatened to shove a pillow in a fellow passenger's face and also shouted that he would 'wrap his handcuffs' around a crew member's neck

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4 h. ago Amazon says Web Services are recovering after outage hits millions of users – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank, Ring doorbells and Amazon’s own shopping site among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global te...

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5 h. ago Princess Beatrice 'projects air of resilience' in face of 'unwanted attention' over Prince Andrew

Princess Beatrice was seen driving to Royal Lodge today - body language expert Judi James said Prince Andrew's eldest daughter seemed to show 'some distress' but also 'resilience'

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5 h. ago QUENTIN LETTS: Speaker Hoyle was still right unchoofed about t'China spy case

What will become of the House of Lords if Nigel Farage 's Reform does well at the next general election?

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5 h. ago Top lawyers rounding on chief prosecutor over China spy case collapse rebuked

A CPS source says legal experts are entitled to offer an opinion ‘based on published documents and media reports’.

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6 h. ago Man banned from flying abroad after causing mayhem on British Airways flight to Heathrow

Simon Jones was handcuffed after screaming and swearing at passengers and cabin crew during the flight

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6 h. ago British Airways passenger hurls grim abuse at cabin crew and has to be handcuffed to seat

Simon Jones had to be handcuffed on a British Airways flight from LA to London after he began arguing with the cabin crew and started shouting at other passengers, a court heard

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7 h. ago Amazon battles to fix Web Services outage after millions of users report disruption to websites and apps – business live

Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outageFull story: Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and appsHeads-up: UBS have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.“We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”“We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational i...

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7 h. ago Inspiration for the Louvre heist? Hours before Paris attack, thieves tunnel into California jewelry store make off with diamonds and cash

Nearly half a million dollars worth of gold and diamonds were stolen in elaborate heist

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8 h. ago More air miles in the name of Net Zero! Keir Starmer WILL attend COP climate summit in Brazil

The Prime Minister will head to Belem, a port city known as a gateway to the Amazon rainforest, in November to push forward his Net Zero agenda.

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8 h. ago Tories told to ‘stop throwing mud’ over collapse of China spy case

Home Office minister Dan Jarvis said the Prime Minister and other ministers were powerless to stop the Crown Prosecution Service shelving the case.

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8 h. ago Lindsay Hoyle hints at security crackdown in wake of China spy case

Commons Speaker has previously expressed his anger at the collapse of the case

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8 h. ago Trump forced to board Air Force One using small stairs after ‘hunting stand’ found with line of sight to plane

The alternative entrance to the aircraft extends into the belly of Air Force One, instead of the 18-foot staircase that attaches to the plane’s upper door – which is traditionally used by the Commander-in-Chief

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8 h. ago Lidl issues 'do not eat' warning over product that may contain metal

Customers are asked to return the product to their nearest store

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8 h. ago Graphic designer who had to be handcuffed on British Airways flight after 'flying into a rage when he was refused a drink' is banned from travelling outside Britain

Simon Jones, 51, was on the flight from Los Angeles International Airport to London Heathrow on May 23 this year when staff were forced to handcuff him to his seat.

Transport

8 h. ago Viking welcomes two new river cruise ships as fleet approaches 100

The cruise line continues to grow its fleet to boost choice for passengers

Politics

8 h. ago ‘A Cartier store is better protected’: Louvre heist puts spotlight on security

Securing historic public-facing buildings has never been easy, and is even less so in times of economic constraintTo break into the world’s most-visited museum in broad daylight, grab eight pieces of priceless Napoleonic jewellery and vanish into the Paris traffic on humble scooters may seem like the most audacious of crimes, carried out for international notoriety and ensuing Hollywood film treatments.Experts who observe trends in international art crime, however, see Sunday morning’s heist at the Louvre as something more prosaic: the latest in a series of smash-and-grab thefts focused more on the material value of precious stones or metals than the artifacts’ significance, continuing a pattern that has emerged over the last decade in Germany, Britain and the US. The location, they suggest, would have been of secondary concern to the criminals. Continue reading...

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