23 h. ago Police scramble to Heathrow runway after 'agitated' passenger 'punched flight attendant and tried to force open plane door' in bid to disembark early

A male passenger allegedly argued with a flight attendant before hitting him after demanding to disembark from the plane early.

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24 h. ago Air rage horror at Heathrow as passenger 'punches flight attendant and tries to force open plane door'

A 33-year-old plane passenger on a Saudia Airlines flight was arrested after reportedly punching a crew member and attempted to open a cabin door at London Heathrow Airport on 28 August.

Society

32 h. ago Finland belatedly admits their air force flags probably shouldn't have a huge SWASTIKA in the middle

The Nordic country is set to remove the symbol from the standard (pictured) because its presence has created 'awkward situations with foreign visitors'.

Politics

69 h. ago Russian mass drone and missile attack on southern Ukraine kills 1 and wounds dozens

Russia has launched a mass attack on southern Ukraine, according to local officials

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3 d. ago Starmer's stinging snub to Trump as he turns down bottle of fancy whisky from US president

The two leaders met at Trump's golf club in Turnberry, Scotland, last month before travelling abroad Air Force One together to the US President's Aberdeenshire golf club.

Politics

3 d. ago Finland will finally remove swastikas from the flag of its air force after ‘awkward situations’

Finland's air force adopted the swastika emblem in 1918

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3 d. ago Swastikas still linger on some flags in Finland's air force, but are on the way out

Finland's air force is moving to remove swastikas from its flags, partly due to the awkwardness it creates with Western allies

Politics

3 d. ago 'Miss Holiday' benefits cheat, 58, who sponged £40k in Universal Credit payments to go on so many trips pals joked she clocked up 'more air miles than Air Force One' is spared jail

Susan Pearson, 58, from Wigan, was dubbed 'Miss Holiday' by friends due to her endless exotic getaways, which included sun-soaked trips to Tunisia and Cyprus.

Economics

3 d. ago 'Miss Holiday' claimed £40K in benefits but 'had more air miles than Air Force One'

Susan Pearson, 58, received more than £40,000 in Universal Credit across five years by saying she had no money - despite secretly holding over tens of thousands of pounds in two accounts

Economics

3 d. ago Benefits cheat, 58, who sponged £40k in Universal Credit payments to go on so many holidays pals joked she clocked up 'more air miles than Air Force One' is spared jail

Susan Pearson, 58, from Wigan, was dubbed 'Miss Holiday' by friends due to her endless exotic getaways, which included sun-soaked trips to Tunisia and Cyprus.

Economics

4 d. ago Israeli forces raid former air defence base near Syrian capital

Operation at site south of Damascus is deepest into Syrian territory since ousting of Bashar al-Assad last yearIsraeli forces raided a former air defence base in southern Syria on Wednesday during a series of airstrikes in the area – their farthermost such operation inside Syria since Bashar al-Assad was ousted last December.The site, near the city of al-Kiswah, about 6 miles (10km) south of Damascus, was a strategic base for Iranian militias during Assad’s rule. Continue reading...

Politics

5 d. ago Army joins Air Force and Navy in allowing alcohol sales at football games

Army will begin selling alcoholic beverages at football games at Michie Stadium beginning with its game Friday against Tarleton State

Sport

5 d. ago Norwegian Air Boeing 737 forced to turn back after tyre explosion on take

A ‘technical issue’ forced the plane to return to Stockholm, said the airline

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5 d. ago German jets reportedly scrambled to intercept Russian spy plane over the Baltic

This was the tenth alert flight the German Air Force aircraft has taken over the Baltic Sea this year, according to German media

Politics

5 d. ago Horror as two cruise ship passengers airlifted to hospital in critical condition

The US Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Air Force were called to the Ruby Princess cruise ship off the coast of Canada on Sunday after two passengers suffered near-fatal issues

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6 d. ago US offers air and intelligence support to postwar force in Ukraine

Washington prepared to contribute surveillance, command and control and air defence assets, say European officials

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7 d. ago London Heathrow 'engine failure' LIVE: Plane carrying 311 makes emergency landing

The Air China jet set off for Beijing but was forced to divert to Nizhnevartovsk in Russia’s Khanty-Mansi region

Society

7 d. ago Trump says he and Secretary Hegseth want to take ‘Department of Defense’ back 80 years

The Department of Defense was created in 1949 by combining the Army, Navy and Air Force departments

Politics

8 d. ago Among the Palms the Bomb review – the enviromental scars left behind by the US’s atom

This striking documentary is an oral history of the impact, particularly on Indigenous Americans, of 20th-century military projects in California and UtahThe culmination of a seven-year research project, Lukas Marxt and Vanja Smiljanić’s striking, exhaustive film examines the lasting impact of 20th-century military projects on the US landscape. The film begins at the former Wendover air force base in Utah, where fighter-bomber practice runs were held before the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. Moving through the corridors of a museum erected to commemorate the mission, the roving camera takes in various artefacts, including replicas of the two atomic bombs, Little Boy and Fat Man. Circulating through various monitors and speakers, matter-of-fact narration of these events lingers in the air, lending an omnipresent eeriness. Here lies empty nostalgia, unnervingly entombed.The ecological devastation that surrounds the Salton Sea, a testing site for the Manhattan Project, tel...

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8 d. ago Terrifying moment Wizz Air flight hit by turbulence and passengers scream in fear

Passengers travelling from Spain to Italy were screaming in fear as their Wizz Air flight was hit with severe turbulence and was forced to make an emergency landing

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