22 h. ago Virgin plane passengers stuck at military base with 'no food' after mid

Virgin Atlantic Flight VS358 to Mumbai was forced to land at a military base in Turkey after a woman was taken seriously ill mid-flight - but the 200 passengers onboard were left stranded

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24 h. ago Passengers on Heathrow flight 'abandoned' at remote airfield due to visa issue after emergency landing

The Virgin Atlantic service was diverted to a remote military base in Turkey, allegedly leaving passengers including pregnant women ‘with no food’

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28 h. ago Virgin Atlantic passengers stuck in Turkey for over 40 hours set to be flown to Mumbai

Virgin Atlantic passengers stuck in Turkey for over 40 hours set to be flown to Mumbai  The Tribune

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32 h. ago More than 200 passengers on London to Mumbai flight stranded at Turkey military base after plane forced to make emergency landing

The flight had left Heathrow for Mumbai at 11.40am but never arrived as a woman started 'shouting and screaming at 30,000ft'.

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47 h. ago 18 hours & counting: 265 passengers of Virgin Atlantic London

18 hours & counting: 265 passengers of Virgin Atlantic London-Mumbai flight stuck in Turkey  Times of India

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55 h. ago Trump imposes tariffs on uninhabited islands and a US military base

President announces levies on Heard and McDonald Islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean

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3 d. ago Trump signs off Chagos Islands deal between UK and Mauritius

Agreement has security implications for joint military base with US on Indian Ocean archipelago

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3 d. ago Chagos deal being 'finalised' with Mauritius after winning Donald Trump's approval, confirms Downing Street

The plan means the UK will hand sovereignty over the British Indian Ocean Territory to Mauritius and then pay to lease back the strategically important Diego Garcia military base

Economics

6 d. ago Major UK airport is evacuated as fire alarm sounded amid theories about the cause

Earlier this morning, reports began to emerge online as passenger questioned what was happening, with one passenger claiming they were 'stuck' in the north Terminal of the airport.

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7 d. ago JD Vance says military force won't be needed in US plan to take over Greenland during controversial visit

US delegation’s visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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7 d. ago JD Vance and wife Usha in Greenland for controversial visit to base as Donald Trump says US needs island

The visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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7 d. ago JD Vance and wife Usha in Greenland for controversial visit to military base as Trump says US 'needs' island

The visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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7 d. ago JD Vance and wife Usha arrive in Greenland for controversial visit to military base

The visit has caused fury for its ‘underlying agenda’ after Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to take over the Danish semi-autonomous territory

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7 d. ago So many souvenirs for JD Vance to take home from Greenland: oil, gas, minerals – and that’s just the start | Marina Hyde

The widely reviled veep and his wife may not see much of the island they’d like to annex, but the US military base will be lovely at this time of yearThere’s a Gerard Butler movie called Greenland, which – via a series of cataclysmic events handled incredibly Butlerishly – ends with Gerard cocooned in a remote secure bunker in Greenland. As the week has worn on, this has increasingly become the mood of today’s supposedly super-fun tourist trip to Greenland by the second lady of the United States, Usha Vance, and her husband, the vice-president, JD Vance. Who, come to think of it, does actually look like the Cabbage Patch Gerard Butler.Anyway: Greenland. Like I say, the trip has evolved this week both in style and substance. Originally, it was announced that the second lady was going to take one of her sons, immerse herself in various local events – she’s apparently simply fascinated by Greenland’s culture – and attend the famous Avannaata Qimussersua dog sled race. No more. Now, it’...

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7 d. ago What to know about the U.S. military's Pituffik Space Base in Greenland

The remote Pituffik Space Base in northwestern Greenland, which Vice President JD Vance is visiting on Friday, is the U.S. Department of Defense’s northernmost installation

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8 d. ago JD Vance to expect frosty reception in Greenland amid diplomatic row

Visit by US vice-president and wife met with hostility by leaders after Trump’s threats to acquire territoryThe US vice-president, JD Vance, and his wife Usha are due to touch down in Greenland on Friday in a drastically scaled down trip after the original plans for the unsolicited visit prompted an international diplomatic row.The visit to Pituffik, a remote ice-locked US military base in northwestern Greenland, will be closely watched by leaders in Nuuk and Copenhagen, who have aired their opposition to the trip amid ongoing threats by Donald Trump to acquire Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tartan Army fans stranded in Greece, holidays 'of a lifetime' ruined and tens of thousands stuck abroad as Heathrow Airport closure sends travel plans across the world into meltdown

EXCLUSIVE: A group of four friends told MailOnline their Caribbean cruise dream has been blighted after the major travel hub closed due to a blaze last night.

Transport

2 w. ago Prince of Wales meets troops on visit to military base in Estonia

The visit to Tapa camp was made in his role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Mercian Regiment.

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2 w. ago Sir Keir Starmer warns there will be 'severe consequences' for Putin if any peace deal is broken

The PM made the punishing remarks during a meeting with officials from 31 countries at the Northwood military base.

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2 w. ago Starmer warns Putin of ‘severe consequences’ if he breaches peace deal

UK leader says Russia cannot veto how Ukraine defends itself as western military officials meet to draft security plansAnalysis: UK turns to the EU for defensive tiesVladimir Putin will face “severe consequences” if he breaches a peace deal with Ukraine, Keir Starmer has warned as western military planners begin drawing up plans to enforce any agreement between the two countries.The British prime minister issued his warning to the Russian president after meeting officials from 31 countries at the Northwood military base outside London, where they have started sketching out which western forces might be deployed to protect Ukraine in the future. Continue reading...

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