5 d. ago US researchers launch new mission to solve mystery of Amelia Earhart’s fate

Researchers to follow fresh clues that suggest pioneering aviator may have crash-landed on remote Pacific islandA new mission to locate Amelia Earhart’s long-missing plane is being launched, researchers announced on Wednesday, following fresh clues that suggest she may have crash-landed on a remote island in the South Pacific.A satellite image may show part of Earhart’s Lockheed Electra 10E protruding from the sand on Nikumaroro, an isolated island in Kiribati about 1,000 miles from Fiji, according to Richard Pettigrew, head of the Archaeological Legacy Institute, a non-profit based in Oregon. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Brentford make Bryan Mbeumo demands clear after Manchester United launch fresh bid

Still work to do for the Red Devils after they steal march on Tottenham in summer transfer battle

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2 w. ago The war ruined my holiday! Influencers and holidaymakers complain missile barrage has left them stranded at airports

Doha's Hamad International Airport shut for eight hours from yesterday evening, prompting airlines to rush to cancel their flights.

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2 w. ago Watch: Shoppers flee mall as Iran launches missile strike on US base in Qatar

Video footage captured crowds of shoppers fleeing in panic through Villaggio Mall in Doha as Iran launched an attack on a US military base located in Qatar.

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2 w. ago Status of ceasefire unclear after Iranian missile barrage strikes Israel after a first deadline

U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Iran had agreed to a “complete and total ceasefire” soon after Iran launched a limited missile attack Monday on a U.S. military base in Qatar, retaliating for the American bombing of its nuclear sites

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2 w. ago Four killed in devastating Iran missile attacks on Israel despite Trump and Tehran declaring the ceasefire has BEGUN: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Israeli officials announced at least four people were killed and several injured in the latest missile barrage from Iran.

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2 w. ago The Latest: Iranian missile strikes kill 3 in southern Israel as ceasefire deadline is reached

Iranian state television has reported Tuesday that a ceasefire had begun in its war with Israel, even as Israel warned the public of a new missile barrage launched from Iran

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2 w. ago Three killed in Iran missile attacks on Israel despite Tehran declaring the ceasefire has BEGUN: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Israeli officials announced at least three people were killed and several injured in the latest missile barrage from Iran.

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2 w. ago Three killed in Iran missile attacks on Israel despite promise to stop as ceasefire deadline looms: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Israeli officials announced at least three people were killed and several injured in the latest missile barrage from Iran.

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2 w. ago Labour STILL can't bring themselves to back Donald Trump's strikes after Iran retaliated by launching missile barrage at US airbase in Qatar

As Tehran launched revenge attacks on US bases in the Middle East, the Prime Minister was last night accused of a 'lack of moral clarity' as he refused to take sides in the deepening conflict.

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2 w. ago Trump breaks silence on Iran's 'weak' missile strike after Tehran warns retaliation isn't over: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: President Trump taunted Iran for its 'very weak response' to his strikes on its nuclear facilities after Iran fired a barrage of missiles at a US military base Qatar on Monday.

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2 w. ago Iran warns Trump its retaliation for nuclear labs bombing is NOT over after firing barrage of missiles at U.S. base: Live updates

LIVE UPDATES: Iran has warned that its retaliation to President Trump's strikes on its nuclear facilities is not over after the largest US military base in the Middle East was targeted.

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2 w. ago Watch live: David Lammy addresses parliament after US strikes Iran

Watch live as David Lammy addresses parliament on Monday (23 June), following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities in the early hours of Sunday.

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2 w. ago Watch: Putin condemns Trump for ‘aggression’ of Iran strikes

Vladimir Putin says there was “no justification” for the US bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, labelling the attacks on Saturday (21 June) as “unprovoked aggression”.

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2 w. ago UK nationals told 'prepare for emergency flights home' in evacuation from Israel

The US attacked three nuclear sites in Iran overnight and Tehran then launched a ballistic missile barrage against Israel, endangering British nationals who were on holiday

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2 w. ago Iran says US ‘must receive a response’ after Trump’s strikes on nuclear sites

Pentagon claims major damage inflicted, world leaders call for restraint and Israel continues to strike Iranian targetsMiddle East crisis – latest updatesIran has warned the US to brace for retaliation after Donald Trump’s administration joined Israel in its war against Tehran, tearing up his isolationist foreign policy and launching the most consequential intervention in a conflict in a generation.Almost a day after US strikes targeting three key Iranian nuclear sites, Iran’s president, Masoud Pezeshkian, told France’s Emmanuel Macron: “The Americans must receive a response to their aggression,” signalling a potential Iranian reprisal that could drag the US into a new, protracted conflict in the Middle East. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago US attacks on Iran inflicted major destruction, Pentagon officials say

Defence secretary denies US is pursuing policy of regime change after strikes on Iranian nuclear sitesMiddle East crisis – latest updatesThe surprise overnight US attack on Iran inflicted major damage and destruction on three of its key nuclear sites, senior Pentagon officials said, as the US defence secretary denied that the Trump administration was pursuing a policy of regime change in the Middle East.In a press conference in Washington, Gen Dan Caine, the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, detailed Operation Midnight Hammer, in which seven B-2 Spirit bombers flew 18 hours from the US to sites in Iran to drop 14 GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrators in strikes that were said to have caused “extremely severe damage” to Iranian uranium enrichment facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Watch Donald Trump’s speech in full as president claims Iran nuclear sites have been ‘obliterated’ in US missile attack

US President Donald Trump has announced US military strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites, which he claims were successful.

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2 w. ago Israel launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran including second attack on nuclear complex

The US has moved B-2 stealth bombers capable of carrying 'bunker-busting' bombs as President Trump continues to debate joining Israel in strikes on Iran .

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2 w. ago Israel launches fresh wave of strikes on Iran as the US moves B

The US has moved B-2 stealth bombers capable of carrying 'bunker-busting' bombs as President Trump continues to debate joining Israel in strikes on Iran .

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