A person has been killed after ending up in the running aircraft engine of a KLM passenger jet at Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport. The death happened as the KL1341 flight was getting ready to fly to Billund, Denmark, on Wednesday afternoon. The airline said it was taking care of passengers and employees who witnessed the incident...
Ukraine’s second biggest city, Kharkiv, which is just 20 miles from the Russian border, is under attack and Russia’s soldiers are advancing. Ukrainians are having to make some very hard choices about what they can defend, and they are fighting an enemy that has adapted itself to exploit their weaknesses. BBC international editor Jeremy Bowen...
Each year the Sun aligns with New York City’s gridiron street layout and people gather to watch it set between the skyscrapers. The ‘Manhattanhenge’ sunset can be seen from 14th, 23rd, 34th, 42nd and 57th streets in Manhattan as well as across the East River in the Long Island City section of Queens. This year’s...
Some Nigerians have expressed outrage after the country’s national anthem was changed with little consultation. President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday signed into law the bill to revert to Nigeria’s old national anthem which was dropped by a military government in 1978. The newly re-adopted anthem, which begins “Nigeria, We Hail Thee,” was written by Lillian...
A pair of giant pandas from China will soon be housed at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington DC, the zoo has announced. Two-year-old male panda Bao Li and two-year-old female panda Qing Bao are set to arrive in the US capital later this year. News of their coming arrival was announced with a video...
North Korea has sent at least 260 balloons over the border into the South, scattering suspected excrement, rubbish and propaganda leaflets. South Korea warned the public about the unpleasant airborne arrival and sent the army out to inspect and collect it. The two countries have both used balloons to spread propaganda since the Korean war...
14 minutes ago Meryl Sebastian,Kathryn Armstrong Getty Images India’s weather office has issued a severe heatwave alert for parts of Indian capital Delhi Parts of northern and central India are sweltering under a severe heatwave, with a provisional record temperature of 52.3C (126.1F) registered in Delhi. If verified, it would be the highest ever recorded...
Iceland volcano: Reykjanes peninsula eruption sends up 50m magma plumes – watch live – BBC News BreakingBreaking news Close breaking news Summary A new volcanic eruption has begun in Iceland’s southwestern Reykjanes peninsula, throwing up 50m plumes of magma and ash It is the fifth time since December an eruption has taken place in the...
Another volcanic eruption has begun in south-west Iceland, forcing the evacuation of the famous geothermal Blue Lagoon spa and the small fishing town of Grindavik. The new fissure opened up near Sundhnuksgigar on the Reykjanes peninsula, the fifth eruption in the area since December. The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) said the fissure is longer than...
Anadolu More than a million Palestinians have fled Rafah since the start of the Israeli military operation in the city three weeks ago A senior Israeli official has said he expects the war against Hamas in Gaza to continue for at least the rest of this year. “We are expecting another seven months of fighting,”...