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RAF Fairford
UK

Trump says US moved bombers from RAF Fairford after Iran-linked 'threats'

The US president says unspecified threats he believes are linked to Iran prompted the withdrawal of all B-1 bombers from the Gloucestershire base, a week after police were called to reports of suspicious activity nearby.

Zack Polanski
UK

Green Party votes to define Zionism as racism, drawing backlash from Jewish groups and Labour

Green Party members have narrowly backed a motion treating Zionism as a form of racism, prompting Israel to bar leader Zack Polanski from the country and drawing condemnation from Jewish community groups and Labour.

Imran Khan
Asia

Imran Khan supporters begin march on Islamabad to demand his release

Supporters of Pakistan's jailed former prime minister are heading for the capital after talks with Shehbaz Sharif's government broke down, with authorities sealing off Islamabad and warning they will not let the marchers in.

​Kemi Badenoch
UK

Badenoch's Tories eye revival as Farage's Reform stumbles over donations row

A new YouGov projection puts the Conservatives back ahead of Reform UK for the first time since Nigel Farage's party surged in the polls, but analysts say the shift owes more to Reform's donations troubles than to a genuine Tory recovery.

Delhi
Asia

Police detain protesters in Delhi as Gen Z-led campaign over voter rolls enters second day

Demonstrators backed by the Cockroach Janta Party and opposition groups accuse the Election Commission of removing millions of eligible voters and demand that the chief election commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, resign.

UK courts
UK

Burnham scraps plans to curb jury trials after backlash from lawyers

Judge-alone trials will now be limited to complex fraud and financial cases, but barristers warn that a plan to move thousands of serious cases to magistrates' courts could still "backfire".

Smit Machchhar
Editorial

'The last moments of his energy': How Indian pilot Smit Machchhar saved flight FZ1073

Stabbed and bleeding on the cockpit floor, the Mumbai-born captain unlocked the door that let passengers and crew stop his co-pilot's alleged attempt to crash a flydubai jet. Now leaders from New Delhi to Washington are calling him a hero.

fkydubai
Editorial

Indian captain fought co-pilot who allegedly tried to crash Tel Aviv-bound flydubai jet: Reports

The captain, reported to be Indian, is one of two pilots taken to hospital after a violent cockpit struggle that Israeli leaders call an attempted attack. The airline has not confirmed either pilot's identity.