Getty ImagesTravellers wait in a long line at a security checkpoint at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport on 6 NovemberMore than 1,000 flights to, from, or within the US were cancelled on Saturday after airlines were told this week to cut traffic during the federal government shutdown.Nearly 4,000 flights were…
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A former British soldier is facing extradition to Kenya in connection with the alleged murder of a 21-year-old woman there in 2012.The National Crime Agency (NCA) said Robert James Purkiss was arrested in Tidworth, Wiltshire on 6 November and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Friday.He was arrested by specialist officers from the NCA’s National Extradition Unit in connection with the killing of Agnes Manjiru after a warrant was issued in September, the agency added.Mr…
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Esme Stallard,Climate and science reporter, BBC News and Matt McGrath,Environment correspondent, BBC NewsPablo Porciuncula/AFPBrazilian President…
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Michelle Anne Ng from Singapore and Sonya Clarke Casey from Newfoundland began exchanging letters in 1983 through a school project. Over 43 years, their correspondence became a record of their lives. The two women met for the first time in Newfoundland earlier this month. For both women, not even technology…
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Four senior figures in the Greek coastguard, including its current commander, are to face criminal prosecution for negligent manslaughter in connection with a 2023 migrant boat disaster in which up to 650 people are thought to have drowned.The fishing boat Adriana went down off the Greek coast near Pylos. Survivors…
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Zoe KleinmanTechnology editorBBCTech firms such as Microsoft, whose Majorana chip is pictured here, are racing to embrace quantumThere’s an old adage among tech journalists like me – you can either explain quantum accurately, or in a way that people understand, but you can’t do both.That’s because quantum mechanics – a…
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UK health officials are encouraging gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men to make sure they are vaccinated against mpox, as a strain called ‘clade Ib’ shows early signs of local spread in some European countries.The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) says it is aware of small…
