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Ministry of DefenceLt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, Petty Officer Owen Green, 24, and Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, died in the crash on WednesdayThree members of the Royal Navy who died in a helicopter crash during a training exercise have been named.The crew were Lt Cdr Chris Gayson, 42, Lt Lily-Mae Fisher, 31, who was Britain’s only female Royal Navy commando, and Petty Officer Owen Green, 24, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has confirmed. All three were based at RNAS Yeovilton, Somerset.Their families all paid tribute, while the military described them as “deeply capable and professional aviators” and “cherished members” of…
French Ministry of CultureThe artwork was meticulously inspected before its removalThe 950-year-old Bayeux Tapestry will be as safe “as a baby” when it makes its unprecedented journey to London next month, according to French officials.The tapestry will be leaving Bayeux for only the third time in its history before being put on display for nine months at the British Museum.Serious reservations about the journey have been raised by many in France’s art world, who say the tapestry is too fragile and too important to move.But after two dry-runs with facsimiles, the culture ministry in Paris is confident the technical difficulties…
Watch: Elon Musk ‘trying to whip up division’, Starmer saysSir Keir Starmer has accused tech billionaire Elon Musk of “trying to whip up division” over the murder of Henry Nowak.There were violent protests in Southampton following the release of bodycam footage showing police handcuffing 18-year-old Nowak as he lay dying. His killer Vickrum Digwa had claimed he had been the victim of a racist attack.The footage of Nowak’s final moments has prompted a wave of political reaction in the UK, as well as X owner Musk criticising the police treatment of the teenager.Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch called for work across…
Watch: Moment House votes to limit Trump’s Iran war powersUS President Donald Trump has hit back at lawmakers who voted to send him a rebuke over the war in Iran, labelling the group “unpatriotic”.On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives passed a measure that seeks to halt Trump from taking further military action.In a post on Truth Social, the president wrote: “Yesterday, in a meaningless vote, the House voted, 4 bad Republicans and all of the Dumocrats, to limit my War Powers, right in the middle of my final negotiations to end the War with the Islamic Republic of Iran.…
Instagram/Meghan, Duchess of SussexThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex called Lilibet “our dream girl”The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have shared two new photos of their daughter, Princess Lilibet, as they celebrate her fifth birthday.The first image was of the couple smiling and embracing while Prince Harry holds Lilibet, and the second is of the princess with her hand on a flower in a garden.”Our dream girl. Happy 5th birthday, Lili,” Meghan wrote on Instagram.Lilibet is the couple’s second child and is two years younger than her brother Archie.Meghan recently called Lilibet “Mama’s little helper”, after posting an image of…
Defiance in Beirut’s Hezbollah stronghold during fragile ceasefireBBC correspondent John Sudworth reports from the Beirut stronghold of Hezbollah support, Dahieh. 50 mins agoMiddle East
Watch: World Cup hosts Trump, Sheinbaum and Carney take stage togetherThink of it as being like a dinner party where the hosts are in the midst of a tense argument when you arrive.Football fans travelling to North America for the continent’s first co-hosted World Cup will find three host countries who have endured a tense time.The tournament, which will take place across a sprawling 16 host cities and three countries, comes after a period of fractious relations between its hosts: the US, Canada and Mexico.The underlying issues seemed distant when the countries’ leaders met for the draw in Washington DC…
ReutersRussian President Vladimir Putin ordered the occupation of Crimea in 2014Russian-backed authorities in the occupied region of Crimea in Ukraine say at least four people have been killed in the latest wave of Ukrainian strikes on the peninsula.Three people were killed and seven wounded in one of the attacks on what were described as “non-residential facilities” in the regional capital, Simferopol. It appears to be the first attack resulting in fatalities there.In a separate incident, one person was killed and three injured in an attack on a commuter train travelling to the city of Kerch, the Russia-installed Crimea leader said.Ukraine…
Robodogs and Black Hawks: How one Mexican city is preparing for the World CupBBC’s Will Grant got a first-hand look at security preparations in Monterrey, as the city gets ready to host four matches.3 hrs agoLatin America
Getty ImagesAn ankle monitor, a meat slicer, some breast milk, and a package of live butterflies walk into an Uber…except this is not the setup to a joke.The seemingly unrelated items have made it to the rideshare company’s annual list of bizarre items left behind by riders.The list includes categories for the most unique items lost, the most commonly forgotten items, the most forgetful cities, yearly trends, and others. New York City earned the title of America’s most forgetful city, while Sunday was crowned as the most forgetful day on the list.”From AirPods becoming an everyday essential, to vaccine cards…