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Getty ImagesA Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off to depart for home at RAF Fairford on SundayThe US has withdrawn all of its bombers from RAF Fairford, the UK military base at the centre of an incident being investigated by counter-terror police.A statement from a Pentagon official confirmed on Sunday it had removed its bombers – thought to be about a dozen B-1s – from the base back to their home stations in America.The US did not give a reason for the withdrawal, but it follows a major incident on 27 September when police were alerted to three “suspicious…
LIVESpanish prime minister expected to call snap election after housing protests Pedro Sanchez’s expected announcement comes after his series of measures to tackle the housing crisis was defeated in parliament on Friday.
ReutersFour Canadian nationals and two Bermudian nationals were onboard the flight, which went missing in the early hours of SaturdaySix people aboard a medical transport aircraft that went missing on Saturday while it was travelling from Bermuda to Boston are presumed dead, according to a statement from the flight’s operator.On Sunday evening, the United States Coast Guard said it was ending its search for survivors off the coast of Nantucket, a Massachusetts island.”We must now face the heartbreaking reality that the four members of our Latitude team, our patient and the patient’s family escort, who were aboard Heartbeat 104, are…
Watch: How Brazil’s dramatic election unfoldedMillions of Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for the first round of the country’s presidential elections.16 mins agoLatin America
ReutersFrench riot police were deployed to the manage the protests on Friday Up to 500 schools across France will be partially or totally closed on Monday after clashes between riot police and student protesters in recent days, the French education minister said on Sunday.Lessons will be “totally or partly suspended” in some “400 to 500” high schools as security conditions “have not been fulfilled”, Édouard Geffray said. He also said 24 schools had been “burned or ransacked” since the start of the protests. Thousands of students have been demonstrating over education standards and the protests, which started last week, have…
Getty ImagesUS President Donald Trump says he has created a new task force focused on artificial intelligence, which will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton.The “Super Intelligence Force” will work to ensure that the US continues to lead in the technology’s development and will coordinate the government’s engagement with the public, Trump posted on Sunday.Federal Trade Commission Chair Andrew Ferguson and Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Emil Michael will also be part of the task force.Trump said last week that he would set up a board to oversee AI safety after top tech bosses signed…
AFP via Getty ImagesXi and Modi have vowed to address growing trade imbalances Take a walk into an Indian toy shop and as well as picking up a new favourite plaything for a child, you might just get an insight into how the nation is battling for a batter economic relationship with its all-powerful neighbour China.Six years ago, in an attempt to push local manufacturing and keep substandard toys out of its market, India raised tariffs on imported toys from 20% to 60% and eventually to 70%.Retailers were up in arms and said that domestic firms could never match the…
BBC/Studio Lambert/Cody Burridge/BBC Creative/PA WireSpoiler warning: This article reveals details from the first two episodes of The Celebrity Traitors”I know Rob very, very well. I mean, I’ve sat next to him as he’s had a colonic.”That was Romesh Ranganathan, reminding us – in case we were in any doubt – of his close friendship with Rob Beckett in the opening episode of The Celebrity Traitors.His words sum up the key difference between this series and the regular civilian version. In Celebrity Traitors, the players aren’t just on-screen competitors – many actually know each other outside the show.It’s also partly why…
Getty Images”I was hurting inside, so I came to tell my story.”These were Seo Mi-hyeon’s first words to the police.Seo, who has an intellectual disability, struggles to form long sentences and can only communicate through brief words and gestures. But her memories of the abuse inflicted upon her were clear.She was one of three residents at a state-run care home in South Korea who were sexually assaulted by the home’s director, in a case that has shocked the country and raised serious questions about state care for the disabled.The court had heard that some residents were made to call the…
ReutersAbout 160 million people are eligible to vote in Brazil’s general election todayPolls have closed in Brazil’s general election, after voters queued in long lines for a tight first round of the presidential race.After casting his ballot, 80-year-old left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned that the choice was between democracy and “barbarism”.His challenger, right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, said he wanted to “free the Brazilian people”.The result is forecast to be close. BBC Brazil’s poll aggregator shows that the gap between Lula and Bolsonaro is only two points. If no candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, the…