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In just two years' time, the SpaceX Starship is due to land people on the surface of the moon – and if you believe Elon Musk, embark on a mission to Mars.So it's a significant setback for the rocket to explode so spectacularly - and publicly - for the second time in as many months. Just nine-and-a-half minutes into test flight eight, contact was lost with the upper stage. A […]

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Ukraine is "most interested in peace" and confirmed officials will hold talks with US partners in Saudi Arabia next week about ending the war with Russia.It comes as Sir Keir Starmer is due to hold talks with European leaders on Friday about Ukraine. The prime minister and French President Emmanuel Macron are seeking countries willing to supply troops for a peacekeeping force to defend a potential […]

Passengers and crew tackled a teenage boy who allegedly attempted to board a plane armed with a gun in Australia.Detectives from Victoria Police have charged a 17-year-old after the incident at Avalon Airport, Melbourne's second airport, on Thursday. Passengers and crew on board Jetstar flight JQ610 sprung into action when the teenager entered the plane, allegedly armed.According to Australian media, passengers had to overpower the boy, who was reportedly carrying […]

Russia wants "quick peace" in Ukraine and London is at the "head of those resisting" it, the Russian ambassador to the UK has told Sky News.In an interview on The World With Yalda Hakim, Andrei Kelin accused the UK, France and other European nations of not wanting to end the war in Ukraine. "We are prepared to negotiate and to talk," he said. "We have our position. If we can […]

An artist who tried to starve three piglets to death as part of a controversial exhibition says he has changed his plan after the animals were stolen.Chilean-born Marco Evaristti said he had wanted to raise awareness of the suffering caused by mass meat production with his art installation that opened last week in Copenhagen, Denmark. The piglets were being denied food and water and would have been allowed to starve […]

India is walking a tightrope, harbouring deposed Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina.Ms Hasina lives with her family in a secure government bungalow in the capital New Delhi, as a state guest. With the threat on her life, the safe house is heavily guarded and has intelligence officers keeping journalists and the public away from the area.Bangladesh is in a very awkward and difficult position with the new interim government led […]

US President Donald Trump has told Gazans to hand over Israeli hostages or "you are dead".The threat, made over social media, came hours after the White House confirmed that US officials had broken with tradition to hold direct talks with Hamas. The US has previously avoided direct contact with the group owing to Washington's longstanding position not to negotiate with terrorists - with Hamas having been designated as a terrorist […]

A Coastguard official broke down as he described taking a "distressing" phone call during the Channel's deadliest migrant boat sinking.Search and Rescue coordinator Neal Gibson was questioned at the Cranston Inquiry, which is examining the events surrounding the small boat sinking on 24 November 2021. A total of 31 people are thought to have died, with 27 bodies identified, one still unidentified, and four people missing and presumed dead.Mr Gibson […]

Emma Raducanu has said she "couldn't see the ball through tears" after she spotted a stalker in the crowd at the Dubai Open last month.The 22-year-old said she could "barely breathe" after receiving repeated unwanted attention from a man displaying "fixated behaviour" among the crowds. The British star was left in tears as she went up to the umpire's chair after the second game of her second-round match. Please use […]