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Police in Tenerife have called off their search for missing British teenager Jay Slater on Sunday nearly two weeks after he disappeared.The 19-year-old, from Oswaldtwistle near Blackburn in Lancashire, was last seen on Monday 17 June after he told a friend he planned to walk from the northwestern village of Masca to his holiday accommodation in Los Cristianos in the south – a journey that would take 11 hours on foot. It may never be known what happened to Mr Slater after the teenager attempted to walk through northern Tenerife’s rugged and dangerous mountainous terrain.Obviously, the biggest mystery is what…

This is the story of how an obscure company based in an office block on a quiet street in Glasgow became an accessory in Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. It is the story of how Europe and Russia remain locked in a tense relationship of economic dependence, even as they supposedly cut their ties. It is the story of the uncomfortable truth behind why the cost of living crisis came to an end.But before all of that, it is the story of a ship – a very unusual ship indeed. If you ever spot the Yakov Gakkel as it sails…

The Amazon and other ecosystems in Brazil saw a record number of wildfires in the first six months of 2024, according to report on Monday. According to data from Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research, the Amazon saw 13,489 wildfires in the first half of the year — up more than 61% compared to the same period last year. Only the years 2003 and 2004 saw more fires in the first six months since records began in 1998. Meanwhile, 3,538 wildfires were recorded in the vast Pantanal wetlands, making it the worst six months ever recorded and representing an increase of more than…

A plane was forced to make an emergency landing after dozens of passengers were hurt during “severe” turbulence.A total of 30 people were taken to hospital following the incident on board the Air Europa flight from Madrid. The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft had been due to land in Montevideo, Uruguay, but was instead forced to touch down in Natal airport in northeastern Brazil at around 2.30am local time on Monday.Photographs and video clips posted online, purporting to be of the aftermath, showed several passengers being treated for injuries – including a woman wearing a neck brace. Small splatters of blood…

A mayor in Tenerife has insisted police are continuing to investigate several lines of inquiry and defended the decision to call off the search for missing British teenager Jay Slater.”The investigation that the Civil Guard is carrying out in this case has several lines of inquiry open,” local Mayor Emilio Navarro told Sky News.”It’s not that the search has stopped. Maybe, yes, in the territory, the field search, but other lines are open.”The Civil Guard announced on Sunday their search of the mountainous area in northern Tenerife where Jay was last seen had ended.It was less than two weeks after…

Widespread damage has been reported only hours after Hurricane Beryl first made landfall in the southeastern Caribbean. Roofs were ripped off buildings, trees were uprooted and electricity lines brought crashing to the ground on several islands when the ferocious storm swept in earlier on Monday. Winds of up to 150mph were reported in some areas, with schools, businesses, airports, and government offices forced to close. There were also warnings that power outages and water cuts were likely.It comes following forecasts that the hurricane was likely to be “extremely dangerous”.Officials say it is the earliest ever time of the year that…

Archaeologists have discovered evidence that shows how Indigenous oral traditions were able to pass down knowledge over 500 generations, the journal Nature Human Behaviour reported on Monday. Miniature fireplaces with protruding trimmed wooden artifacts smeared in fat were found in a series of caves in Australia’s Victorian Alps that match the description of Gunaikurnai healing rituals written down in the 19th century. The findings are believed to be 12,000 years old, dating them to the end of the last ice age. “Determining the longevity of oral traditions and ‘intangible heritage’ has important implications for understanding information exchange through social networks…

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Pakistan has launched a new military operation aimed at stamping out militancy and tackling a surge in armed violence.   Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s government named the new operation Azm-e-Istehkam, meaning Resolve for Stability in Urdu. It is the latest in a series of operations that Pakistan’s military has launched against militant groups. The South Asian nation has witnessed a dramatic increase in violent attacks over the past two years. The attacks have claimed the lives of at least 62 soldiers, including two officers, so far this year. The military said it killed 249 and arrested 396 terrorists in more than…

A British holidaymaker has described “apocalyptic” scenes on a Greek island as she and her family wait to be evacuated from their hotel due to nearby wildfires, while the Greek prime minister warned tourists further blazes this summer could “be particularly dangerous”.Parts of Greece have seen tinderbox-like conditions after prolonged drought and dry weather, which have combined with unusually strong winds to create raging infernos in places. In the eastern Aegean, the islands of Chios and Kos experienced dangerous wildfires on Monday. Image: A volunteer stands on a roof as flames rise from a wildfire burning in Stamata, around 25km…