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At least 50 people have been injured after a flight from Sydney to Auckland suffered a “technical” issue mid-air.LATAM Airlines said in a statement there was “a technical event during the flight which caused a strong movement”. It added: “LATAM deeply regrets any inconvenience and discomfort this situation may have caused its passengers and reiterates its commitment to safety as a priority within the framework of its operational standards.”It said seven passengers and three cabin crew members were taken to hospital for medical checks, but no serious injuries had been reported.Ambulance service Hato Hone St John said it was alerted…

Hamas is “concerned” about reports that one of its top commanders was killed in a weekend air strike in Gaza, according to Israeli media.Maariv, a Hebrew language newspaper, was among those to report the reaction from Palestinian sources following speculation about Marwan Issa’s fate. Issa, a deputy commander of Hamas’s military wing and known as “shadow man” for his ability to evade Israeli forces, was reportedly hiding underground in central Gaza during Saturday night’s airstrike.Middle East latest: Israel ‘checking’ if senior Hamas leader was killed in strikeHe is thought to be one of those behind Hamas’s 7 October attacks, in…

A British doctor has described the “miraculous” moment he helped a woman give birth while 35,000ft in the air on a passenger jet. Junior doctor, Hassan Khan, delivered a healthy baby girl after a fellow passenger went into labour while on a flight from Jordan to London over the weekend. The 28-year-old was flying with a group of friends, who were all coincidentally doctors, when an announcement was issued asking for medical help.Speaking to Sky’s The UK Tonight, Dr Khan said all of his friends volunteered when the flight crew called for a doctor on board.”Out of all of the…

All over Europe, farmers have been taking to the streets to protest in recent months, snarling traffic with their tractors. Farmers in Turkey haven’t yet taken to the streets, but the agricultural sector there is just as incensed by an adverse economic situation and dissatisfied with state subsidies. Turkish farmers face worse conditions than their counterparts in Poland, Germany and elsewhere, representatives for the sector say. “One of the driving forces behind agricultural protests in Europe was that aid for agricultural diesel was being cut,” said Baki Remzi Suicmez, president of the Chamber of Agricultural Engineers of Turkey. “In Turkey, there are no tax…

A man has been sentenced to life in prison over a violent attack on two American tourists near a castle in Germany said to have inspired Disney. The 31-year-old US citizen was accused of throttling, raping and killing a 21-year-old woman and throwing her 22-year-old friend down a 100-metre ravine near Neuschwanstein Castle, in Bavaria. He was convicted of murder, attempted murder and rape with fatal consequences.The man, from Michigan, had admitted to the charges at the start of his trial last month.In line with German privacy laws, authorities did not identify the victims and only allowed the perpetrator to…

Power has been restored to the the Tesla Gigafactory near Berlin on Monday night, grid operator E.DIS said. Repair work to a damaged pylon was completed at 8:45 p.m. local time (1945 UTC) — much faster than the power company initially expected. “Since then, the power supply has been restored,” it said in a statement. The news comes a week after the power supply was cut when far-left activists known as the Volcano Group sabotaged the car factory. Environmental activists have been protesting against the expansion of the factory, which they say will impact a water protection zone in the forest of Grünheide. At the…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Jamaica on Monday for emergency talks also involving Canada, France, the UN and Caribbean countries seeking to solve the flare-up of violence in Haiti.  It was not clear whether Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry, locked out of his own country by the violence and last said to be in Puerto Rico, would attend the session. He’s facing increasing pressure to either resign or agree to a transitional council. Blinken, who’s spent much of recent months in the Middle East, was flown into the Caribbean on Monday Image: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool AFP/dpa/picture alliance The meeting…

Donald Trump said Adolf Hitler “did some good things” and praised Vladimir Putin on more than one occasion during his time in the White House, his former chief of staff has claimed. Mr Trump, who is currently on the campaign trail and hoping to land a second stint as president, also repeatedly admired North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, according to a new book. General John Kelly, a retired marine who became the Trump administration’s longest-serving chief of staff, makes allegations about Mr Trump’s views in a forthcoming book by a CNN journalist.Mr Kelly tells Jim Sciutto that the then-president “thought…

Skip next section Baerbock open to missile swap with Britain to arm Ukraine03/11/2024March 11, 2024Baerbock open to missile swap with Britain to arm UkraineGerman Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is open to British Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s suggestion that the countries swap cruise missiles to provide Ukraine with more sophisticated long-range weapons. Cameron’s proposal is “an option” worth considering, Baerbock said in an interview with German broadcaster ARD. Under Cameron’s proposal, Berlin could supply Taurus missiles to Britain, and in return the British government would provide Ukraine with additional long-range Storm Shadow missiles from British stocks. Berlin is reluctant to provide…

There are minerals and metals like lithium and copper and then there are rare earths, including scandium, cerium, promethium, terbium and thulium. Rare earths are not that rare. The rarest — thulium — is more common than gold, but it is rarely found in quantities that make mining economically worthwhile. A study published last week by IW Consult at the German Economic Institute and Fraunhofer Systems and Innovation Research (ISI) shed light on Germany’s imports of these rare earths, along with copper and lithium, to assess their importance to the economy.Rare earths discovered in SwedenTo view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser…