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One airline is turning to AI to help it predict when turbulence is going to hit its flights. Turbulence can often be difficult to avoid because it doesn’t show up on the weather radar in the flight deck or because it is too localised for most weather models to calculate. Given that experts say climate change is making the skies bumpier, airlines are looking for ways to ensure passengers’ safety and comfort. Fatalities and serious injuries from turbulence are very rare, but last year, it caused one death on a Singapore Airlines flight from London and several injuries on a…
By Euronews Published on 08/11/2025 – 21:12 GMT+1 •Updated 21:14 Israel and Hamas on Saturday completed the latest exchange of remains between the two sides, with the body of one hostage being returned to Israel and 15 Palestinians being returned to Gaza, according to officials in the territory. The hostage was identified as Lior Rudaeff, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s office. The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said that Rudaeff was born in Argentina. The exchanges are the central part of the ceasefire’s initial phase, which requires that Hamas return all hostage remains as quickly as possible. For…
By Botagoz Marabayeva Published on 08/11/2025 – 20:15 GMT+1 Kazakhstan has officially pledged to join the Abraham Accords, a series of US-brokered agreements launched in 2020 to normalise diplomatic relations between Israel and Arab nations. US President Donald Trump expanded the accords by securing President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s commitment to sign the agreement during a phone call attended by the two leaders and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The call was made from the Oval Office during a visit by Tokayev to Washington for the C5+1 summit, a gathering involving the leaders of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the United States.…
Drone footage shows widespread devastation in southern Brazil after a powerful tornado tore through the state of Parana, killing six people and injuring more than 400. The storm, with winds exceeding 250 km/h, flattened homes and left one person missing, prompting an emergency declaration. Rescue teams continue searching the debris as hospitals treat dozens of seriously injured residents in one of the region’s worst weather disasters in years. On social media, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed solidarity with the victims.
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Beijing will grant exemptions to its licensing requirements provided that purchasers promise to use the chips only for civilian purposes, EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič said. Listen AI generated Text-to-speech
Iran’s energy minister has warned that authorities may reduce water pressure to zero during some nights in Tehran as the city faces a worsening water crisis. President Masoud Pezeshkian says dam reservoirs supplying the capital have dropped to their lowest levels in 60 years, with some holding less than 10% capacity. Tehran, home to over nine million people, is enduring its sixth consecutive year of drought, threatening both drinking water supplies and hydroelectric power generation.
Published on 08/11/2025 – 8:29 GMT+1 •Updated 8:32 US Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for one year, calling it a “nonstarter” as the partisan impasse over the shutdown continues into its 38th day. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer made the offer to reopen the government on Friday as Republicans have refused to negotiate on demands to extend health care subsidies. It was a much narrowed version of a broad proposal Democrats laid out a month ago to make the health tax credits permanent and…
“This purposefully dishonest, selectively edited clip by the BBC is further evidence that they are total, 100 percent fake news,” Leavitt told the newspaper. U.K. taxpayers are being “forced to foot the bill for a Leftist propaganda machine,” Leavitt said. In response, a spokesperson for the BBC told media outlets that the broadcaster’s editorial guidelines and standards committee explicitly considered differing views and opinions of its coverage. “While we don’t comment on leaked documents, when the BBC receives feedback it takes it seriously and considers it carefully,” the spokesperson said.
Drone footage shows the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk, now at the center of fighting in the Donetsk region. Some areas display damaged buildings from ongoing clashes. Russia says its forces have surrounded Pokrovsk and thwarted a Ukrainian operation to reopen logistics lines into the city. Ukraine denies there’s a blockade, describing the fighting as ongoing, with its forces inflicting heavy Russian losses. The city has become a focal point as Russian and Ukrainian forces battle for control of key positions along the eastern front, part of a months-long struggle shaping the war’s next phase. Pokrovsk, which had a prewar…