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Aviation safety campaigners in the United States say they have evidence a plane that crashed in India last year had previously suffered a series of technical failures, including an in-flight fire.The Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed on 12 June, shortly after taking off from Ahmedabad en route to London, killing 260 people.The Foundation for Aviation Safety, a US campaign group, has sent a presentation to the US Senate outlining its findings, which it says are based on documents that have come into its possession.The official investigation into the accident is ongoing. However, an interim report published in July sparked widespread speculation…
Brian WheelerPolitical reporterHouse of CommonsSir Keir Starmer has said he “will not yield” to pressure from Donald Trump over the future of Greenland, after the US president attacked the UK’s Chagos Islands deal.Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions, Sir Keir said the US president had criticised the Chagos deal after previously saying he supported it “for the express purpose of putting pressure on me and Britain in relation to my values and principles on the future of Greenland”.On Tuesday, Trump called the UK’s deal to give the Chagos Islands to Mauritius and lease back a key military base an “act of…
Legendary Chelsea defender Marcel Desailly has apologised to Arsenal centre-back William Saliba as he “never saw this level of performance coming”. Saliba moved to the Gunners in 2019 from French side Saint-Etienne for a fee of around £27m with the France international biding his time before he got a chance at the Emirates Stadium. The Arsenal centre-back returned to Saint-Etienne initially before further loans at Nice and Marseille aided his development. While on loan at Marseille, Saliba won the Ligue Un Young Player of the Year award before finally getting his chance in the Arsenal first team under Mikel Arteta…
Almost half (47%) of the UK’s leased company cars are electric, new industry figures have revealed, but concerns about residual values, running costs and the longevity of new brands mean leasing companies are bracing for tighter profit margins this year. The latest quarterly report from industry body the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA) shows the sector is weathering stagnant economic conditions, Members are operating a combined 1.5 million leased cars at the end of September – up 12.5% year on year. However, there’s a growing imbalance between business and private demand. Members’ combined business contract hire (BCH) fleet – the…
Image generated by Google Gemini The European Commission has dropped an ambitious cybersecurity proposal, targeting “high-risk” suppliers while promising faster certification processes. Behind the bureaucratic language lies a regulatory matter that could force companies to rethink their entire digital infrastructure strategy. Yesterday (Jan. 20), the Commission unveiled its revised Cybersecurity Act proposal after months of behind-the-scenes negotiations that reportedly caused substantial friction between officials and member states. This sweeping update introduces measures to identify and potentially exclude “high-risk” third countries and companies from Europe’s critical digital infrastructure across 18 essential sectors, including energy systems. As cybersecurity threats continue rising since…
Barry Panayi, group chief data officer (CDO) at insurance firm Howden, is on a mission to create what he calls the datasphere. Rather than simply collecting data, he wants information and insight to become integral to joined-up business operations. “Our work is not about producing a list of tables with numbers in rows and columns,” he says. “Yes, that effort is important, but it’s not the stuff that will set us apart. If you can get the information first – such as what’s happening in the supply chain or a technological advancement that’s affecting the business – we must factor…
One of the disconcerting things about using a virtual private network (VPN) is that it can be hard to tell when it’s doing its job. The best VPNs all work in the background to keep your IP address hidden and your communications with their servers encrypted. The better the VPN, the less you notice it, which can make a top-performing VPN feel (uncomfortably) like one that isn’t working at all.Luckily, you’ve got options for checking whether your VPN is working — other than just taking the app at its word. In this article, I’ll cover the basics, then go through…
Merlyn Thomas,correspondent, BBC Verify,Shayan Sardarizadeh,senior journalist, BBC VerifyandGhoncheh Habibiazad,senior journalistBBCWarning: this story contains graphic content which some readers might find distressingHundreds of photos revealing the faces of those killed during Iran’s violent crackdown on anti-government protests have been leaked to BBC Verify.The pictures, which are too graphic to show without blurring, reveal the bloodied, swollen and bruised faces of at least 326 victims – including 18 women. The images, displayed in a south Tehran mortuary, are one of the only ways families have been able to identify their dead loved ones.Many of the victims were too disfigured to be identified,…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted an invitation to join US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace.A statement from his office said Netanyahu would become a member of the board “which is to be comprised of world leaders”.The board was originally thought to be aimed at helping end the two-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and oversee reconstruction. But its proposed charter does not mention the Palestinian territory and appears to be designed to supplant functions of the UN.The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain have also agreed to join, as have Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Hungary, Kazakhstan,…
Liverpool will look to sign Crystal Palace midfielder Adam Wharton and RB Leipzig winger Yan Diomande in the summer transfer window, according to reports. The Reds spent over £400m on new signings in the last summer market as the Liverpool owners looked to build on the success of Arne Slot’s first season in charge. However, after winning the Premier League last term, Slot could not keep up the momentum as Liverpool find themselves fourth in the table. Premier League leaders Arsenal, who finished ten points behind the Reds last term, are currently 14 points ahead of Slot’s defending champions. It…