Photos and Video From the Scene of the Deadly Air India Crash
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Flight AI171 was carrying 242 people bound for London when it crashed into a residential area shortly after takeoff
There appear to be no survivors from a London-bound Air India flight carrying 242 people which crashed shortly after takeoff in the north-western city of Ahmedabad, a police commissioner has said.
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner was engulfed in a huge fireball after crashing into the Meghaninagar residential area minutes after taking off at 1.38pm local time.
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Head of Iran’s atomic energy organisation says third site is ready to operate as UN watchdog finds Iran is not complying with obligations for first time in 20 years
The UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors has formally found that Iran isn’t complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, AP reports.
It’s a decision that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore UN sanctions on Tehran later this year.
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Updates from the opening round at Oakmont
JJ Spaun can’t make his birdie putt on 13. But he’s now sole leader of the US Open, because Ludvig Åberg makes a mess of the par-five 12th, going for the pin with his third and finding sand, then only splashing out into the rough. After bundling his chip eight feet past the hole, he does extremely well to make the putt coming back and limit the damage to bogey. Meanwhile Adam Scott bounces back from an opening bogey at 10 with birdies at 11 and 12, while Eric Cole does the same with birdies at 12 and 14. All change at the top!
-2: Spaun (4*)
-1: Cole (5*), Åberg (3*), Scott (3*), McIlroy (2*), S Kim (2*)
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Institute for Fiscal Studies says Treasury figures for projected efficiency savings are not credible
Rachel Reeves is now on ITV’s Good Morning Britain. Susannah Reid and Richard Madeley are interviewing her.
Q: You must be disappointed about the growth figures?
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California governor has accused Trump of provoking unrest in LA, and a judge will hear arguments Thursday as part of lawsuit against president
A woman defiantly dances near police officers as protesters continue to march and chant in an approximately one-square mile area of downtown Los Angeles in response to a series of immigration raids.
Nerves are frayed in Los Angeles, as the second largest city in the US is flooded with more than 2,000 federal troops tasked with protecting immigration enforcement officials after thousands of people hit the streets to protest deportation raids.
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Brazil forward, a childhood United fan, joins from Wolves
Jason Wilcox hails ‘exciting and productive’ signing
Manchester United have completed the £62.5m signing of Matheus Cunha from Wolves, with the forward intent on helping the club “back to the top”. The 26-year-old has a five-year contract with the option of a further year and will be paid about £150,000 a week.
Cunha said: “It is hard to put into words my feelings about becoming a Manchester United player. Ever since I was a child in Brazil watching Premier League games on TV at my grandmother’s house, United was my favourite English team and I dreamed of wearing the red shirt.
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UK economy shrank by 0.3% in April, biggest fall since October 2023, as trade with the US slumped
Nicholas Hyett, Investment Manager at Wealth Club, blames “a cocktail of headwinds to growth” for the 0.3% fall in UK GDP in April.
Hyett says:
In the very short term the change to Stamp Duty rules have put the legal and property services on ice - with legal activities down 10.2% month-on-month.
New barriers to trade with the US and changes to employment costs, from a higher living wage and increased national insurance contributions, are a longer term challenge.
“The 0.3% m/m fall in real GDP in April supports our view that the strength in Q1 was unsustainable. This won’t prompt the Bank of England to cut interest rates next Thursday. But it is one more piece of news pointing to another cut in August.”
We still expect the Bank Rate to be maintained at 4.25% in the June meeting, to allow still troubling earnings growth to continue to ease. We anticipate the next rate cuts to occur in the August and November meetings to 3.75%, prompted by mounting economic hardships.”
While there is little chance of any change at next week’s meeting, we see a strong possibility that the MPC ditches its hawkish bias, which could pave the way for an August cut.”
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Dolphin Surf will start at £18,650 – among the cheapest new vehicles on sale in Britain
The Chinese manufacturer BYD has launched its cheapest model in the UK, in the latest stage of its efforts to overtake Tesla as the world’s biggest electric carmaker.
The Dolphin Surf will start at £18,650, a price that puts it among the cheapest new vehicles on sale in Britain.
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Citizen Lab says it found ‘digital fingerprints’ of military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted using against activists
The hacking mystery roiling the Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing government is deepening after researchers said they had found new evidence that two more journalists were targeted using the same military-grade spyware that Italy has admitted to using against activists.
A parliamentary committee overseeing intelligence confirmed earlier this month that Italy had used mercenary spyware made by Israel-based Paragon Solutions against two Italian activists.
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The passenger plane bound for Gatwick crashed shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad
An Air India passenger plane bound for London’s Gatwick airport with more than 240 people on board has crashed shortly after takeoff from the north-western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
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© Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters