Adam Polovincik tells the BBC he told his young children "everything is going to be all right" as flight plunged more than 17,000ft (5,200m).
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World
Independent inquiry ordered after halted execution of Pike, who was convicted of murderTennessee’s governor has suspended all executions in the state until at least the end of the year and ordered an independent inquiry …
Thousands flee Mekelle amid advancing troops and disrupted services as tensions rise in Ethiopia's northern territories.
Report finds complaints of room intrusions at nearly one in 10 hotels, after woman attacked by man given a copy of her keyAn independent review into Travelodge after a serious sexual assault has found that guests are sti…
Russian drone strikes hit a school in Kyiv and the main bridge, disrupting transport in the latest wave of attacks.
Pro-Palestinian activists protested in Mumbai after police raided the home of a volunteer who took part in Gaza event.
Botswana showed that resource wealth need not condemn a country to corruption and underdevelopment.
The convicted killer is in hospital in Tennessee after surviving two lethal injections, in a case that has raised many questions.
What if you could invent a government agency and get the government to fund it?
The high-profile businessman known for his political connections was one of six people killed in the crash.
Driver of East Midlands train, who died in June crash, received automatic warning after passing red light but train continued to accelerateThe train that ran into the back of another in the Bedford rail crash sped up aft…
The BBC's Hugh Schofield is in Paris as a wave of school protests over overcrowded classes and teacher shortages spreads across France.
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Business
Walmart is rolling out a light-up shelf label feature connected to its app to help customers better find the items they're looking for.
Co-pilot who attacked captain in apparent attempt to crash flight casts doubt over locked-door policy Motive behind flydubai stabbing unknown as investigation opensCockpit security on planes will come under renewed scrut…
The president wants AI to be called super intelligence - or SI - the same initials used by Slovenian domains.
How does the antiques industry work and is it accurately portrayed on television shows?
The review comes after a woman spoke out after being assaulted in a Maidenhead hotel.
Hostile states could access cameras, microphones or GPS, says Dutch spy agency amid concerns over Chinese importsDrivers have been warned that the smart features built into modern cars such as microphones, cameras and GP…
The full pension rises by £734 a year, or about £14 a week, the Government of Jersey says.
This South Florida community is typically a refuge for Canadians fleeing cold weather, but trade tensions between the United States and Canada mean fewer are coming.
Agriculture experts say high egg prices were the result of severe avian flu outbreaks, but the Trump administration's tariffs and the war with Iran have also put pressure on farmers.
Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Nationwide reports house prices fell in SeptemberHouse price growth slowed in most UK regions over the last three months, Nationwide reports.Prices dropped, …
Record fuel prices across the country have left people in the South looking for ways to cope.
Redditch residents say they are worried they will not be able to afford heating.
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IT / AI
It’s not even October yet and Amazon is already offering some Prime Big Deal Day discounts on its own hardware, along with plenty of other popular products. It’s all to hype up October Prime Day, which starts October 6th…
On Monday, Variety reported that RoseBerry Media is recutting episodes of the Australian soap opera Neighbours "into microdramas." These clips will be available on Epis, a short-form vertical video streaming platform. Th…
The base Galaxy S26 with 256GB of storage costs nearly $1,000 after Samsung raised prices in the US by $100 or more, Phone Arena reports. The Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus were already $100 more expensive than their S25 predec…
There are few blockbuster games that are as confident as Gears of War: E-Day. A prequel to one of Xbox's most transformative titles, E-Day knows exactly what it wants to be: a brutal, tense, and self-aware action game, o…
Kindles don't usually change much with each new version, but Amazon is launching next-generation models today that look and feel a whole lot nicer. The base Kindle, Kindle Paperwhite, and Kindle Colorsoft are a millimete…
Do we really need a new version of Carrie? That's the question that plagues any attempt to reimagine the classic horror tale. Stephen King's 1974 novel remains one of his most iconic, and the film version from Brian De P…
HP is announcing a new laptop that's squarely aimed at Apple's MacBook Neo. The 2026 HP OmniBook 5 14 starts at $699.99 with an Intel Core 5 315 "Wildcat Lake" processor, 8GB of RAM, and a 256GB SSD. Much of that sounds …
Games like Astro Bot and Demon’s Souls are running ably without a console.
"We did some really, really cool stuff. I'm absolutely gutted we weren't able to get further."
Over the last few years, Chinese Android manufacturers have followed Vivo's example of launching add-on "teleconverter" lenses for their flagship phones, enabling long-distance photography that the phones on their own co…
The Lemmo 3 is the first cargo bike from the respected German e-bike maker. This premium, step-through longtail is a slightly less insane take on Rivian's Also TM-B, with one major advantage: it's one of the first electr…
On the morning of May 11th, the celebrity investor Kevin O’Leary appeared on Fox Business and announced that he was under attack by Chinese agents. For weeks, he had been going on TV and posting online to tout his projec…
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Film
Fugitive Films co-founder Jamie Gordon and former MTV scripted chief Maggie Malina have launched Rommi, a new romance genre-focused, vertical content production studio. Per the team, Rommi’s strategy involves commissioni…
In George Kay's legal anthology series, there are no good guys or bad guys — just two powerful law firms, their billionaire clients, and zero point. But one truism actually holds up in court: "War" is hell.
From “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” creator Tim Federle, Freeform’s latest YA drama, “Coven Academy” — originally intended for Disney+ — follows three young witches as they navigate their burgeoning power…
Carly Rae Jepsen has announced her upcoming “Day and Night” 2027 North American tour, with stops at Los Angeles’ Kia Forum and New York City’s Madison Square Garden. The trek supports her eighth album, “Day and Night,” a…
Doc Society, the London-headquartered non-profit organization that funds and supports independent documentary filmmakers, has announced the launch of a new fund. The Doc Society Love & Rockets Fund is an international fu…
Hearst Media Production Group has renewed CBS weekend educational series The Visioneers with Zay Harding for two more seasons, through 2028. The show was first announced by Hearst in March 2025. Season 3 of the 30-minute…
Paramount Pictures has released a second trailer for “Ebenezer,” Ti West’s spooky take on the classic “A Christmas Carol” starring Johnny Depp as the grumpy, holiday-hating Scrooge. The logline for “Ebenezer” is simply: …
U2 and Ed Sheeran collaborated earlier this year on the song “Yours Eternally” off the band’s “Days of Ash” EP, which dropped in February. Bono told Rolling Stone UK in a new interview that Sheeran expressed his resistan…
EXCLUSIVE: Protagonists’s label Protagonist Picks is handling world sales on crime feature American Muscle, the directorial debut of Joel Veach. David W. Thompson, Brendan Sexton III, Liana Wright-Mark, Gbenga Akinnagbe,…
CNN will not be the TV pooler covering President Donald Trump’s trip to Texas and Oklahoma on Thursday, despite being listed on the schedule earlier in the week. The change signaled once again that the White House was re…
Even as President Donald Trump has tried to block CNN and MS NOW from covering the White House, his administration has purchased pro-Trump TV ad time on the news networks — using taxpayer money. The ads began running on …
UPDATE — Oct 1, 6:18 AM: Paramount has dropped the first full trailer for Ebenezer. Check it out above. ORIGINAL — JULY 23, 4:49 PM: Comic-Con got a double dose of three-time Oscar nominee Johnny Depp, who after showing …