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The deaths of 52 people on the Clipper Endeavor led to the introduction of mandatory pre-flight safety briefings.

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Threat from US president comes after US military completes 11th night of strikes on Iran The Jordanian army said it intercepted four Iranian missiles on Wednesday with two additional missile falling in an open area, AFP reports. The two missiles that the army did not intercept fell in “two remote, uninhabited areas, without causing any human casualties or material damage” the army said in a statement. Continue reading...

The Guardian World • 5 hours ago

Figures come as large parts of southern Europe endure another record-breaking period of extreme temperatures France recorded more than 5,700 excess deaths during its June heatwave, authorities have said, as swathes of southern Europe continue to endure another record-breaking period of extreme temperatures. The French national health agency said on Wednesday that it had recorded 5,764 excess deaths ⁠between ​17 June and 2 July, an excess mortality rate of 36%. Continue reading...

The Guardian World • 5 hours ago

Up to 25 tonnes of nurdles, the raw material for plastic manufacturing, have spread further than initially feared Approximately a billion tiny plastic nurdles have entered the River Tyne after a “devastating spill”, with the pellets thought to have spread much further than first thought. Nurdles are tiny pellets, usually about 1-5mm in size, that act as the raw material to manufacture most plastic products. Continue reading...

The Guardian World • 5 hours ago

Jamieson Greer faces senators’ questions about latest round of tariffs and impacts on cost of living of Trump policies Sign up for the Breaking News US email A reminder that my colleagues are covering the latest out of the Middle East at our dedicated live blog. Donald Trump took to Truth Social a short while and noted that the US will destroy one bridge or power plant , including those near Tehran, “any time” that Iran “shoots a ship” in the strait of Hormuz. Continue reading...

The Guardian World • 5 hours ago

Appointments mark a shift in the city’s development agencies as the mayor reshapes his economic agenda Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani , has named Lina Khan as the next chair of the city’s Economic Development Board (EDB) and longtime city government official Tony Shorris as the next leader of the city’s Economic Development Corporation (EDC), marking major changes at one of New York’s most influential agencies. Khan, who previously chaired the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) during the Biden administration, has been a close adviser to the mayor. She was the youngest person to chair the FTC and the first of South Asian descent, focusing on antitrust and antimonopoly enforcement. Continue reading...

The Guardian World • 6 hours ago