Image copyright PA Europe’s satellite-navigation system, Galileo, remains offline. The network suffered an outage on Friday due to what has been described as a “technical incident related to its ground infrastructure”. Engineers worked around the clock over the weekend but there is no update yet on when the service will resume. The problem means all […]
Media captionEyewitnesses saw the plane spinning down into the forest Nine people died on Sunday when a plane carrying them for a parachute jump crashed in northern Sweden soon after taking off. The GippsAero GA8 Airvan, a single engine plane popular with skydivers, crashed shortly after 14:00 (12:00 GMT), having left Umea airport. The plane […]
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Media captionInventor Franky Zapata got the parade off to a flying start Police in Paris have fired tear gas at protesters near the Champs-Elysées shortly after France’s annual Bastille Day military parade. Earlier, yellow-vest protesters booed President Emmanuel Macron as he was driven down the boulevard. Police said they had detained more than 150 people, […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Philip Hammond: “We can seek to persuade… but we can’t control” Philip Hammond has warned the UK will not be able to control key elements of a no-deal Brexit. The chancellor told BBC Panorama that if the UK leaves without a deal, then the EU will control many of […]
Image copyright RussianSpaceWeb.com Image caption Artwork: The Spektr-RG mission is really two telescopes in one One of the most significant Russian space science missions in the post-Soviet era has launched from Baikonur. The Spektr-RG telescope is a joint venture with Germany that will map X-rays across the entire sky in unprecedented detail. Researchers say this […]
Media playback is not supported on this device ‘She has stunned Centre Court’ – Halep beats Williams in Wimbledon final Simona Halep won her first Wimbledon title and crushed Serena Williams’ latest bid for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title with a devastating 56-minute display of athleticism. The Romanian won 6-2 6-2 in front of […]
Media captionA demonstration of the S-400 missile system Turkey has received the first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defence system despite opposition from the US. The shipment arrived in an airbase in the capital Ankara on Friday, the Turkish defence ministry says. The move will anger the US, which has warned that Turkey cannot […]
Media captionA demonstration of the S-400 missile system Turkey has received the first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defence system despite opposition from the US. The shipment arrived in an airbase in the capital Ankara on Friday, the Turkish defence ministry says. The move will anger the US, which has warned that Turkey cannot […]
Media captionA demonstration of the S-400 missile system Turkey has received the first parts of a Russian S-400 missile defence system despite opposition from the US. The shipment arrived in an airbase in the capital Ankara on Friday, the Turkish defence ministry says. The move will anger the US, which has warned that Turkey cannot […]
