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Two dead as Mexican Navy ship crashes into Brooklyn Bridge
Two people have been killed and 19 others injured after a tall Mexican Navy training sailing ship crashed into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge.
Police said the Cuauhtémoc, with 277 people on board, lost power on Saturday as the captain was manoeuvring the vessel, forcing it to head for the bridge abutment on the Brooklyn side.
Footage shows the ship’s towering masts clip the bridge as it passed under the structure. Crew members were standing on the masts as they snapped and fell to the deck, authorities said.
Brooklyn resident Nick Corso, who witnessed the accident, said the area erupted in panic. There was “lots of screaming, some sailors hanging from the masts,” he told AFP.
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Hamas proposes releasing some hostages in fresh talks after new Israel offensive
Hamas has proposed releasing more hostages under a new Gaza ceasefire deal, after new negotiations were held on Saturday. The talks began hours after Israel’s military launched a major new offensive in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas has agreed to release nine hostages in exchange for a 60-day truce and Israel releasing Palestinian prisoners, a Palestinian official told the BBC.
The official said the new proposed deal would also allow the entry of 400 aid trucks a day, and the evacuation of medical patients from Gaza. Israel, in turn, has demanded proof of life and detailed information about all remaining hostages.
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Will Romania vote take country away from European mainstream?
When Romania’s presidential election was annulled late last year after claims of Russian interference, a far-right conspiracy theorist was blocked from the top job.
Many Romanians were deeply relieved; many others were angry their votes had been stolen.
But six months later, with the country back at the ballot box, another hard-right Euro-sceptic is in the running for president.
George Simion won the first round of the new elections on 4 May by a large margin. Now the former football casual turned nationalist politician is facing off against Nicusor Dan, the liberal mayor of Bucharest.
It’s a vote that could see Romania, a member of both Nato and the European Union (EU), take a sharp turn away from the European mainstream.
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Fatal blast near Palm Springs fertility clinic ‘act of terrorism’ – FBI
A bomb explosion outside a California fertility clinic has killed one person and injured four others in an “intentional act of terrorism”, FBI officials have said.
The blast happened just before 11:00 local time (19:00 BST) less than a mile from downtown Palm Springs, near several businesses including the American Reproductive Centers (ARC). The clinic said no-one from the facility was harmed.
The FBI later said it had “a person of interest” in its investigation, but officers were “not actively searching” for the suspect.
Michael Beaumier, a witness, said he was knocked off his bike by the blast. “It was that big of an explosion and I could hear windows shattering all around me,” he said.
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Four days that took India and Pakistan to the brink
Sixteen-year-old Nimra stood outside, rooted to the spot, as the Indian missiles that had woken her a moment ago rained down on the mosque a few metres from her house in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. She watched one tear the minaret off the top of the building. But she failed to realise she, too, had been struck – in the chest.
When the family reached the relative safety of her aunt’s house nearby, someone turned on a phone torch. “My aunt gasped. There was blood on my frock. It was pink and white but now soaked in red. I hadn’t seen it before.” Again they ran. “I was running but my hand was pressed on my chest the whole time. I didn’t want to take it off. I thought if I let go, everything inside me would come out.” A piece of shrapnel was lodged near her heart, she later discovered.
A few hours later, in Poonch, Indian-administered Kashmir, a different family was dodging shelling which Pakistan had launched in response to India’s missile strikes.
“When the firing began, everyone ran for their lives – children clinging to their parents in fear,” said MN Sudhan, 72. “Some families managed to leave for Jammu in their vehicles. We also decided to escape. But barely 10 minutes into our journey, a shell landed near our vehicle. The shrapnel tore through the car. My grandson died on the spot.”
“Our future was shattered at that [very] moment,” Mr Sudhan said of 13-year-old Vihaan’s death. “Now we’re left with nothing but grief. I have witnessed two wars between India and Pakistan, but never in my life have I seen shelling as intense as this.”
New era beckons for Air Force One after Qatari offer – but what’s it like inside?
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New era beckons for Air Force One after Qatari offer – but what’s it like inside?
Most journalists travelling with the US president don’t see much of the interior of Air Force One, the presidential jet.
The press cabin is in the back of the plane, accessible by a rear set of steps and a quick turn of a corner.
To reach the presidential suite at the front of the plane would require negotiating with the armed Secret Service agents in the next-door cabin.
On Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East this week, when the future of the famous plane was a huge talking point, Fox News host Sean Hannity had priority seating and access to the president to conduct an in-flight interview.
But the rest of us in the travelling press pool were consigned to our small section of the plane.
It was a whirlwind trip, hitting three nations in three nights, half a world away. The president described it as an “endurance test” – one that his staff and those of us in the press pool had to manage, as well.
The presidential jet is not a bad way to fly, however. The 14 seats are comfortable, roughly on par with a first-class domestic flight.
There’s a bathroom and a table with snacks (including the coveted Air Force One-branded M&Ms bearing the president’s signature, which aren’t available anywhere else).
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Still booting after all these years: The people stuck using ancient Windows computers
CTRL+ALT+DEL, but make it forever. As technology marches on, some people get trapped using decades-old software and devices. Here’s a look inside the strange, stubborn world of obsolete Windows machines.
Earlier this year I was on my way to a checkup at a doctor’s office in New York City. As I rode up to the 14th floor, my eyes were drawn to a screen built into the side of the lift. Staring back was a glimpse into the history of computing. There, in a gleaming hospital full of state-of-the-art machines, was an error message from an operating system released almost a quarter of a century ago. The elevator was running Windows XP.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Microsoft. The company may not have the cultural cachet it did when that hospital lift was installed, but after a couple of decades playing catch-up Microsoft is back on top. The tech giant has been the first or second most valuable business on earth for the better part of five years. Today, Microsoft is betting on AI to carry it into the next generation of computing. But as it dumps tens of billions of dollars into bleeding-edge technology, some argue that one of Microsoft’s most enduring legacies may be the marks it left on society long ago.
Since its launch in 1975, Microsoft has penetrated digital infrastructure so completely that much of our world still relies on aged, sometimes obsolete Windows software and computers, chugging along and gathering dust long after they first booted up. For people stuck using these machines, the ghosts of Windows’ past are an ever-present feature of daily life.
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‘Don’t wash them too regularly’: One pair of jeans is all we need – here’s why
From skinny to barrel and ultra-high to low-slung, jeans trends are ever changing – so how can we choose the perfect pair for us, and maintain them properly?
Few items of clothing are both as iconic and ubiquitous as a pair of jeans. With era-defining silhouettes that capture cultural moments in time, jeans are a wardrobe staple. But they’re also one of fashion’s most polluting categories, prone to high trend cycles and – as a result – hanging in our wardrobes unworn.