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There have been some very bumpy plane rides recently.

The winger’s potential move to Spurs has been given the seal of approval.

Disengaging with China not credible, says James Cleverly James Cleverly has said it’s important for the country to continue engaging with Chinese officials, saying it would not be “credible” to disengage. The foreign secretary met with China’s vice president on the first trip to China made by a senior UK figure in five years. He said the trip would help avoid “mistrust and errors.” But ahead of his visit, some UK MPs attacked the government’s approach to China as “incoherent.” Relations between the UK and China have deteriorated in recent years following concerns over threats to civil liberties in the…

Network Rail axes bonuses for staff who went on strike Rail staff who went on strike in a long-running dispute over pay and conditions are now set to lose their annual bonus. Network Rail has sparked anger by refusing to dish out bonuses to staff who went on strike. Up to 20,000 members of the RMT union, who took industrial action over pay, jobs and working conditions could be affected. The dispute was settled in March when they voted to accept a 9% pay rise. However, those who took part in strikes from June 2022 onwards will not receive a…

Hurricane Idalia strengthens to Category 3 as it nears Florida Hurricane Idalia has strengthened to Category 3 making it the greatest threat of all the storms so far this season.  One of the big worries is that water temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico are above normal, especially near the US coasts where the waters are 2-3C warmer than average. This will lead to rapid intensification of Hurricane Idalia on its final approach to Florida with the current forecast predicting sustained winds of 125mph, with gusts up to 155mph.  Landfall is expected within hours in northwest Florida with torrential rain…

Broadcaster is said to be trying to ‘find a way out of the dispute’.

His comments caught his old friend off guard.

President Emmanuel Macron met leaders of all of France’s political parties Wednesday, including his most bitter opponents, outside Paris in a bid to break the deadlock of a hung parliament.

G20: Delhi tries to scare monkeys away from summit Dehli authorities are introducing measures to scare away monkeys from venues linked to the G20 summit. There are life-size cut-outs of grey langur monkeys in various places as well as plans to deploy people trained to mimic the animal’s sounds. Delhi – the capital of India – has a huge monkey population and authorities hope these steps will keep the simians from disrupting the summit. Langurs are aggressive monkeys and all steps will be taken to keep them away from the G20 summit on 9 and 10 September. A senior official…

US Open 2023: Andy Murray calls VAR debut a ‘farce’ Britain’s Andy Murray has described Video Assist Review (VAR) as a ‘farce’ after the technology failed during its debut in tennis at the US Open.  When Murray severed his opponent Corentin Moutet requested the technology to check a double bounce which was called against him by umpire Louise Engzell. The official pulled out a table to watch an instant replay of the incident. But following a long delay, the umpire announced the VAR technology was “not working.” “It took about four minutes to make a decision,” said Murray, who was…