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Cliff Notes Iran asserts it has shot down two Israeli F-35 fighter jets and commenced retaliation following Friday’s Israeli strikes aimed at its nuclear facilities. Missiles launched from Iran resulted in air raid sirens across Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, with some missile strikes penetrating Israel’s Iron Dome defence system, causing injuries to residents. Iranian leadership has vowed to impose significant consequences on Israel, while calls for diplomatic resolution emerge from Western nations amid escalating tensions.…

Cliff Notes Families of victims from the Air India crash in Ahmedabad are desperately waiting for the identification of their loved ones, with many bodies being unrecognisable due to severe burns. The crash killed all but one of the 242 people on board and caused additional casualties on the ground, including medical students. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the crash site and hospitalised survivors as investigations begin into the cause of this tragic event. Air…

Cliff Notes – Two men jailed for their roles in theft of £4.75m gold toilet Two men, James Sheen and Michael Jones, have been sentenced for their involvement in the theft of an 18-carat gold toilet valued at £4.75m from Blenheim Palace in September 2019. Sheen received a four-year prison term to run consecutively with a prior 19-year sentence, while Jones was sentenced to two years and three months. The toilet, stolen in a rapid…

Cliff Notes – Alexander Dighton jailed over police station attack Alexander Dighton jailed over police station attack, has received a life sentence for attempting to murder a police officer and injuring three others during a violent attack on a South Wales police station. The assailant, armed with a Molotov cocktail, knife, hatchet and wooden pole, was wearing a bullet-proof vest and caused significant damage to police vehicles before physically assaulting officers. Judge Lucraft KC noted…

Cliff Notes – Warning issued ahead of Download festival in Leicestershire Police issue mosh pit warning ahead of Download festival in Leicestershire this weekend | Ents & Arts News Police are warning rock fans at this weekend’s Download festival about the potential for accidental calls while in the mosh pit. Leicestershire Police issued an alert ahead of the event at the download festival at Donington Park, which begins on Friday. Download festival at Donington Park Posting…

Japanese walking, or Interval Walking Training (IWT), was developed at Shinshu University. It involves repeating three‑minute brisk (“somewhat hard”) and three‑minute gentle (“light”) walking intervals for a total of 30 minutes, four times weekly.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the Air India crash, escaped from seat 11A and was hospitalized with multiple injuries but is not in danger.

European leaders expressed deep concern after Israel launched an unprovoked attack on Iran and have called for an immediate de-escalation.

At least 260 die as plane on way to UK crashes in India The Guardian reports the plane crashed into a hostel housing “medical students, doctors and their families.” The paper says the Indian government is considering grounding Air India’s Boeing 787 fleet, just a day after one of the airline’s aircraft of the same make crashed in Ahmedabad city, killing more than 240 people. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

Brit is only survivor of flight 171 Metro says the sole survivor of Air India flight AI171 which crashed and killed more than 200 people on board has told his family ‘I don’t know how I’m alive’. Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, along with 53 other British nationals, was one of the 242 aboard the plane that crashed near Ahmedabad airport on Thursday afternoon. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

Miracle of man in seat 11A who walked away The Daily Express says there is one survivor from the Air India Flight 171 crash after the plane plunged shortly after take off, police have confirmed. The flight from Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India was bound for London Gatwick Airport. Officials said 242 passengers and crew were on the aircraft, including 53 British nationals, 169 Indian nationals, one Canadian national and seven Portuguese nationals. Read a full summary…

The miracle of seat 11A: BRIT SURVIVES INDIA PLANE CRASH HORROR The Daily Star also calls it a “miracle” noting he was sat in seat 11A and quotes the survivor’s family as saying “he had no idea how he walked away from the wreckage”. The paper says the doomed Air India flight was carrying 53 British nationals, including a boy of two and a four-year-old girl, who are both confirmed dead in the horror crash that…

MIRACLE BRIT IN SEAT 11A The Sun says “Miracle Brit in seat 11A” – the seat of Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, a father from Leicester who was the only survivor of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner crash which killed all the other 241 passengers and crew on board. Read a full summary of today’s UK newspapers

Almost all of Friday’s newspaper front pages report on the tragic Air India plane crash in which 241 passengers and crew were on board. Only one person survived – a British man sat in seat 11A. The papers dub it the “miracle of seat 11A.”

Almost all of Friday’s newspaper front pages report on the tragic Air India plane crash in which 241 passengers and crew were on board. Only one person survived – a British man sat in seat 11A. The papers dub it the “miracle of seat 11A.”

The US Secretary of State stressed that Israel’s airstrikes on Iran were a unilateral decision, despite Iran’s claims of American support for the attacks.

Friday’s UK news is dominated by Israel’s attack on Iran – and analysis into whether the attack might spiral into a wider conflict, the Air India plane crash in which one person – a British man – remarkably survives. The media are assessing what might have caused the crash and attempting to assign blame. Also topping the UK news, is the major blood cancer breakthrough as a new therapy is rolled out on the NHS in a “world first.”

Thousands of blood cancer patients in England will be the first in the world to get a new “Trojan horse” drug that sneaks into cancer cells and kills them from within.

Breaking News: Iran retaliates against Israel launching a 100 drones to target military targets, that have bypassed the iron dome. Iran retaliates against Israel Iran had vowed to respond and now Iran has responded with a devastating attack on Israel, after Israel launched a major attack on Iran overnight. Netanyahu flees from Tel Aviv on Wings of Zion Israel’s ‘Wings of Zion’ airplane, the Israeli equivalent of Air Force One, has lifted off from Tel…

Israel launched Operation Rising Lion on 13 June, sending around 200 aircraft to strike nearly 100 sites across Iran, including nuclear facilities like Natanz, missile bases, and residential areas.

Cliff Notes The UK government has urged for restraint and diplomacy following Israeli airstrikes on Iran, termed Operation Rising Lion, which targeted nuclear sites and reportedly killed six Iranian nuclear scientists. Foreign Secretary David Lammy described the situation as "dangerous," emphasising the need for stability in the Middle East for global security. The US has distanced itself from the attacks, warning against retaliation against American interests and reinforcing calls for de-escalation. UK calls for restraint…

Israel strikes nuclear sites in Iran and then calls for a state of emergency – expected retaliatory strikes from Iran. Netanyahu claims the attack on Iran was necessary because Iran threatens Israel’s very existence.

Israel has initiated Operation Rising Lion, conducting extensive airstrikes targeting Iranian military and nuclear sites amidst an escalated threat perception.

Netanyahu has started another war. Israel has launched dozens of airstrikes against nuclear sites in Iran and declared an emergency as it braces for retaliation. Iran has vowed to defend it’s sovereignty for the attack, which has killed the head of the Revolutionary Guard and a senior general. Follow the latest.

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the recent Air India crash, was found conscious and alert in the hospital with minor injuries, described as a miracle by witnesses.