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Drones may have captured some memorable images of the disaster but private users have been warned they’re risking lives by flying in areas where emergency services are working. “Please keep drones grounded to ensure emergency responders can do their jobs effectively,” said LA County Sheriffs on X. It comes after a water-dropping aircraft was damaged…
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More than 20,000 people who evacuated the Pacific Palisades on Tuesday have watched on TV for three days as their neighbourhood has burned without respite. They have heard the statistics – more than 50% of the buildings here have been reduced to rubble. But it is not sufficient preparation for what they will see in…
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Evacuation orders have been lifted for some people in the West Hills area of Los Angeles after the Kenneth Fire reached 35% containment, the county sheriffs department has said. It said the blaze had burned through 1,000 acres. The fast-moving Kenneth Fire started late yesterday afternoon in the San Fernando Valley just two miles (3.2km)…
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Firefighting plane struck by drone while responding to blaze A firefighting plane that was working over the area of the Palisades Fire has been struck a drone, the Federal Aviation Administration has said. The aircraft landed safely and the incident is being investigated by the FAA. It is a crime to interfere with firefighting efforts…
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Mysterious possible drone sightings across the East Coast have prompted calls from civilians and some politicians to shoot down the unidentified aircraft. But shooting at drones is dangerous and illegal – and may bring unintended consequences, according to federal officials and experts. The possible drone sightings, which started in November in New Jersey, have caused anxiety and…
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North Korea says it will support Russia in its war with Ukraine “until the day of victory” – after the US warned thousands of Pyongyang’s troops are set to enter combat in the coming days. North Korea’s foreign minister Choe Son Hui hailed Vladimir Putin’s “wise leadership” ahead of talks in Moscow on Friday, and insisted that…
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Israeli opposition leader Benny Gantz has called on Benjamin Netanyahu to strike a deal that would allow for the release of hostages, even if it comes at a “painful” price. A total of 97 hostages remain unaccounted for following the 7 October 2023 attack by Hamas on Israel. Israel’s official figure for those held in…
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Last night’s drone attack on Binyamina is Israel’s “first major setback” after two weeks of progress in Lebanon. The Israeli military says four people died in the strike, which hit an army base adjacent to the town, located on Israel’s Mediterranean coast. The IDF has stepped up its attacks on what it says are Hezbollah…
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Germany is investigating suspected drone espionage after drones were flown over several industrial sites. Yesterday prosecutors said they had opened an investigation into repeated drone flights over critical infrastructure in northern Germany which they said were suspected of spying for sabotage purposes. The German military’s Territorial Command said it had complied with a police request…
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The impact from an apparent Israeli strike on Iran is negligible, an academic from the University of Tehran has said. Asked about reports of an Israeli attack, Professor Mohammad Marandi said: “They haven’t done anything. “There were three quadcopters near Isfahan that were downed. “There were no explosions. It’s a country of 90 million people and…
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Vladimir Putin will fly on a modernized Tu-160M supersonic strategic bomber today, Russian state TV reported the Kremlin as saying. The giant swing-wing plane is a substantially modernised-version of a Soviet-era bomber. The USSR would have deployed it in the event of a nuclear war with the West to deliver nuclear weapons over long distances.
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Iran has developed a new attack drone for Russia’s war in Ukraine and appears close to providing Moscow with surface-to-surface missiles, an informed security source has claimed. The Shahed-107 was described as an “explosive and reconnaissance” unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), possibly fitted with technology to seek out high-value battlefield targets such as British and American…
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The apparent ingenuity of Ukraine’s armed forces has repeatedly proven to be among its biggest assets in repelling the advances of its much larger neighbour’s invasion. Kyiv has made increasing use of airborne drones that explode on impact, with some notable successes – including inside Russian territory. The latest example of Ukraine’s often innovative approach…
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A dramatic statement from the Russian presidential administration claimed that Ukraine had used two drones to attack the Kremlin – at the heart of Moscow – overnight. Russian forces apparently used radar equipment to disable the drones. There were no casualties, and the president was unhurt, it said. But the Kremlin did call it “an assassination…
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A popular Russian state TV anchor has warned that Moscow could wipe Britain off the map with a nuclear tsunami in retaliation for supporting Ukraine. In his Sunday evening primetime show on Channel One, one of the most-watched in Russia, Dmitry Kiselyov claimed on May 1 that a strike by the country’s Poseidon nuclear underwater…
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Twenty-five U.S. Representatives have joined Rep. David Cicilline (D-RI) and Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) in a bipartisan call upon the State Department to suspend export licenses for US drone technology to Turkey, pending an official investigation into the destabilizing role of Turkey’s drone programs in the Caucasus, South Asia, the Eastern Mediterranean and around the…
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