The time between when the pilot reported a bird strike and when it crashed could be key to unraveling one of the world’s worst aviation disasters in years.

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The professional darts championships draw tens of thousands of raucous fans. The beer flows freely in the stands, but the competition is serious.

Jews around the globe lit the first of eight candles on Wednesday and came together to celebrate and reflect on their history.

Refugee organisations say many want to ‘go and have a look’ after fall of Assad regime but fear losing asylum rights Syrians in Germany have called on the government to allow them to travel to their home country for short visits without risking their protection status, as questions mount over how the fall of Bashar…

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Lisa Nandy defends Yvette Cooper’s decision to order urgent review following pressure driven by Elon Musk Rowena Mason is the Guardian’s Whitehall editor Rachel Reeves has said she is not going to let her critics get her down after a bruising week of speculation about whether she could be ousted as chancellor. Continue reading…

Witness tells how staff at distribution centre on south London industrial estate barricaded themselves in office A man has been arrested after five people were injured in a stabbing near a supermarket in Croydon, south London, the Metropolitan police said. Police and other emergency services were called to a Sainsbury’s and Argos distribution centre at…

The world’s richest man, a key adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, ridicules critics over his backing of the German extremist party, as Germany prepares for elections.