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- Plummeting Israel flight dropped like a rollercoaster, says passenger
[2 hours old]: An aeroplane flying to Israel fell 17,000ft (5,200m) in less than two minutes before it was diverted.

- Flydubai passenger describes putting attacker in chokehold after cockpit stabbing
[9 hours old]: Other passengers on the Israel-bound flight described the "terrifying" moment the plane dropped.

- 'Shaken and emotional' travellers arrive at Israeli airport
[11 hours old]: The BBC's Yogita Limaye is at Ben Gurion Airport as passengers from the Flydubai flight arrive in Israel.

- The Papers: 'Israel's 9/11 stopped' and 'That was a great life'
[2 hours old]: Many of the papers are leading on the passengers who helped prevent a possible plane hijacking of a flight bound for Israel.

* Northern Ireland's young drivers first in UK to get new driving licensing laws
[0 hours old]: Northern Ireland becomes the first part of the UK to introduce new rules for new drivers in a bid to reduce fatal road crashes involving young people.

. The extreme engineering of aircraft windows
[367 hours old]: Few companies have the technology to make aircraft windows which are getting harder to make.

. Aviation faces hotter, stormier skies – and passengers might have to accept more disruption
[607 hours old]: Are people going to have to increasingly accept more delays and diversions as the effects of climate change intensify?

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* US death row inmate survives execution attempt after two lethal injections
[1 hours old]: Her lawyer says she is being given "life-saving measures" in hospital after two syringes of pentobarbital.

- Too early to say what motive for Dubai-Tel Aviv flight attack was, Israeli PM says
[3 hours old]: A pilot who stabbed another pilot on an Israel-bound plane is under investigation in Saudi Arabia, Benjamin Netanyahu says.

* We fear for our lives after being told our abusive exes will be freed from jail early
[0 hours old]: Three victims of domestic abuse tell the BBC why they feel let down by the early prisoner release scheme.

- China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?
[7 hours old]: Beijing has cracked down on AI chatbots that can replicate human relationships. Experts are asking if this is the right thing to do.

- Tiny image sparks big backlash in Nikon photo contest
[7 hours old]: Dr Ning Xu denies he broke the rules of Nikon's annual Small World In Motion contest.

- AI boom could trigger market shocks, Bank of England boss warns
[2 hours old]: Andrew Bailey says the central bank is watching the waves of cash being invested in artificial intelligence "very carefully".

- Vape prices to rise as new tax takes effect
[7 hours old]: Vaping is about to becoming more expensive due to a new tax on products.

- Tributes paid to veteran broadcaster Dame Esther Rantzen, who has died aged 86
[1 hours old]: Rantzen, who fronted the BBC's That's Life for two decades, went on to found Childline, and in recent years had been a campaigner for assisted dying.

- Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies
[6 hours old]: Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change.

- BBC should not overspend on shows such as Suits and Schitt's Creek, MPs say
[6 hours old]: The issue is one of several raised by an influential committee as debate about the BBC's future continues.

- What we know about stabbing on Israel-bound plane
[4 hours old]: A pilot has been arrested and is being questioned after another pilot was stabbed, officials say.

- Celebrity Traitors is back - here's what you need to know ahead of the first show
[6 hours old]: Maya Jama, Michael Sheen and Bella Ramsey are among this year's celebrities taking part in the show.

- Energy bills are going up - here's what you can do about it
[7 hours old]: Household energy bills have risen again but there are ways to keep a lid on your expenditure.

- Rosenberg: Putin shows no sign of stopping the war as Russia doubles down on Ukraine
[7 hours old]: A foreign policy speech by the Russian president will be keenly watched, but all signs point to the full-scale invasion continuing.

- How That's Life! gave Esther Rantzen a career-defining moment
[12 hours old]: Sir Nicholas Winton's story became national news when he appeared on That's Life! in February 1988.

- Son who used AI to help save mum's life hopes case unlocks clues for other Parkinson's patients
[5 hours old]: Doctors say clinical trials are needed to understand more after Ed Patrick identified a potential side effect of a Parkinson's drug.

- Cornell case spotlights 'confusing' web of systems for reporting campus assaults
[6 hours old]: Victims often have to navigate both university and local law enforcement processes to find justice.

- Japan raises residency fee for foreign nationals by twenty-fold
[3 hours old]: The hikes are part of immigration policy changes introduced to manage Japan's growing foreign population.

- Conservatives pledge 'tough love' benefit rules for under-25s
[8 hours old]: The party says it would bring in new work requirements for young people claiming Universal Credit.

- Employers should teach primary-age children about work, says Milburn
[9 hours old]: The author of a major report into youth activity in the UK says children as young as four should be learning about careers.

- Trekkers helicoptered off mountains as more deadly landslides hit Nepal
[8 hours old]: A month after mass catastrophic flooding, around 30 people have died in landslides and heavy rain.

- Two dead in Canada after vehicle hits pedestrians taking part in First Nations event
[4 hours old]: Police said the driver "may have been experiencing a medical emergency" before hitting four people in British Columbia.

- UK believes Iran involved in RAF Fairford incident, PM says
[9 hours old]: Iran's foreign minister has responded, saying the PM was "barking up the wrong tree".

- Punish Man City this season, say other club chiefs
[10 hours old]: Manchester City's punishment for breaching Premier League rules should be handed down before the end of this season, senior football figures tell BBC Sport.

* Jaissle learned a lot about life after tumour aged five
[0 hours old]: Newcastle United head coach Matthias Jaissle could not move his neck at one point, but went on to play before embarking on a coaching career that sees him in Tyneside.

- Ronaldo leaves Portugal camp after coach denies rift
[11 hours old]: Cristiano Ronaldo says he has left Portugal's international camp and will explain why "in time", hours after head coach Jorge Jesus denied any rift with the player.

- Respect and laughs as Fury and Joshua face off
[11 hours old]: After more than a decade of public feuding and false starts, Tyson Fury and Anthony Joshua exchange pleasantries, trade jokes and even discuss going for a pint at a news conference in London.

- Unusual Williamson handball sees Arsenal slip to draw with Paris FC
[11 hours old]: A miscommunication between Arsenal goalkeeper Misa Rodriguez and England captain Leah Williamson gifts Paris FC a late equaliser as the sides draw 2-2 in the Women's Champions League.

- Impossible for England to find another Kane - Tuchel
[11 hours old]: England boss Thomas Tuchel says it will be impossible to find "another Harry Kane" as his free-scoring captain continues to break new ground.

- Infantino should have no place in future of football - Pinto
[10 hours old]: The computer hacker who released documents which led to the Premier League investigation into Manchester City says Gianni Infantino "should have no place in the future of the game".

- The AI telling farmers when to harvest
[7 hours old]: Will farmers want AI tools to help judge when to pick fruit, or is their own intuition enough?

- Greggs to shut four factories and cut 740 jobs
[15 hours old]: The company says it needs to "keep evolving alongside changing customer expectations".

* Fuel prices leave people asking 'what can we do?'
[1 hours old]: Record fuel prices across the country have left people in the South looking for ways to cope.

* 'We're still cold paying £300 a month energy bills'
[1 hours old]: Redditch residents say they are worried they will not be able to afford heating.

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. Breast Cancer Scandal: Exposing the Harm
[319 hours old]: BBC Health correspondent Sharon Barbour investigates a deepening breast cancer scandal.

. Household energy bills forecast to see biggest rise in four years
[16 hours old]: A typical household faces an annual gas and electricity bill of £1,999 from January, based on a key forecast.

. Three takeaways from Trump's 'Super Intelligence' summit
[26 hours old]: The meeting at the White House came as some tech bosses and experts have called for tighter rules around AI.

. Regulating AI 'not the right place to start' says Bailey
[16 hours old]: AI needs "rigorous" testing and safeguards to contain risk, Andrew Bailey says.

. Doubters spur me on: why more women are taking up DIY
[23 hours old]: Female DIY experts and tradeswomen talk about their experiences of a traditionally male-dominated domain.

. Huel ad banned for suggesting its products could replace all meals
[31 hours old]: The advertising watchdog said that viewers could assume from the ad that replacing all normal food with Huel was "nutritionally appropriate".


. Africa's richest man launches Kenya oil refinery despite land protests
[19 hours old]: The Kenya refinery is part of Dangote's ambitious bid to expand and help industralise Africa by 2030.

. Faisal Islam: Triple lock move is significant, but it's a gamble
[38 hours old]: I had expected him to try to forge a political consensus on this thorny issue at this stage, but he has gone further than that.

. The start-ups hoping to return battery making to the US
[31 hours old]: Batteries based on sodium-ion technology could be made in the US with locally sourced materials.

. X-planes: Are they needed in the new era of drones?
[151 hours old]: Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?

. How the oil capital of the US welcomed a solar power boom
[175 hours old]: Texas is now the country's biggest producer of solar-farmed electricity.

. Spain battles climate change on several fronts
[213 hours old]: A summer of wildfires and heatwaves underlines the threats to the country's economy.

. The virtual worlds where robots are trained
[319 hours old]: Training systems that allow robots to negotiate the real world are getting more sophisticated.

. Would you buy branded clothing from your favourite tech firm?
[343 hours old]: Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic are all now selling their own limited edition fashion lines.

. Can Europe recharge its battery industry?
[487 hours old]: Europe has some promising battery tech, but can it make up ground lost to Chinese battery giants?

. I asked my husband to pay into my pension when we had a child - here's why
[487 hours old]: Molly and Taylor Haylett explain the changes to how they managed their finances when they started a family.

. Why some experts increasingly fear AI will take over
[511 hours old]: AI agents went on an uncontrolled hacking spree, leaving some in the industry worried

. Should promotion depend on how workers use AI?
[535 hours old]: More companies are tying career progression to AI use: is that fair?

. 'Tirana teeth': Albania hopes to be the new Turkey for dental work
[549 hours old]: The Balkan nation is aiming to become a new centre for medical tourism.

. From 'dog fruit' to darling: India's avocado boom
[649 hours old]: Demand for avocados is booming in India and local growers hope to grab more of the market.

. The volunteers baking birthday cakes for children
[16 hours old]: The Hampshire group says it has seen a rise in demand and it needs more volunteer bakers.

. My hometown shows that high streets have to change or die
[79 hours old]: Aberdeen is launching an ambitious bid to revive its struggling centre. Could it offer lessons for other high streets?

. Europe's car makers are in crisis. Will the threat of war rescue them?
[142 hours old]: Auto executives across Europe hope rearmament can help them flex their industrial muscles once more.

. Why the UK is dithering over what to do about e-scooters
[1686 hours old]: Why is it taking so long for the government to regulate them, and what are the consequences of delay?

. Why Gen Z are planning for life without a state pension
[2215 hours old]: Many younger people do not believe the state pension will exist when they are older

. Greggs to cut 740 jobs and close factories
[17 hours old]: High street bakery brand Greggs has announced plans to shut four of its factories and cut 740 jobs.

. Pie shop owner gets reply from Andy Burnham
[20 hours old]: Chorley businessman, Paul Bowen received a reply from Prime Minister Andy Burnham, after posting a video on social media about the closure of one of his shops due to the state of the high street.

. How much is in your savings account?
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. Save or Overpay? What to do with your mortgage if interest rates rise
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