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All flights have been cancelled from London Luton Airport, after a massive fire engulfed the airport car park.
The blaze caused a partial collapse of the multi-story car park building.
Staff and Firefighters are reported to have been hospitalised.
Simon Gaitán reports…
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India plans to conduct a critical test this month as part of its plans to launch a manned space mission by the end of next year.
This comes after India successfully landed a spacecraft on the Moon in August.
Rebecca Bundhun reports from Mumbai.
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Global investors are focused on the share price of Indian Billion Gautam Adani-owned Adani Ports company amid conflict in Israel.
The Adani owns Port of Haifa in Northern Israel which handles 99% of all goods moving in and out of the country by sea.
And now concerns are that tensions could disrupt operations in one of Israel's largest ports – hurting Adani companies.
Ishan Garg has more from New Delhi.
IN: The Adani group...An American air craft carrier is due to dock in South Korea this week in a move that is likely to raise the ire of Pyongyang.
The USS Ronald Reagan will visit the port at Busan on Thursday as the US and South Korea look to boost joint military drills.
Chris Gilbert reports from Tokyo.
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CUE: A sailor in the US Navy says he's guilty of accepting fifteen-thousand dollars in bribes to supply Chinese intelligence with military information. He was arrested in August.
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Pressure is growing on the White House to plan a rescue of Americans being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza.
President Biden on Monday confirmed that at least 14 Americans lost their lives in Israel at the hands of Hamas last weekend.
US officials say at least 20 more are among the missing.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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US President Joe Biden has confirmed that American citizens are among those hostages being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
He described the Hamas attacks on Israel last weekend as "sheer evil", and in comments at the White House backed Israel's right to take reprisals.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to Israel for talks with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top officials.
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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President Joe Biden insists the United States has Israel's back, promising the country will get what it needs to "defend itself" amid an escalating crisis in the Middle East.
Fourteen Americans were killed by Hamas militants on Saturday when the terror group launched an unprecedented multi-pronged attack on Israel which left more than a thousand dead.
Mr Biden called it a "stomach-churning, sickening atrocity on an appalling scale — and a violation of every code of human morality."
The White House also confirmed some United States citizens are being held hostage in Gaza having been abducted during the assault.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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The man shot and killed by police after driving a car into the Chinese consulate in San Francisco was armed with a knife and crossbow, according to eyewitness and media reports.
Officials haven't revealed the man's identity or a possible motivation for the incident.
Ira Spitzer reports from San Francisco.
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Families of Americans missing in Israel are piling pressure on the Biden Administration to take action to rescue their loved-ones.
On Monday, the White House confirmed at least eleven Americans have been killed in the fighting.
President Biden said it's likely Americans have been taken hostage by Hamas.
Our Washington Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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US President Joe Biden will address the nation shortly, as he faces pressure to lay out his country's response to an escalating crisis in the Middle East.
Eleven Americans were killed in what he calls an "unprecedented and appalling assault" by the Hamas terror-group, which left hundreds dead.
The White House says it's also "likely" that some United States citizens are being detained in Gaza having been abducted in southern Israel during Saturday's brutal attack.
From Washington, Benji Hyer reports.
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