Record rainfall in Japan kills 8, strands thousands at Narita airport
Record rainfall in Japan killed eight people and stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Friday, as flooding disrupted tr...
Blue Origin cancels launch due to rocket subsystem issues, with no new timeline set. Engineers are troubleshooting as the rocket is defueled for further assessment.
Blue Origin engineers were unable to resolve technical issues with the rocket in time for tonight’s planned launch, leading flight controllers to cancel the attempt.
The company did not immediately disclose the specific problems that engineers were addressing. “We are standing down today’s launch attempt to troubleshoot a vehicle subsystem issue,” said Ariane Cornell, Blue Origin’s vice president of in-space systems.
The rocket is currently being defueled, and no timeline has been provided for the next launch attempt. “From there, we’re going to assess what tasks we might want to complete during this downtime, and that will guide the timing of our next launch opportunity,” Cornell added.
Disruption in the Strait of Hormuz has increased the strategic importance of Bab al-Mandab, raising fears that instability in both waterways could trigger a wider global energy and trade crisis.
Flights at Catania airport in Sicily will remain suspended until early Friday as ash from Mount Etna continues to disrupt air travel, following hundreds of cancellations and diversions over the past week.
Iran says the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of “total control” over the strategic waterway and insisting it will not reopen until Washington fulfils its commitments under an interim deal.
Iran and the United States remain at loggerheads over efforts to agree a permanent end to the war in the Gulf, according to a senior Iranian source who said there had been no progress in talks to revive the interim deal agreed in June and define a timeframe to implement it.
Russia has accused Ukraine of threatening global grain supplies after recent strikes on Black Sea agricultural infrastructure, while Moscow carried out a new overnight attack on Ukraine’s major Danube port of Izmail.
Record rainfall in Japan killed eight people and stranded thousands of travellers at Tokyo's Narita Airport on Friday, as flooding disrupted transport and cut power to 20,000 homes.
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Hundreds of flights have been cancelled or rerouted at Catania Airport over the past week as ash from Mount Etna’s ongoing eruption continues to disrupt air travel in Sicily.
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