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A former employee of the missing Titan submersible operator has revealed he had raised “safety concerns” over the vessel but was reportedly “met with hostility” before later being sacked, court documents have shown. OceanGate’s former director of marine operations, David Lochridge, had raised concerns over “safety and quality control issues regarding the Titan to OceanGate

The five people on board the missing submersible close to the wreck of the Titanic have “about 40 hours of breathable air” left, the US Coastguard has said. In an update on Tuesday, Captain Jamie Frederick said the search had not yielded any results so far. An ROV (remotely operated underwater vehicle) has been deployed

Rescuers are expanding their search into deeper waters as they hunt for a submersible that went missing near the wreck of the Titanic. The US Coast Guard and other search and rescue crews have swarmed a remote area in the Atlantic in search for the vessel, called Titan, which went missing on Sunday with five

UK billionaire Hamish Harding is one of the people on board a missing tourist submersible used to take people to see the wreck of the Titanic. Mr Harding’s stepson Brian Szasz, said on Facebook: “Hamish Harding my step father has gone missing on submarine thoughts and prayers. “My stepdad Hamish Harding has gone missing on

A heatwave in India has left 166 people dead in just a few days, according to state officials. Most of the heat-related deaths have been in Uttar Pradesh (119), with the rest in neighbouring Bihar state (47). While northern India is known for sweltering heat in the summer months, temperatures over the past week have

Pakistan’s prime minister has declared a national day of mourning for those who died when a fishing trawler packed with people sank off the coast of Greece. Up to 750 men, women and children from Syria, Egypt, the Palestinian territories and Pakistan were on board the vessel trying to reach Europe. More than 500 people

A 76-year-old woman who was wrongly declared dead and surprised family members by knocking on her coffin has now passed away. Bella Montoya spent seven days in intensive care but died on Friday evening after suffering a stroke, Ecuador‘s health ministry said. She was under “permanent surveillance” after the bizarre incident in the city of

There is by now a degree of predictability to Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin’s outbursts. Cause maximum outrage, swear a lot, declare that this is the point of no return and then, somewhat miraculously, settle with the warring party which is invariably Russia’s Ministry of Defence. Thus it was in the fight over ammunition, when Prigozhin

At least 40 people, most of them students, have been killed in a suspected rebel attack on a school in Uganda, officials have said. Other students have been abducted and a dormitory in the school has been set on fire in the attack, believed to have been carried out by Ugandan militants with ties to

Up to 500 people are missing after an overcrowded fishing boat carrying migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea, the United Nations has said. Seventy-eight people are known to have died after the vessel got into difficulty and sank 45 miles off the coast of Greece in the early hours of Wednesday. Speaking at a briefing

Surrounded by forest, the village of Yahidne in northern Ukraine looks deceptively peaceful. On a bright, summer’s day, a troupe of singers dressed in national costume perform in the ruins of a bombed-out, community club. Their voices lilt and lift, as their bodies sway. The audience clap, smile and tap their feet. On the surface,

Conor McGregor has denied allegations of sexual assault against a woman at game four of the NBA finals on Saturday. A statement issued via his lawyer, Barbara R Llanes, said: “The allegations are false. Mr McGregor will not be intimidated.” Miami Police have confirmed they are investigating a report issued to them on 11 June,

A massive search operation is continuing for “hundreds” of missing migrants after at least 78 drowned when a fishing boat sank off the coast of Greece. Officials said 104 survivors were rescued after the vessel capsized about 50 miles from the southern coastal town of Pylos. But charity Alarm Phone, which operates a network supporting

At least 78 people have died and dozens are feared missing after a fishing boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of southern Greece, authorities have said. A large search and rescue operation has saved 104 people so far, four of whom have been taken to hospital with symptoms of hypothermia. It was unclear how

Belarus has started to receive tactical nuclear weapons from Russia, its leader has said. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told Russian state TV that his country is taking delivery of the weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. “We

At least 100 people have been killed after a boat capsized in northern Nigeria, police have said. A search for survivors is under way after the boat overturned on the River Niger on Monday morning (12 June), close to neighbouring Niger state, Kwara state police spokesman Okasanmi Ajayi said. The victims, including children, were returning