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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope finds signs of 'building blocks for life' in icy clouds NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which has captured some of the most iconic images of the final frontier in history, sent back detailed shots of a faraway region where temperatures go as low as -270C. By Tom Acres, technology reporter Monday 23 January 2023 16:17, UK This image...

Analysis No surprises on tanks - but what the Kremlin says publicly and what Putin thinks privately are two very different things The Russians have had to watch as Western commitments of kit for Ukraine grows. Although Moscow has more of its old-school tanks, they won't be as good. Diana Magnay Moscow correspondent @DiMagnaySky Thursday 26 January 2023 12:46, UK Zelenskyy calls Putin a 'nobody'...

Explainer F-16 fighter jets: What are they and could they be sent to help Ukraine? They can fly at more than 1,200mph and are some of the most advanced aircraft in NATO's fleet. Could the F-16 be sent to Ukraine? Michael Drummond Foreign news reporter @MikeRDrummond Monday 23 January 2023 23:02, UK A General Dynamics F-16A Fighting Falcon fighter jet, belonging to the Royal Netherlands...

M3GAN: The very real inspirations behind Hollywood's new favourite killer robot - and why we're so fascinated with AI Hollywood's history is laden with iconic robots from The Terminator to HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey. New horror hit M3GAN debuted in a world where AI is all around us - and its director Gerard Johnstone says filmmakers need to...

Endangered shark meat sold in Australian fish and chip shops, study finds Researchers from the University of Adelaide found meat from four threatened species, including the shortfin mako shark and smooth hammerhead, being sold as "flake" in some takeaways in South Australia. By James Robinson, news reporter Saturday 28 January 2023 14:32, UK Shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, is found worldwide . It is...

Analysis Ukraine war: Will German tanks be enough to deter Vladimir Putin? Germany's uneasy decision to send tanks to Ukraine is a significant escalation of the war, but will it be enough to stop Russian mobilisation? Dominic Waghorn International Affairs Editor @DominicWaghorn Thursday 26 January 2023 12:50, UK German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius1:16 Play Video - 'We didn't hesitate' to send tanks to Ukraine German Defence Minister...

Once-in-a-lifetime green comet approaching closest point to Earth The green comet named C/2022 E3 (ZTF) was only discovered on 2 March 2022, spotted from the Zwicky Transient Facility in California. But this year it's been more widely visible and could be seen with the naked eye when it makes its closest fly-by. By Tom Acres, technology reporter Monday 23 January 2023 14:48,...

S Club 7 singer Hannah Spearitt reveals homeless struggles: 'People think we must all be millionaires but sadly it's just not true' The pop star lived in a friend's office with her husband and two daughters after her landlord left her two days to find a new home. Reemul Balla News reporter @Reemul_B Saturday 28 January 2023 13:39, UK S Club 7 at BBC...

Baby deaths mystery from 1930s solved by researchers finding 'abnormal' gene shape link to vitamin D side-effects A wave of baby deaths in the 1930s and 1940s was because of the vitamin D added to bread, milk and margarine. Most of those children would have had a gene mutation - but not all. Now scientists have discovered why some infants...

Asteroid the size of an elephant passes Earth in one of closest encounters ever The space rock passed at a distance of around 2,200 miles above the Earth's surface in a "celestial near-miss". By comparison, some satellites orbit at an altitude of more than 21,000 miles. Friday 27 January 2023 07:43, UK The Virtual Telescope Project captured this image of the asteroid...

Flybe collapses and cancels all flights, with hundreds of jobs lost The airline has gone into administration less than a year after returning to the skies following a previous collapse. Flybe operated scheduled services from Belfast, Birmingham and Heathrow to airports across the UK and to Amsterdam and Geneva. Saturday 28 January 2023 10:54, UK ...

Analysis Flybe collapse asks questions about the resilience of UK's transport infrastructure With the rail industry in turmoil and the train network a national embarrassment, a regional airline should have been able to offer a realistic alternative. Paul Kelso Business correspondent @pkelso Saturday 28 January 2023 22:34, UK Jackets and coats left at theFlybe check-in desks at Birmingham International Airport as Flybe, Europe's biggest regional...

Radioactive capsule missing in Australia after falling off mining truck The tiny unit, which is smaller than a penny, fell off a vehicle transporting material from a mine deep in the state of Western Australia to a storage depot. Saturday 28 January 2023 22:06, UK The truck carrying the radioactive unit was travelling from a Rio Tinto mine in Western Australia to...

Analysis A region on edge: Why this is a dangerous moment for Israel and West Bank A deadly shooting outside a Jerusalem synagogue comes after weeks of increasing violence in the West Bank. The prospect of peace talks between Palestinians and Israelis has not so much faded as totally disappeared - and no one is quite sure what the coming weeks...