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Teenager saves paraglider from drowning after Marlow crash

7+ hour, 10+ min ago  (542+ words) A 16-year-old boy has saved a paraglider from drowning after he crashed into the River Thames. Harry Hermon, a volunteer rescuer at charity Swan Support, was driving a boat to Henley when he heard engine noise above him at Temple…...

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No injuries after plane crashes in remote Alaska wilderness

1+ week, 18+ hour ago  (360+ words) All ten people on board the commercial flight walked away from the crash after the pilot was forced to make an emergency landing in Alaska's remote Brooks Range. The pilot and passengers were later rescued by helicopter. Watch: No injuries…...

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Ukraine war: Vladimir Putin says he reached 'understandings' with Donald Trump over war's end

10+ mon, 1+ day ago  (947+ words) Vladimir Putin was speaking at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit held in Tianjin, China Russian President Vladimir Putin says he reached "understandings" with US President Donald Trump over the end of the Ukraine war, at their meeting in Alaska last…...

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Handshakes and a shared limo ride: Our correspondents unpack greeting

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (297+ words) US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have touched down in Alaska. BBC North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher and Russia editor Steve Rosenberg unpack the symbolism and choreography behind the moment they met on the tarmac. Handshakes…...

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Watch: Moment Trump and Putin meet in Alaska for Ukraine talks

10+ mon, 2+ week ago  (336+ words) This is the moment US President Trump and Russia's President Putin simultaneously disembarked their planes in Alaska to meet for talks about the Ukraine war. They shook hands on a red carpet and had what appeared to be a friendly…...

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Body of man missing for 28 years found in melting glacier

10+ mon, 3+ week ago  (441+ words) The man's identity card was found with body The body of a man missing for 28 years has been found in a melting glacier in Pakistan's remote and mountainous Kohistan region. A shepherd stumbled upon the body, which was remarkably well-preserved,…...

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Man jailed after Todmorden teenager's drug death

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (650+ words) Michael Shaw was jailed at Bradford Crown Court A drug dealer who supplied ecstasy to a 16-year-old girl who later collapsed and died has been jailed for four years. Tilly Wooler took the drug with friends in a park in…...