Under the EES system, digital records linked to passports track when "third country" nationals - including British and American travellers - enter and leave the so-called Schengen free movement zone, which includes 29 European countries.

However, Airlines UK and Airlines for America said the EES rollout had been inconsistent.

They added "with peak summer travel approaching and the system not yet working as it should, airlines need the commission and member states to get serious about contingency measures and take a pragmatic look at whether the current timeline

The pilot who crashed his small plane into Beijing's tallest skyscraper last week was suffering from "chronic insomnia and anxiety" and did so for "personal reasons", authorities said Thursday.

The crash had killed the pilot, officially identified only by his surname Liu, and wounded 13 others.

Liu, a 66-year-old Beijing resident, was a divorced freelancer who lived alone, the Chaoyang district government said in a statement, adding Liu's diary contained "multiple expressions of ending his life

A teenager has been arrested for alleged involvement with the Scattered Spider hacking group, the US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said.

Peter Stokes, 19, was arrested in Finland in April and extradited to the US following an Interpol Red Notice.

He has been charged with computer intrusion, conspiracy and fraud, which the DoJ said came after "years of work".

Scattered Spider has been involved in hacks resulting in more than $100m (£75m) in ransom payments, according

Jamal's case is not isolated. Law enforcement officers in Europe have told us they know of 15 people smugglers with convictions from courts in France, Germany and Belgium, who they believe are now living in the UK and claiming asylum under false names.

We learned about one man convicted in France, who is now living in Manchester selling used cars and thought to be still involved in people smuggling.

Another man, also with a French conviction, is based in Blackpool. He has claimed asylum under a false name

The desperation of patients haunts Gaza's hospitals - their exterior walls eaten away by gunfire and Israeli strikes, the health-care system inside them still unrepaired.

Eight months after the ceasefire deal instructed that "full aid" be sent into the Gaza Strip, aid workers say the continued lack of essential medicines and equipment has meant doctors are rationing or loaning each other essential life-saving drugs, or turning patients away from chemotherapy or dialysis appointments.

"The fact that the medical evacuation list is thousands long is a sign

On Thursday morning, daylight brought clearer images of a crater which appeared to be caused by the impact of explosions.

Smouldering cars, buildings and infrastructure could also be seen next to bombed-out debris.

Multiple fires broke out across the city and damage was reported at an ambulance station in the city, which left at least one person critically injured.

Firefighters were also dousing a blaze destroying a hotel on a central boulevard.

Overnight, tracer fire from air defence systems were spotted lighting up the sky, and explosions from drones

An 11-year-old Canadian boy has died from rabies after being awoken by a bat on his nose and mouth.

The incident took place while the child was on a visit to a cottage in Ontario with his family in 2024, according to a report in the Canadian Medical Association Journal published on Monday.

The boy, who was not named in the report, swatted the bat off his face, after which his father caught the winged mammal in a pot and released it outside.

The boy