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The best player in the world.
Our 2026 #BallonDor winner: HARRY KANE! 🏴🏆
ALT Harry Kane wins the Ballon D'or
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There were two, distinct, campaigns running side by side. OEF was more kinetic, and primarily US (with support from the UK and a few others) and NATO ISAF, which was there to stabilise, train and assist, not execute seek and destroy. Many US pers never left the wire either.
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Our charity exists to save lives at sea. Our mission is to save every one. Our lifesavers are compelled to help those in need without judgement of how they came to be in the water. They have done so since the RNLI was founded in 1824 and this will always be our ethos.
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Sounds like a decision was made. Fine, it was never my decision to make.
A word of caution, though: When we let this slide we send a message to everyone from the T-6 drivers to the B-52 drivers that they can get away with it, too. And they will try.
When – not if – something goes wrong, the press & politicians on both sides are going to hang everyone in the chain of command. There will be no safe harbors or protectors. The public will want heads. I can already see the headlines & it reads just like the B-52 crash at Fairchild. It will be a scandal.
I don’t want the pilot to lose their wings, or even be kicked out of the military, but when there is no discipline, that sends a message.
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This morning, UK forces boarded a Russian tanker in the English Channel that was secretly helping to bankroll Putin's war in Ukraine.
The first operation of its kind led by British forces, and a clear message: there is nowhere to hide.
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The aftermath of LC-36 following New Glenn's explosion during its Static Fire test last night captured by D Wise (@dwisecinema).
Overview of the incident:
youtube.com/watch?v=9b-ZhGB8…
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On Tuesday, June 9, we’ll announce the four astronauts who will orbit Earth aboard the @NASAArtemis III mission!
Watch our live event at 11 a.m. EDT (1500 UTC) to find out who will test the docking capabilities necessary for crewed Moon landings: nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-t…
ALT The Artemis II mission patch is seen on the right shoulder of four orange Orion Crew Survival System suits on Jan. 17, 2026, in the suit-up room of the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The mission patch contains imagery of the Moon and the Earth. Credit: NASA/Joel Kowsky
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We’re very sorry to let you know RIAT will not be taking place this year.
Ticketholders will be contacted by the end of May via email about their RIAT26 tickets. In the meantime, you can find further information and updates on our website and FAQs page.
We appreciate your loyal support for RIAT and look forward to welcoming you to the show in 2027. More information can be found here: airtattoo.com/
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Photo sequence right after the ejection. Our good friend Henk Zuurbier was at the show today at Mountain Home AFB, ID. Wow!
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Bank Holiday weekend RT comp! 🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞🌞
BLITZ: When World War Two Came Home is out on 21 May - rt for chance to win a signed copy.
@Ralph_Retriever & Mr Badger encourage you to have a go!
ALT Ralph the golden retriever sitting on the grass with a book and cuddly toy
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Only one chance in this lifetime…
Like watching sunset at the beach from the most foreign seat in the cosmos, I couldn’t resist a cell phone video of Earthset. You can hear the shutter on the Nikon as @Astro_Christina is hammering away on 3-shot brackets and capturing those exceptional Earthset photos through the 400mm lens. @AstroVicGlover was in window 3 watching with @Astro_Jeremy next to him.
I could barely see the Moon through the docking hatch window but the iPhone was the perfect size to catch the view…this is uncropped, uncut with 8x zoom which is quite comparable to the view of the human eye. Enjoy.
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The Rosalind Franklin rover, planned for launch in 2028, will search for life on Mars. 🔴
Built by @AirbusSpace in Stevenage, it has UK instrument expertise from @AberUni, @UniofBradford, @MSSLSpaceLab, @uniofleicester, @e2vteledyne, @RAL_Space_STFC and Qioptiq Ltd.
Our Mars rover mission Rosalind Franklin is scheduled to be launched in 2028, with the support of @NASA.
It will be the first ever to drill up to two metres below the Red Planet's surface, searching for signs of past or present life on Mars 🔴 go.nasa.gov/4vAIeX1
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Nice big meteor over the UK at 12:30am.
Video from Cara Crick and Yorkshire Weather.
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Artemis 2 was the furthest human voyage from Earth. Per the final JPL Horizons trajectory I estimate the max distance from the geocenter was 413145 km at 2304 UTC Apr 6 (about 4 km less and 1 min later than PAO's report at the time). But (1 / n ).....
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On 13 April 2029, asteroid Apophis will pass closer to Earth than our own satellites, and be briefly visible to the naked eye. ☄️
@ESA's Ramses mission will fly alongside it, studying how Earth's gravity changes the asteroid in real time. 🛰️
Read more 👉 esa.int/Space_Safety/Planeta…
ALT Artist's impression of ESA's Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety (Ramses). Credit: ESA.
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Now that the #Artemis II crew 🚀 have come back down to Earth, join #BBCSkyAtNight to learn all about the mission, the #Moon 🌙 and what #space travel is like from Britain's 1st #astronaut, Helen Sharman. #BBC4 and @BBCiPlayer, 10pm 13th April. #SpaceScience @NASA