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Donald Trump secretly switched planes when he was returning from a Nato meeting last month in order to avoid a threat to his life from Iran, US media has reported.

The president boarded Air Force One in Ankara, Turkey, on 8 July before being transported to another aircraft with the help of a catering truck, the Washington Post said.

He was then seen disembarking Air Force One in the UK, before boarding his newer, Qatari-gifted jet and returning to the US.

Trump spoke to journalists during his flight to the US but did not say whether he had been moved to a different plane.

In this Video: 

0:00 - 1:02 Intro

1:03 - 2:41 The original narrative

2:42 - 4:24 - What actually happened

4:25 - 5:22 - Has it happened before?

5:23 -  6:24 - Qatar's gifted jet

6:25 - 7:29 - How many Air Force One's are there?

7:30 - 8:36 - What it's like on Air Force One

8:37 - 10:22 - Is it safe on board?

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On Wednesday, parts of Europe will be plunged into daytime darkness as the moon passes in front of the sun, temporarily blocking its light and casting a shadow across the continent.

The path of total eclipse begins at the tip of Siberia before curving round the Arctic Ocean and crossing parts of Greenland and Iceland.

It then proceeds across a stretch of the northern Atlantic Ocean before reaching northern Spain and finishing in the Mediterranean. Other parts of Europe will see a partial eclipse.

It is only expected to last a couple of minutes for people who watch it, but some people have crossed continents to witness it.

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At least 224 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.

The death toll is likely to rise, with more feared trapped under collapsed buildings.

The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 (12:34 GMT) at a depth of 103km (64 miles) in Chocó province, the country's geological service said. It was felt across an enormous area, stretching for hundreds of miles across western Colombia.

Many of the deaths have been concentrated in Cali, Colombia's third most populous city.

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For decades, the Chinese Communist Party has had a distinct economic bargain with its people — obedience in exchange for economic prosperity.

China continues to lead the world in sectors like green technology and robotics, but in recent years, economic growth has slowed.

Signs of unrest and unease have appeared. So what happens when the government struggles to hold up its end of the bargain?

The BBC’s China correspondent Laura Bicker speaks with Asma Khalid about the Chinese citizens who feel they are being left behind.

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Chapters:

00:00 Introduction

01:37 Why are people talking about a 'Chinese century'?

04:15 What is life like for Chinese workers?

05:54 What do Chinese workers say?

09:10 What is the Chinese social contract?

15:00 When did the negativity around the social contract start?

22:00 Why are Chinese workers unhappy?

At least 132 people are dead and a state of emergency has been declared after Colombia was hit by one of its largest earthquakes in years.

The death toll is likely to rise, with more feared trapped under collapsed buildings.

The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 (12:34 GMT) at a depth of 103km (64 miles) in Chocó province, the country's geological service said. It was felt across an enormous area, stretching for hundreds of miles across western Colombia.

Many of the deaths have been concentrated in the city of Pereira, in Colombia's coffee-growing region, with surrounding cities and the Valle del Cauca region also hit hard.

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President Donald Trump demands compensation from Iran after Tehran said their demands to open the Strait of Hormuz hadn't been met.

Iran had a list of conditions - including the payment of war damages and the removal of sanctions.

The uncertainty over the Strait of Hormuz has meant oil prices have risen.

Inside Iran, Mohsen Rezaei is announced as the new security chief alongside six new appointments to the Revolutionary Guards and armed forces.

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One child was among the victims in Tartarstan, with 75 more people injured, Russian authorities said. It is one of the deadliest single attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow's full-scale war in Ukraine.

Kyiv has not yet commented on the strike on the city of Nizhnekamsk, which is more than 1,100 kilometres (680m) from the Ukrainian border.

Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed Nizhnekamsk's Tanevo oil refinery had been hit, while Ukrainian defence technology manufacturer FirePoint said its FP-1 drones had been used in the attack.

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In this episode, we look at the closest General Election of a generation as three party leaders faced their first national test.

There had been building speculation about when Labour Prime Minister Gordon would call the election after taking over from Tony Blair in 2007. When he eventually did, he faced the Conservatives’ David Cameron and Liberal Democrats’ Nick Clegg.

Adam is joined by Nick Robinson, who was the BBC’s political editor at the time, and Jo Coburn, who was presenting Daily Politics.

It’s the latest of our special Old Newscast series looking back at the moments that shaped the course of modern political history in the UK.

00:00 – Intro

00:47 – Setting the scene

05:41 – Nick Robinson's scariest moment in the job

09:25 – The financial crash and its fallout

18:07 – The MPs' expenses scandal

27:44 – The election is called

28:52 – The TV leaders' debates

49:29 – The Gillian Duffy "bigoted woman" moment

1:03:04 – Election night

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Countries around the world are facing another week of soaring temperatures, wildfires, and drought because of devastating heatwaves driven by man-made climate change.

Western Europe has had its hottest June to July on record.

The European Union's climate change monitoring programme, Copernicus, also said that apart from the polar regions, record high temperatures have been recorded in the world's oceans in July.

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A domestic violence victim who was attacked in her hotel room after Travelodge reception staff gave a key to her abuser, said she was “failed” by the chain.

The woman is one of multiple people who contacted BBC Breakfast after the sentencing of Kyran Smith earlier this year, who sexually assaulted a woman in her hotel bed after Travelodge staff also have him a key card and her room number in 2022.

Travelodge said while incidents like this were "very rare", customer safety and security is, and remains, a priority with staff undergoing recent training.

Following Smyth's sentencing, Travelodge said there had been “immediate changes to our room access security policy to ensure that any additional or replacement room keys are only issued with explicit permission from the person (or people) staying in the room”.

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