At least 21 aircraft and several airports across Europe have been targeted by bomb threats in the second such incident this week, with the UK calling it a “malicious hoax”.

Flights bound for many countries including Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, Austria and the Czech Republic, were affected.

No explosives have been found during searches, and it is not clear if the incidents are related.

In this video…

0:00 – Intro
0:34 – Destination of the flights before they got disrupted
1:06 – Uk government reaction to the disruption
1:28 – The Independent’s Simon Calder explains what has happened
2:33 – Hoax message received by Italy
3:12 – BBC Security Correspondent explains more about the group named by Italy
4:04 – Impact fake bomb threats could have on security and safety
6:04 – Passenger rights when facing disruption
6:52 – Could these threats and the disruption continue?

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Russell Brand Is facing more allegations of rape, after he was convicted of the crime and three other sexual assaults by a court in London.

The comedian and actor has been spending his first night in jail, after the judge told him he would be facing a “significant” prison sentence.

Brand had faced seven charges: three of rape, three of sexual assault and one of attempted indecent assault. He was found not guilty on three counts. The seven charges dated from 1999 to 2009 and involved six women.

Following the verdicts, it was revealed that Brand is currently being investigated over other rape allegations made by two women. The Metropolitan Police said: “The suspect has been interviewed under caution in connection with the allegations” and files had been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service.

Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sima Kotecha and Katie Razzall.

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Russell Brand’s conviction for rape and sexual assault has brought renewed scrutiny to the actor and comedian, who cultivated an …

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An AI teddy marketed as being “perfect” for children as young as three said “I can’t help with killing you” after seemingly mishearing a question.

This happened during a BBC investigation into AI toys and it made the unprompted remark while being asked how babies are made.

AI toy company founder Paul Clarke said the industry was “crying out” for regulation – a call echoed by the children’s commissioner for Wales.

The UK government said children’s safety would always be a top priority and it supported innovation while ensuring products were safe.

Repeated efforts to find the makers of Doubao were unsuccessful, so the BBC was unable to ask the manufacturer why the teddy made this comment.

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Thomas Markle, the father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, has been arrested in Florida.

Sources familiar with the matter tell CBS News, the BBC’s US media partner, Markle was arrested over allegations he possessed child sex abuse material.

He previously denied the allegations, describing them as “sick lies”.

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