Repeated wind checks. Dozens of laps to gain altitude. A rising aircraft accompanied by a rising feeling of hypoxia. Oh, and there's a hole in the plane where there should be a door.

Five Palestinians die from starvation as UN Security Council prepares to discuss Israel’s plan to seize Gaza City.

The English, led by Bryhtnoth, confront a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon in Essex. 1497: Explorer John Cabot ...