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Sydney Drone Show Disaster Caught On Video As Nearly 90 Drones Plummet Into Harbour, Future Shows Cancelled

Called Star-Bound, the drone show features up to 1,000 purpose-built devices and is believed to be Australia’s most extensive event of its kind.

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Custom drone makers hit 453mph to (unofficially) break the record for fastest drone on earth — and hand-made sawtooth carbon fiber propellors made all the difference

Carbon fiber propeller blades have powered a custom drone to break a world speed record – but it hasn't been officially recognised.

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Baltic drone incursions test EU security, von der Leyen warns, amid escalating hybrid threats

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said that recent drone incursions into EU airspace are “not isolated incidents”, as Baltic leaders and EU officials warn of escalating hybrid threats engineered by Russia along Europe’s eastern border.

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Pentagon, SpaceX Clashed Over Starlink Pricing During Iran War: Report

The Pentagon and Elon Musk's SpaceX sparred over the cost of Starlink satellite services during the U.S. military campaign against Iran, according to a new report.

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Russia maintains attacks on Ukraine, as Kyiv is warned to brace for a possible major barrage

Ukraine's air force says Russia launched over 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight

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Russian businesses tell Putin they will fund their own air defences after surge in Ukrainian drone attacks

Ukrainian attacks have targeted Russian oil refineries and ports this year

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Drones help shield hajj pilgrims from extreme heat

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia - With temperatures hitting 45C in Mecca this week, Saudi health workers have increasingly relied on drones to supply a vast array of medical clinics treating heat-stressed pilgrims during the hajj.

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Light show chaos as 90 drones fall into Sydney Harbour

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World War 3 fear us back after US strikes in Iran?

Iran did not immediately confirm the reported strikes, but state media reported blasts in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, and the Revolutionary Guards Corps said its forces had downed a US drone entering its airspace and fired at an F-35 fighter jet.

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Dozens of drones crash into Sydney harbour after light show malfunction

Organisers have said ‘an unforeseen change in the radio frequency environment’ is to blame

The Independent UK

Russia maintains attacks on Ukraine as Kyiv warned to brace for possible major barrage

Ukraine’s air force says Russia launched over 100 drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight

The Independent UK

Dozens of drones fall from sky during Sydney festival show

A major drone show at Sydney’s Vivid festival was cancelled after nearly 90 drones malfunctioned and fell into Darling Harbour during a live performance.

Euronews

Newsletter: Drone crisis talks in Lithuania as Russia steps up Kyiv threats

Also in this newsletter: Pope Leo weighs in on the AI.race, and Belarus's opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya slams President Aliaksandr Lukashenka's willingness to "sacrifice" Belarus's "sovereignty" to stay in power.

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Record drug deaths in British prisons as drones fuel smuggling crisis

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From tanks to drones: Ukraine's drone war is redefining Germany's battlefield strategy

Ukrainian drone commanders fighting on the front line say modern warfare has changed faster than Europe's armies can adapt. As Germany races to rearm, Kyiv's soldiers argue the future of war will be decided not just by tanks – but by drones, mass production and trained operators.

The Independent UK

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Kyiv warns Belarus it has list of 500 targets ready if Lukashenko joins Putin’s war

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov piles pressures on the US to evacuate staff from its embassy

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Vivid Cancels Shows After 89 Drones Plummet Into Darling Harbour: ‘It Sent People Running’

"You could hear them physically crash and smash onto the cement marina."

AAP

Drone show fail at light spectacular brings safety risk

The annual Vivid Festival has suffered something of a fall from grace after a stack of drones cascaded into a harbour following a technological glitch.

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Vivid Sydney cancels shows after 83 drones plunge into Darling Harbour

Event organisers blame ‘unforeseen technical difficulties’ for the drone malfunction, with four performances cancelled

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Russia says it will hit Kyiv military sites over attack

Russian forces say they will launch a "series of ‌systematic strikes" against Ukrainian army facilities in Kyiv ‌and warn ‌foreign ⁠citizens to leave the city.

France 24

Russia threatens fresh Kyiv strikes, warns foreigners to leave

Russia said Monday it would intensify strikes on Kyiv, targeting what it called Ukraine’s “decision-making centres”, and urged foreign diplomats and civilians to evacuate the capital. The warning followed a weekend barrage of drones, missiles and hypersonic weapons that killed four people, as Moscow vowed retaliation for an alleged Ukrainian…

The Independent UK

True scale of UK’s prison drug crisis revealed as deaths hit record high

Exclusive: Chief inspector of prisons demands ministers to get a ‘grip’ on the crisis as tactics for smuggling lethal substances into jails have escalated to drones that can deliver up to 11kg of drugs at a time

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Putin tells the world Ukraine war is almost over, then switches from drones to Russia’s most powerful weapon in new attack

Russia claims it was a retaliation for a strike.

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Scientists want to send a roly-poly robot filled with 'dandelion drones' to investigate hidden tunnels on Mars

Engineers are increasingly turning to the concept of "biomimicry" for the next generation of Mars robots.

Euronews

Zelenskyy visits damaged Kyiv sites after Russian missile and drone assault

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited damaged buildings and the Chernobyl Museum in Kyiv after a major Russian missile and drone attack that killed at least two people and wounded dozens.

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