Flights were suspended at Britain's Luton airport on Monday due to a runway defect discovered following high temperatures across the country.
"Following today's high temperatures, a surface defect was identified on the runway. Engineers were called immediately to site and repair works are currently in progress to resume operations as soon as possible," the airport said in a statement on Twitter.
The airport is used by airlines including EasyJet, Wizz Air, Ryanair and TUI.
Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home and school before shooting himself
A Thai teenager killed at least five people and himself at a school outside Bangkok on Friday after fatally shooting his grandparents, police said, in the Southeast Asian nation's worst mass killing since 2022.
US appeals court blocks Trump’s $400 million White House ballroom project
A US federal appeals court ordered President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday to stop construction on a $400 million ballroom on the site of the White House's demolished East Wing, dealing the Republican leader a major setback in a case testing his presidential authority.
Spain dismantles one of Mediterranean's largest human smuggling networks
Spanish police have dismantled what they described as one of the largest people-smuggling networks operating in the Mediterranean, believed to have brought more than 2,000 migrants into the country.
Syria says bomb on minibus near Damascus wounded 14, deaths reported mistakenly
A bomb planted in a minibus wounded 14 people on the outskirts of Syria's capital Damascus on Thursday night, with some of the injuries so severe that they were taken for fatalities, an official said on Friday.
Spain hopes to transfer migrant minors to mainland within weeks
Spain's government expects to transfer some migrant minors from overcrowded reception centres in the North African enclave of Ceuta to the mainland within weeks, alleviating the migration crisis after last week's deadly border rush.
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