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Iraq's prime minister has launched an investigation after a bear being transported on a commercial airplane escaped from its crate in the cargo hold.

Issues with the UK's air traffic control systems have grounded thousands of flights on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

Passengers at British airports were warned of delays after passport control staff walked out on Friday on the first day of a strike due to last until New Year, though London’s Heathrow and Gatwick reported no major disruptions.

A video of an American Airlines pilot dressing down his passengers has gone viral after his speech was posted on Instagram last week.

An Australian sailor and his beloved dog, Bella, were recently reunited after surviving two months stranded in the Pacific Ocean.  

As Southern Europe faces a dangerous, prolonged heat wave, Greece finds its integral tourism industry suffering amid extreme temperatures and damaging wildfires on the popular island of Rhodes.