A former quality manager for Spirit AeroSystems, Boeing&s largest supplier, and which builds much of the 737 Max aircraft, has claimed he was pressured to play down any defects he found when inspecting fuselages on the plane.

Ukraine is enlisting convicted prisoners into its army to fight the Russian invasion as Volodymyr Zelensky&s government struggles to replenish manpower on the frontline.

Israeli forces bombarded areas of Rafah yesterday, Palestinian residents said, as prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed US president Joe Biden&s threat to withhold weapons from Israel if it assaults the southern Gaza city.

Participants in the first human trials of the Neuralink brain chip have revealed that they have been using the technology to play video games for up to 12 hours per day.