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'Pyjamas and Toothbrush Ready': Falmouth Residents Prepare To Evacuate as Bomb Squad Assesses Suspected WWII Missile

Emergency services and Royal Navy bomb disposal experts responded after a suspected unexploded Second World War munition was found at Falmouth Docks, prompting evacuations and wider land and sea restrictions.

International Business Times UK

US military port project in Palau revives WWII memories, stokes fears

Palau plans a significant US military port expansion next year. This project aims to berth US Navy ships and deepen the harbor. Locals worry about becoming a target in potential superpower conflicts. Environmentalists express concerns about marine life and coral reef damage. The government seeks assurances for safety and environmental…

The Economic Times

Sunken WWII hospital ship colonized by devil firefish and rare monk seals

A shipwreck off the coast of Albania has attracted both invasive species and provided a home for endangered ones, leading researchers to weigh the risks and benefits of these wrecks for local ecosystems.

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Europe's devastating wildfires unveil deadly new threat - buried bombs from WWI and WWII

Droughts across Europe have also been churning up military vehicles and weapons from the era, with shrinking rivers revealing German warships, a Wehrmacht motorbike, and a bomb.

Euronews

Sunken WWII tugboat emerges as extreme heat empties Europe’s rivers

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The Independent UK

Buried WWII munitions in Belgium could explode as underground peat fires continue

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The Independent UK

Fears undiscovered WWII munitions could explode as wildfires burn underground

Fears are mounting that unexploded WWII munitions buried in Belgium’s High Fens could detonate as underground peat fires continue to smoulder following the country’s worst wildfires in recent history.

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Trump vents, ‘Where do these animals come from?’ in rant over WWII memorial vandalism after Reflecting Pool mess

Actual vandalism follows president’s made-up, face-saving vandalism claim after botched renovation of Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool

The Independent UK

In 1943, Germany deployed a rare World War II torpedo boat. 83 years later, divers found the vessel nearly intact on the Ionian seabed, ending a decade-long search and potentially identifying the last surviving boat of its type

German WWII torpedo boat discovered: Researchers located the rare German naval boat LS 6 in the Ionian Sea. This vessel sank off western Greece during September 1943. The wreck remains unusually intact after eight decades underwater. Its discovery offers a rare opportunity to examine wartime naval design.

The Economic Times

Beneath the ocean lie 8,500 forgotten WWII shipwrecks. Many are still filled with oil

Scattered across the ocean floor worldwide are more than 8,500 shipwrecks classified as potentially polluting, most dating back to World War I and World War II, still carrying an estimated 6 billion gallons of heavy fuel oil within their corroding hulls. As these vessels approach or pass the century mark…

The Times of India

This vintage Red Bull airplane hasn’t flown over the US since the 1950s – so an artist captured the flight with an equally vintage camera from a WWII bomber

When the Flying Bulls brought a 1958 airplane back to the US for the first time since it was built, the plane was photographed in midair using an equally retro camera

Digital Camera World

An excavation in Taiwan searches for remains of Japanese soldiers lost in WWII ship sinking

Experts have begun an excavation in Taiwan to recover the remains of Japanese soldiers from World War II

The Independent UK

Jamaican WWII veteran who joined RAF at 16 remembered as ‘courageous and humble’

Gilbert Clarke lied about his age to join the RAF as a mechanic in 1943 after reading newspaper reports of ships being sighted in the Caribbean.

The Independent UK

Disposing of world war's deadly remnants 80 years on

Navy task force Operation Render Safe is undertaking a reconnaissance survey of Nanumea Lagoon in Tuvalu to locate and identify explosive WWII remnants.

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Hōfuku Maru found after 80 years: The WWII hellship where more than 1,000 POWs died in minutes

On September 21, 1944, a Japanese cargo ship called the Hōfuku Maru was sailing off the coast of the Philippines as part of a military convoy when American warplanes spotted it from above. What the pilots did not know could not have known was that the ship's dark, stifling holds…

France 24

Zelensky returns Polish award as WWII row strains alliance

Ukraine and Poland's close wartime partnership has been shaken by a growing dispute over World War II history, with President Volodymyr Zelensky and senior Ukrainian officials returning Polish state honours after Warsaw stripped him of its highest award.

The Times of India

50 years later, Church of England apologises for separating unmarried mothers and children post WWII

The Church of England has issued a profound apology for its role in forcibly separating 185,000 children from unmarried mothers post-WWII. Archbishop Sarah Mullally expressed deep shame for the pain and stigma inflicted through "mother and baby homes.

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Computer History Museum recalls ‘astonishing’ retro haul recovered from abandoned German warehouse — over 2,000 artifacts spanning the 1930s to 1980s required seven tractor-trailers after a WWII bomb scare

The Computer History Museum recalls one of its biggest ever retro treasure troves. This ‘astonishing’ haul was rescued from an abandoned warehouse in the town of Castrop-Rauxel, Germany.

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The Independent UK

Bomb disposal film screening postponed after real WWII bomb found

Unexploded bomb was found by workmen at a development site in Radford, Coventry

Player One

What to Expect From "Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra": Gameplay, Story, and Release Details

"Marvel 1943 Rise of Hydra" follows Captain America and Black Panther in a WWII story-driven adventure with Hydra threats, cinematic gameplay, and UE5 visuals.

International Business Times UK

Suspected WWII Bomb Explodes In Indonesia's Papua Region, Killing Five And Destroying Stilt Homes

A suspected World War II shell explosion beneath a stilt house in Indonesia's Papua region has killed five people, injured nearly 20, and destroyed homes.

France 24

Film show: French WWII epic 'De Gaulle: Resistance' hits screens

Ben Croll takes us through four films from the Cannes Film Festival which are being released in cinemas this week. One of France's biggest film events of the year is Antonin Baudry's "De Gaulle: Resistance", the first of a two-part WWII epic centred on French general Charles de Gaulle, from…

International Business Times UK

FBI Chief Kash Patel Sparks Fury After Leaked Records Reveal Secret 'VIP Snorkel' At Sacred WWII Grave

Leaked records reveal FBI Director Kash Patel joined a private snorkelling visit at Pearl Harbour's USS Arizona Memorial. The undisclosed trip has triggered criticism over access and transparency.

Fortune

A $20B battleship the U.S. abandoned after WWII is back in Trump's $1.5T defense budget. Experts say modern missiles will easily destroy it

President Trump's record defense budget includes a new class of battleships not seen since WWII.

The Independent UK

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