And what was she thinking . Well hear from the driver who took her giant teddy bear for a ride. Good thursday morning, everyone. We want to get right to breaking news. A u. S. Official has now confirmed iran has shot down a u. S. Navy drone escalating the already heightened tension between the two countries. After the u. S. Announced plans to send 1,000 more troops to the region and the drone was shot down in International Airspace over the strait of hormuz. A vital shipping lane for oil tankers, but irans revolutionary guard is claiming the drone was flying over iranian territory and says this sends a, quote, clear message to america. The drone similar to this one you see is an unarmed surveillance drone like the one iran allegedly tried to shoot down last week. That incident came after the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman which the Trump Administration blames on oman. Iran. Some experts say the recent provocations are irans response to the crippling economic sanctions i
And then the second plane crashed. Crashed minutes after taking off. This was going to be an existential crisis for the company. They had no idea how powerful mcas was. Faas oversight was sorely lacking. The mounting pressure on boeing. This was supposed to be one of the most highly scrutinized planes in the world. Here you are with another incident that was risking passengers lives. We are going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. Narrator now on frontline, it had direct echoes of everything we had been reporting on years ago. Narrator boeings fatal flaw. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant an
And then the second plane crashed. Crashed minutes after taking off. This was going to be an existential crisis for the company. They had no idea how powerful mcas was. Faas oversight was sorely lacking. The mounting pressure on boeing. This was supposed to be one of the most highly scrutinized planes in the world. Here you are with another incident that was risking passengers lives. We are going to approach this, number one, acknowledging our mistake. Narrator now on frontline, it had direct echoes of everything we had been reporting on years ago. Narrator boeings fatal flaw. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. And by theorporation for public broadcasting. Additional support is provided by the abrams foundation, committed to excellence in journalism. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation committed to building a more just, verdant and
High street chain wilko says it has appointed Administrators after failing to secure a rescue deal. You will remember this chain has been in the news for the last couple of weeks with concerns over whether it will be rescued. It looks like the rescue deal has fallen through and they have appointed Administrators. 12,000 people, it looks like, at risk potentially, following the news that wilko has appointed Administrators. We will bring you any more detail when we get the story but the Breaking News, wilko, the high street chain, has appointed Administrators. Here in the uk, police and the West Midlands say they are treating a fire at a Well Known18th century pub near dudley as arson. The cricket house, described as britains One Ovest Pub was largely destroyed by the blaze, it was then bulldozed with the local council said was unauthorised, unacceptable and possibly unlawful. Here is louisa pilbeam. Whats left of the 250 year old pub has now been searched by a Specialist Fire Service do
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