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A British Airways flight has become the first to land at Heathrow since a fire at an electrical substation caused a major power outage, forcing the airport to shut down.
The jet touched down around 18 hours after the disruption began.
Heathrow, Europe’s busiest airport, had cancelled all flights for the day but began a limited restart once power was restored.
According to FlightRadar24, over 1,300 flights were affected.
Disruption is expected to continue for days as passengers re-book journeys and airlines reposition planes and crews.
Heathrow Airport's C-E-O, Thomas Woldbye, says nothing like this has ever happened before.
"This is unprecedented. ... and that's why I'm saying it has been a major incident. Of course, everybody has been shocked, but all our procedures have been working the way they should. I hope people appreciate that we do not close down the airport unless we have severe safety concerns. That's why we do it and that's what has happened today. We've been working tirelessly to get the operation back into running and that's what's now happening."
Israel's Defence Minister has ordered troops to advance deeper into the Gaza Strip as he threatens to annex parts of the enclave unless Hamas release the remaining hostages.
Since ending the ceasefire, Israel has seized parts of the strategic Netzarim Corridor, which bisects the strip, and maintained the blockade on humanitarian aid.
Gaza's civil defence agency says Israeli attacks have now killed more than 500 people since widespread bombing resumed.
After months of displacement, Palestinian Huthaifa Lafi returned home to Rafah in January.
Now he fears his family will be displaced again.
"Our war is a war of displacement, a war of homelessness, a war of shame, a war of humiliation, and a difficult war. The mere idea of thinking about returning to displacement again was perhaps difficult. To live in tents with your family and wife - and your privacy that becomes exposed. Your private life becomes public for everyone in displacement. Fear and anxiety. You neither know your neighbours, nor where your life is heading to."
The Greens are calling for a Workplace Racial Equality Agency to address racism in the public and private sectors.
Under the proposal, Australian companies could be required to report steps to tackle workplace racism to a federal agency.
The $97.5 million plan would measure racial equity within workplaces and gather data on the composition of workforces and boards, along with actions by companies to deal with racism and discrimination.
The agency would be based on the current Workplace Gender Equality Agency, which publishes data on the pay gap between men and women as well as the gender make-up of companies.
Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi says the need for an agency that tackles racism in the workplace is only growing.
"As Peter Dutton and Trump try to roll back diversity, inclusivity and equity initiatives in Australia, I think it is even more important for us to double down, dig our heels in and push really hard for racial equity and if workplaces don't do this voluntarily then they have to be brought to the table kicking and screaming."
The Congolese community in Australia fears a rebel offensive in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo will not stop until the militants have reached the capital.
This comes after the leader of the M-23 rebels ignored calls from the presidents of the D-R-C and Rwanda to ceasefire, going on to capture more territory including the town of Walikale.
The conflict is rooted in a long history of war between the D-R-C and its neighbour Rwanda, as well as competition for mineral riches.
This latest escalation has seen the most violence in the region since a 1998-2003 war that resulted in millions of deaths.
And Bishop Francois Machara, Chairman of the Congolese Community of New South Wales says he believes the M-23 offensive is far from over.
"The big problem is the rebels don't abide by any laws. So, these rebels, as long as they've conquered so many big cities, they're not going to back down. They're going to continue. And this morning I've heard they've said that they are going to reach Kinshasa very soon. It's so complicated. The population doesn't know what is happening. They're just in misery, abandoned by the army, abandoned by the government, so that is what is really bothering us."
And in sport,
England host Albania at Wembley this morning in their opening World Cup qualifier under the guidance of new head coach Thomas Tuchel.
Tuchel will be hoping to take the first step in a path to glory in the 2026 tournament in North America.
England reached their second successive European Championship final last year in Germany.
Tuchel says he believes there will be a big shift in mentality from that tournament to the World Cup campaign ahead.
"What I felt watching the euros, I felt tension and pressure on the shoulders of the players. And it felt to me that they were more afraid of... They were playing for not to lose and not to have even more pressure added maybe in the home country than the excitement to maybe make something special happen. And I think we need to turn this around."
