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A US spacecraft launched last week to try to land on the Moon has ended its mission in flames over the Pacific. Peregrine One suffered a propulsion fault that scuppered any prospect of a lunar touch-down and it was commanded to destroy itself instead. The private operator, Pittsburgh-based Astrobotic, directed the craft into Earth's atmosphere to burn up. A tracking station in Canberra, Australia, confirmed loss of signal with Peregrine at 20:59 GMT. Little or no remains of Peregrine were expected to survive intact to the ocean surface. And even if they did, they should have impacted far away from...

Al Arabiya reported that the Hafter controlled Libyan National Army has said that they have confirmed that the military jet they shot down south of Tripoli belonged to the EU’s Operation Sophia and that they will immediately return its foreign Portuguese pilot. Operation Sophia is part of an EU effort to monitor illegal immigration from Libya to the EU. A Libyan National Army spokesperson said that "We will deliver the Portuguese pilot to his country immediately after the treatment of his wounds and we appreciate the work of our European brothers in the fight against illegal immigration." “We care about...