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Plane carrying US Defense Secretary makes unscheduled landing in UK due to windshield crack

Oct 16, 2025

Washington [US], October 16: A plane carrying US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday made an unscheduled landing in the United Kingdom due to a crack in the aircraft's windshield, the Pentagon said.
The Pentagon added that Pete Hegseth, who was returning from a brief trip to Brussels, was safe.
"The plane landed based on standard procedures and everyone onboard, including Secretary Hegseth, is safe," Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said.
Source: Emirates News Agency

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iTokri lists more than 2,000 handmade woollen pieces this winter, across a dozen crafts from seven states

Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 29: iTokri.com has more than 2,000 handmade woollen pieces in stock as the winter opens, drawn from a dozen Indian crafts across seven states. The range runs from handwoven merino shawls and stoles made in the weaving villages of Kutch to woollen fabric sold by the half-metre, and includes a kind of cloth that is hard to find elsewhere: block prints and tie-dye traditions that grew up on cotton, worked by hand onto handwoven wool.

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