In today\u2019s newsletter: Years of preparation and global coordination ensured communities from Japan to Hawaii were not caught off guard<\/p>\n
Good morning. Yesterday one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded<\/a> hit a sparsely populated region in far east Russia.<\/p>\n It triggered a tsunami<\/a> that started crossing the ocean at hundreds of miles an hour. What followed was a race against time \u2013 early warning systems went into alert mode as waves fanned out towards the coastlines of Japan, Hawaii and the US west coast.<\/p>\n Travel<\/strong><\/em> | The head of the UK\u2019s air traffic control company is facing calls to resign<\/a> after hundreds of flights were delayed when the system went down for about 20 minutes on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Israel-Gaza war <\/strong><\/em>| A British-Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas for more than 15 months has accused Keir Starmer of \u201cmoral failure\u201d after he set the UK on course to recognise a Palestinian state. Emily Damari, 29, who was released in January, said the prime minister was \u201cnot standing on the right side of history\u201d and should be ashamed<\/a>.<\/p>\n UK news<\/strong><\/em> | The co-founder of Palestine Action can bring a legal challenge to the home secretary\u2019s decision to ban the direct action group under anti-terrorism laws, a high court judge has ruled<\/a>.<\/p>\n Environment<\/strong><\/em> | Ethnic minorities and people living in the most deprived areas of England are at increased risk of dying due to excess heat, according to new research<\/a>.<\/p>\n Technology <\/strong><\/em>| Five million extra online age checks a day are being carried out in the UK since the Online Safety Act introduced age-gating for pornography sites, according to new data<\/a> from the Age Verification Providers Association.<\/p>\n