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The Papers: 'Military jet tripped chaos' and 'A failure for dying people'

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The Papers: 'Military jet tripped chaos' and 'A failure for dying people'
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A military flight plan error caused a major air traffic control outage in the UK, while the House of Commons rejected an assisted dying bill. Additionally, the Reform UK party received a record-breaking £36m donation from a cryptocurrency billionaire.

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These events represent significant developments in UK infrastructure, social legislation, and political campaign finance.

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Image caption, The weekend edition of the Financial Times reports that a military aircraft entering "spurious" flight data into air traffic control led to a system outage that grounded thousands of planes this week. Four sources have told the paper that a flight plan submitted by a military aircraft led to a shutdown of British skies for several hours, causing a "meltdown" within the wider air traffic control system. The incident has led to "strained relations" between carriers and National Air Traffic Services, the paper writes.

Image caption, Several papers reflect on the fall of the assisted dying bill in the House of Commons on Friday. "Agonising" declares the Daily Mirror, reporting that the "fresh bid" to change the law failed by just 16 votes - a result that the paper declares a "shock Commons U-turn".

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