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Boeing's beleaguered Starliner returns to Earth on without the astronauts who traveled in it to the International Space Station, after NASA deemed the risk too great. The gumdrop-shaped capsule landed gently at the White Sands Space Harbor in New Mexico at approximately 0401 GMT Saturday, its descent slowed by parachutes and cushioned by airbags, having departed the ISS around six hours earlier. IMAGES
Boeing's problem-plagued Starliner leaves the International Space Station (ISS) bound for Earth without astronauts after NASA deemed the risk too great. IMAGES
Two US astronauts who arrived at the International Space Station aboard Boeing's Starliner will have to return home with rival SpaceX, NASA says. "NASA has decided that Butch and Sunny will return with Crew 9 next February, and that Starliner will return uncrewed," NASA administrator Bill Nelson tells reporters. The return of Barry "Butch" Wilmore and Sunita "Suni" Williams has been delayed by thruster malfunctions of the Boeing spacecraft. SOUNDBITE
Anti-racist protesters gather outside Belfast City Hall in response to an anti-immigration demonstration, following ten days of racist and Islamophobic rioting across the UK. The two demonstrations, which are taking place in the same place, are divided by a heavy police presence. IMAGES
People rally against racism in Birmingham, north-west of London, in response to reports of continued far-right demonstrations. Counter-protesters gather in the Jewellery Quarter, in front of a centre for migrants and refugees, while holding placards reading "Fascism is not welcome", "Oppose Tommy Robinson, stop fascism and the far-right", and "Refugees welcome here". IMAGES
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