Tourists gawked, VIPs arrived and the wedding party rehearsed Thursday as Spain prepared for this weekend’s nuptials between Crown Prince Felipe and former TV anchorwoman Letizia Ortiz.

The US has indications that the men arrested in Britain with traces of the poison ricin are linked to a terrorist group in northern Iraq, a senior official said today.

Up to 100 British and US jets were involved in the bombing of a military facility southwest of Baghdad after Iraqi forces attacked one of their patrols in the no-fly zone, it emerged today.

An inquiry into the mistaken bombing of Canadian troops in Afghanistan has blamed two US F-16 pilots for failing to exercise proper caution.

American authorities today revealed they have arrested and deported dozens of young Israelis they suspect were part of a giant spy ring.

The AWACS plane - an air traffic control centre with wings - lifted off at daybreak and turned towards the first pink line of sunlight for another day of protecting the East Coast.