Drones

Venezuela’s president was in the middle of his speech at a military commemoration in Caracas when two explosions were heard, causing soldiers to scatter. The government lost little time in describing the incident as an attack involving explosive drones. But firefighters said gas canisters had exploded in a nearby apartment. Meanwhile many of the culprits…

Unidentified drones fly over Paris for a second night in a row, circulating the US embassy, Eiffel Tower and Place de la Concorde.

Cult movie Back to the Future II sees Marty McFly flung to a future 80s kids could only dream of: the year 2015. So where are all the amazing gadgets the film and other fiction promised us?

A drone came within 20 feet of an airliner landing at Heathrow this summer, and they have become this year’s must-have Christmas gift. Are we ready for the drone era?

Air safety chiefs are investigating the first near-miss between a passenger jet and a drone near Heathrow. As many get ready to unwrap the must-have present, we ask: what are your rights?

British film-maker Danny Cooke has captured these haunting scenes from the deserted city of Pripyat in Ukraine – abandoned after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster of 1986.

Pilots warn people should not be able to fly remote-controlled drones in UK airspace until better rules are brought in.

As pilots urge tougher rules on drones, Channel 4 News finds some of the most memorable footage from around the web.

Rehearsing his latest show, music pioneer John Cale discusses using drones on stage, his turbulent relationship with Lou Reed, the sexual abuse he suffered as a child and Scottish independence.

As four boys die in a shell attack in Gaza, Israeli government spokesman Mark Regev says: “The story with these four boys is a tragedy – let’s be clear the Israeli military does not target civilians.”

The US military says it has deployed armed manned and unmanned aircraft over Iraq to protect its soldiers, and may consider targeting “high value individuals”.

A £10m luxury yacht in California is destroyed by a giant blaze – all filmed by a drone deployed by the captain of a nearby boat when he saw a plume of black smoke pouring into the sky.

From Terminator to the Turing test, a timeline of the most significant developments in artificial intelligence (plus some pretty cool, and prescient, sci-fi books and films).

The Ministry of Defence reveals that an unmanned US spy drone flew through UK airspace three times recently as part of the Nato trial, Unified Vision.

A giant portrait of a child – intended to be seen by drone operators and US satellites monitoring the region – is unveiled on the ground in Pakistan in an attempt to “save innocent lives”.