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Fourth British ISIS ‘Beatle’ EXPOSED as refugee who was radicalised ‘in just 17 DAYS’
THE FOURTH member of Jihadi John’s depraved crew of British terrorists has been revealed as a Sudanese refugee who came to the UK when he was five years old. El Shafee Elsheikh worked as a softly spoken fairground mechanic before becoming a member of the notorious British ‘Beatles’ of the Islamic State –...
The President is WRONG: Grayling strikes back at Obama’s Remain threat in scorching attack
CHRIS Grayling has taken the Brexit argument to America in a blistering attack on Barack Obama’s EU Support. Speaking in Washington DC, Mr Grayling hit out at the President’s intervention, claiming that “the view from Washington” was not the best way to assess what was in Britain’s best interests....
Brazil leaked tape forces minister Romero Juca out
A close ally of Brazil's acting President Michel Temer is stepping aside in a new political scandal. Planning Minister Romero Juca was caught on tape allegedly conspiring to obstruct the country's biggest-ever corruption investigation. In the tapes, leaked by a newspaper, he appears to talk of stopping the probe at oil...
North Korean workers defect from overseas restaurant, says South
A group of North Koreans working at a state-run restaurant overseas have defected, South Korea has confirmed. South Korea's Unification Ministry said that the workers had "broken away", but refused to comment further. It said they would now come to South Korea. Yonhap News Agency, citing an unidentified source,...
Migrant tragedy: Anatomy of a shipwreck
An unprecedented operation by the Italian Navy is under way off the coast of Libya to recover the wreck of a migrant boat that sank in April last year — leading to the deaths of up to 700 migrants, the largest single loss of life in the Mediterranean in decades. Only 28 people survived the sinking on the night of 18 April...
Zika outbreak fuelled by mosquito control failure, says WHO boss
The spread of Zika is the price being paid for a massive policy failure on mosquito control, says World Health Organization leader Margaret Chan. Speaking at the agency's annual World Health Assembly, Dr Chan said experts had "dropped the ball" in the 1970s with regards to getting a handle on disease-carrying...
The star of the “Clone” Giovanna Antonelli: how she looks today (Photos)
Since the display of the series on television in more than 30 countries have passed 10 years. At the moment, Giovanna is 35 years old and she is still in demand at...
Austria election: Unity call after close defeat for far right
Austria's new president has vowed to listen to the people's "fear and anger" after his far-right opponent narrowly missed out on a landmark victory. Independent Alexander Van der Bellen beat the Freedom Party's Norbert Hofer by just 31,000 votes among the 4.64 million cast in Sunday's election. The...
Six things about the $6 Bourdain-Obama meal
Deep in the heart of Hanoi, US President Barack Obama sat down for a $6 meal with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain on Tuesday. The chef, known for his love of adventurous street food, described the date in a series of tweets and an Instagram post. Here are six observations about the noodle summit at a hole-in-the-wall eatery. 1....
Now Cameron AVOIDS ‘blue-on-blue’ EU clash with Gove after agreeing separate BBC slots
DAVID Cameron will battle it out with Michael Gove in an EU referendum debate — but the pair will not go head-to-head in a "blue-on-blue" clash. The BBC has just announced that the two political heavyweights will face questions from a live audience in two special editions of Question Time. Brexit campaigner and...
The forgotten wife of Charles Dickens
Catherine was an author, actress and cook – all of which was eclipsed by her marriage. Lucinda Hawksley, Catherine’s great-great-great-granddaughter, explores who she really was. In February 1835, Charles Dickens had a party for his 23rd birthday. Catherine Hogarth, the daughter of his magazine editor, was...
EgyptAir: Crashed flight MS804 ‘did not swerve’
An EgyptAir flight that crashed in the Mediterranean did not swerve and change direction before disappearing, an Egyptian official says. The Airbus A320 was en route from Paris to Cairo with 66 people aboard when it vanished from radar early on Thursday. Greece's defence minister said the plane turned 90 degrees left and...