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Spain toxic tyre dump at Sesena forces mass evacuation
People living near a "toxic cloud" from a burning tyre dump in Spain have been told to leave their homes. Local officials ordered the evacuation of the Quinon de Sesena area, where 9,000 people live, saying human health may be at risk. However, many residents have already left their homes and it is thought that just...
Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral
Thousands of people have attended the funeral in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Amine Badreddine. He died in an explosion near Damascus airport, the Lebanon-based group said, adding it would announce "within hours" its report into the killing. Hezbollah has sent thousands of...
Susannah Mushatt Jones, last US woman born in 19th Century, dies
The oldest known person in the world has died in New York aged 116. Born on an Alabama farm in July 1899, Susannah Mushatt Jones was also the last living American born in the 19th Century. She lived in three centuries, through two world wars and 20 US presidencies. An Italian woman, Emma Morano, now takes on the title of oldest...
Australian security worker killed near Baghdad embassy
A security contractor has been killed outside the Australian embassy in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, officials say. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop issued a statement identifying the victim as a 34-year-old Australian man. Ms Bishop said at a press conference that the man's death was not related to Baghdad's broader...
Apple invests in Chinese Uber rival Didi Chuxing
Apple has invested $1bn (£693m) in Didi Chuxing, the car-hailing app that has a greater market share than US rival Uber in China. Tim Cook, chief executive, said that the move would help Apple to better understand the Chinese market. Didi Chuxing, previously known as Didi Kuaidi, said it represented the single largest...
Candid Kim: North Korea releases UNTOUCHED photos of grinning tyrant for the first time
CRACKPOT dictator Kim Jung-un has released rare portraits of himself and his top officials — including one thought to have been executed months ago. The seemingly unedited image shows the ruthless despot grinning in an official portrait for the first time. North Korea expert at Seoul National University Chang Yong Seok...
Refugee worker ‘paid 35p to RAPE boys as young as EIGHT’ in camp Merkel heralded a success
A CLEANER is alleged to have paid dozens of boys as young as eight 35p so that he could rape them in the toilets of a refugee camp. This comes despite German Chancellor Angela Merkel saying she was “very impressed” by the camp which houses 14,000 refugees. The camp employee allegedly managed to sexually assault at...
‘ISIS on terror tour of UK’: Suspect ‘scouted out targets’ posing as tourist
A TERROR suspect and Afghan refugee scouted out some of the UK’s most famous landmarks as potential targets on a tour of Britain covered up as a holiday, police fear. Anti-terror experts in Italy are quizzing Hakim Nasiri after he was arrested for being part of a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) terror cell plotting attacks...
MH370 BOMBSHELL: Debris found ‘almost CERTAINLY’ from missing Malaysian Airlines jet
DEBRIS found washed up in South Africa and Mauritius is almost certainly from Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the Malaysian transport ministry has revealed. The MH370 flight had 239 passengers and crew on board and took off from Kuala Lumpur, bound for Beijing. It disappeared from radar on March 8 2014 and is presumed to have...
Shocking footage shows police suspect die at the scene of his arrest
THIS shocking video shows the moment a group of police officers restrained a suspected drug user who later died at the scene. Police watchdogs have now launched an investigation after the two-minute- long video emerged, which appears to show the male suspect being pinned to the ground with his head pushed to the pavement....
MoD accused of ‘negligence on a grand scale’ as troops sue over controversial malaria drug
BRITISH troops who say they were left with serious mental health side effects after taking a controversial anti-malaria drug are taking legal action against the Ministry of Defence. The group of armed forces veterans say they have suffered hallucinations, severe depression, sleep deprivation and anxiety as a result of the...
Erotic actress fined after drunken antics forced plane to make emergency landing
A FORMER erotic actress was forcibly retrained on a flight after flying into a drunken rage when refused alcohol Harlee McBride, married to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit actor Richard Belzer, was fined £19,700 after her sozzled antics. McBride, 67, was travelling on an flight from New York to France, when...