At least 33 people have been killed across four states after Hurricane Helene barrelled its way across southeastern US. Emergency crews are racing to rescue people trapped in flooded homes after Helene struck the coast of Florida as a highly destructive Category 4 storm. It generated a massive storm surge, wreaking a trail of destruction
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A murderer took around eight minutes to die as he was controversially executed using nitrogen gas. Alan Miller was seen shaking and trembling before gasping for air as he died at a US prison in the state of Alabama. The 59-year-old, who was strapped down on a stretcher, was also seen pulling at his restraints
The world’s oldest piece of cheese has been discovered – found laid across a mummy’s neck. A 3,600-year-old coffin was opened in the Xiaohe Cemetery in Xinjiang, China, during an excavation in 2003, where a substance was draped across the neck of a mummified young woman. Despite seeming like a piece of jewellery at the
Elon Musk has denied being romantically involved with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni after a picture of them looking fondly into each other’s eyes went viral. The billionaire entrepreneur and Italy’s first female prime minister were pictured looking cosy at a black-tie event this week, during which Musk presented Ms Meloni with the Global Citizen
Remarks by the IDF’s chief of staff to Israeli forces on the northern border have given the impression a ground invasion of Lebanon could be close. “Your military boots will enter enemy territory, enter villages that Hezbollah has prepared as large military outposts,” Lt General Herzi Halevi told troops. “Your entry into those areas with
A major search is under way for a grandmother and five-month-old baby swept away as they tried to escape floodwater in Italy. The child’s mum and dad and his grandfather were rescued from the roof of their holiday home in Pisa province, the fire service said. More than 100 people – as well as divers,
Amid increased fear of a widening of the Middle East conflict, Israel says it will be “left with no choice” but to act if Hezbollah does not withdraw its forces north of the Litani River in southern Lebanon. Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed 564 people, including 50 children and 94 women since Monday, according
A woman arrested at one of South Africa’s busiest airports has been accused of being a “drug mule” after X-rays revealed dozens of pellets of what police believe is cocaine in her stomach. The unnamed 30-year-old Namibian woman was stopped and arrested at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo International Airport after police received a tipoff she was
Prince Harry has called on governments around the world to more actively involve young people in decision-making, as part of an event marking Princess Diana’s legacy. The Duke of Sussex made the remark during a panel discussion organised by The Diana Award in New York to talk about the mental health crisis facing young people.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has kicked off an important trip to the US this week with a visit to an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania. The site produces critically needed munitions for his country’s fight against Russia. Democratic representative Matt Cartwright, who was among those meeting Mr Zelenskyy at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, said that the Ukrainian
Left-leaning leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won the presidential election in Sri Lanka. The election, held on Saturday, was the first since mass protests in 2022 saw Sri Lanka’s then leader Gotabaya Rajapaksa unseated as the country faced its worst economic crisis. Mr Dissanayake secured 42% of the votes counted, followed by opposition leader Sajith
At least 30 people have been killed and 17 are injured after a methane leak sparked an explosion at a coal mine in eastern Iran, state media reports. Another 24 miners are believed to be trapped inside after the explosion struck a mine in Tabas, some 335 miles southeast of the capital, Tehran. The state-run
One person has been killed and several others are missing as heavy rain triggered floods and landslides in a northern, quake-struck region of Japan. Dramatic footage shows people wading through floods in the coastal region of Ishikawa, where communities were reeling from an earthquake on New Year’s Day which saw hundreds killed. Aerial shots show
A New Zealand pilot has been released after a year and a half of being held hostage in Indonesia’s Papua region. Phillip Mehrtens was captured by separatist rebels the West Papua Liberation Army after he landed a commercial plane on 7 February last year. He was due to pick up 15 construction workers who had
By Howard Bloom Tuesday the world was shocked by one of the strangest war stories of the century. Between 2,800 and 4,000 pagers went off in the hands or pockets of Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon as the fighters went about their daily lives. Yes, pagers, old fashioned pagers, exploded. In fact, pagers blew up from
Sky News analysis has found Israeli soldiers pushed at least four apparently lifeless bodies from the roof of a building in the occupied West Bank on Thursday. Warning: Some readers may find the content in this story distressing. Videos posted on social media and footage obtained by the Associated Press (AP) news agency show soldiers
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