Bridge collapses onto lorry on motorway in Kent
Traffic backs up on the M5 South and North near Bristol on Friday as millions plan to get away over the weekendThe Bank Holiday getaway is under way, with millions of people taking trips within the UK and abroad.An estimated 13 million drivers will be taking to the road for a holiday or an outing between Friday and Monday, according to the AA.The busiest single day for motorists embarking on leisure journeys is expected to be Saturday, when 10 million drivers were predicted to be getting behind..>> view originalItaly earthquake: A country in mourning begins burying the dead
In the town of Ascoli Piceno, a state funeral was held in a local gym, a basketball net the backdrop of the altar.Taped at the foot of each coffin was a white paper bearing the name of the deceased.Before the ceremony, family members clustered around each coffin; at one, a teenager sat beside it on the floor, weeping inconsolably. One family encircled a coffin with peach-colored flowers and held each other in a long embrace. Hundreds of people attended the Catholic ceremony of prayers, Bible rea..>> view originalHow Turkey's offensive into Syria is opening up a hornet's nest
KARKAMIS, Turkey — Turkey’s incursion into Syria is deepening tensions between two major U.S.-backed groups, potentially setting up a conflict that could undermine Washington’s efforts to eradicate the Islamic State’s presence in Syria. The current focal point of those animosities is the strategic Syrian town of Manbij, nestled on the western side of the Euphrates River. The Kurds wrested it from the Islamic State earlier this month. Turkey and the Syrian rebels it supports fear the takeover i..>> view originalStranded on a remote Pacific island, they wrote 'SOS' in the sand. Luckily, search crews found them.
A pair of stranded mariners signal for help by writing “SOS” in the sand as a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon aircraft crew from Patrol Squadron (VP) 8 flies over in support of a Coast Guard search and rescue mission. (U.S. Navy) The two mariners left Weno Island en route for Tamatam Island in an 18-foot vessel over a week ago with “limited supplies and no emergency equipment.” When the two men failed to arrive at their destination a day later, a search effort was launched in the western Pacific on..>> view originalNorth Korea Says UN Condemnation Of Missile Launch 'Provocative'
North Korea on Saturday expressed great displeasure over the United Nations Security Council’s strong condemnation of the East Asian country’s four ballistic missile launches between July and August.In a press statement approved by the 15 members, the council denounced the North’s ballistic missile activities as fueling tensions and called them “grave violations” of the ban on missile activity. Pyongyang’s July 9, July 18, Aug. 2 and, most recently, the Aug. 23 launch were condemned by the U.N.H..>> view originalBoy in horrific ISIS propaganda video could be jihadi bride Sally Jones's son
A fanatical ISIS child killer who murdered a captured Kurdish fighter in Raqqa is believed to be the son of Jihadi bride Sally Jones. The 47-year-old mother-of-two from Chatham, Kent, fled to Syria with her youngest son JoJo, who was born in December 2004. Jones and the child, who was ten at the time, converted to Islam. She married 20-year-old British Jihadi Junaid Hussain who was killed in a US drone strike in August 2015. This young British boy was featured in the latest ISIS propaganda vide..>> view originalSyrian war: Barrel bombs kill 15 in Aleppo, reports say
Image copyright AFP Image caption Use of barrel bombs, which cause indiscriminate damage, has been a feature of Syria's conflict Fifteen people have been killed in a barrel bomb attack on a rebel-held area in the Syrian city of Aleppo, a monitoring group says.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the bomb struck a group gathered to mourn people killed in a bombing earlier this week.It comes amid a continuing diplomatic push on brokering a fresh..>> view originalItaly In Mourning: Funerals Underway For Earthquake Victims
Enlarge this image Relatives mourn over a coffin of one of the earthquake victims prior to the start of the funeral service on Saturday in Ascoli Piceno, Italy. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption toggle caption Gregorio Borgia/AP Relatives mourn over a coffin of one of the earthquake victims prior to the start of the funeral service on Saturday in Ascoli ..>> view originalKyrgyz workers killed in Moscow blaze
Story highlightsA faulty lamp caused the fire, an official saidThe workers are from a former Soviet republicThe fire -- which occurred in the Otradnoye district, located in the northeastern part of the city -- was extinguished after two hours.Police confirmed the nationality of the migrant workers. Kyrgyzstan, in central Asia, is part of the Commonweath of Independent States -- made up of former Soviet republics.Twelve people were rescued by fire and rescue units, according to the Russian Minist..>> view originalBangladeshi police: Dhaka terror attack planner killed
The suspect, Bangladeshi-Canadian Tamim Ahmed Chowdhury, was killed along with two others, the national police chief said Saturday.The two other extremists killed have not been identified, national police chief Shahidul Hoque said, adding that another suspected mastermind is under investigation.The terror attack at a bakery popular with foreigners left 21 people dead, including 18 foreign nationals. In addition, four terrorists were killed in the standoff while one was captured alive.Chowdhury i..>> view original
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
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