13 h. ago Teen hiker's haunting final five words before walking off 120ft cliff

Zane Wach, 14, was hiking in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California with his dad when he started to suffer from the effects of altitude sickness and walked off a cliff

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32 h. ago Devastated California teen hiker’s dad recalls haunting remark before son plunged off cliff: ‘This was not reality’

Exclusive: “I made a motion to try to grab him, but...he was too far,” Zane Wach’s distraught Dad, Ryan, told The Independent as his son remains in a coma

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1 week ago Son recalls chilling joke made by mum before plunging to her death on skydive

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT: Belinda Taylor and her instructor died after plummeting 15,000ft to the ground at an airfield in Devon on Friday - her son has shared the chilling joke she made before the skydive

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2 w. ago Attack dogs: how Europe supplies Israel with brutal canine weapons

Military dogs involved in attacks on Palestinian civilians – including children – are likely to have been exported from European countries, investigation findsWarning: readers may find some of the details in this piece distressingIt was only seconds after soldiers entered the Hashash family’s home in the Balata refugee camp in the West Bank that the dog attack began. As military raids rolled out across her neighbourhood one morning in February 2023, Amani Hashash says she took her four children into a bedroom. When she heard Israeli military coming into their home she called out that they were inside and posed no threat.Moments later the bedroom door was opened and a large, unmuzzled dog launched itself into the room, plunging its teeth into her three-year-old son, Ibrahim, who was asleep in her lap. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kym Marsh recalls dad's 'really heartbreaking battle' as he told her 'this is one I can't beat'

The actress and presenter has opened up about her late father Dave Marsh's 'heartbreaking' diagnosis

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3 w. ago Wheel of Fortune fans fume over impossible puzzle 'no one would have guessed'

Karen Binge, from Aliso Viejo, California, suffered a devastating loss during the Bonus Round on the hit game show.

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