35 h. ago Killer heat dome descends on Europe: Spain braces for record 47C, UK to hit 36C, roads melt in Italy and wildfires rip through Greece... while deadly storms turn roads to rivers in France and Germany

Temperatures in Spain could reach a hellish 47C this weekend, while sweltering infernos in Italy have led to roads melting as raging wildfires continue to tear through Greece. 

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57 h. ago France storms in terrifying video as subway stations flood and Parliament stops

A man and a 12-year-old child have been killed in France after sweltering heat was brought to an abrupt end by fierce storms which saw 39,000 lightning bolts flash across the sky

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60 h. ago Child, 12, among two killed as torrential storms sweep France

Falling tree kills 12-year-old child in south-west France and man dies when quad bike hits toppled tree in the north west

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61 h. ago Deadly storms hit France as Paris streets flood and parliament springs a leak

Power was also cut to 110,000 homes

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4 d. ago ‘Clouded in mystery’: how Ice became a rogue agency that does Trump’s bidding

Shrouded in secrecy, the US law enforcement agency has become a kind of domestic stormtrooper for Maga’s agendaAcross the US, group chats and community threads have started spiking with warnings. Not just the typical alerts about traffic or out of service subway stations, but where and when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raid was last seen. What places to avoid. What the plainclothes agents might look like.“Hey all,” a Brooklyn, New York, resident wrote in a closed chat with neighbors last week. “A little birdie just told me ICE is out.” Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The world was stunned when we adopted a baby we found on the subway. But it's what he said about it years later that terrified us

Twenty five years ago, Mercurio's husband, Danny Stewart, found Kevin as a newborn lying on the floor of the 14th Street and 8th Avenue subway station in a corner near the turnstiles.

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3 w. ago People left terrified to sneeze after shocking simulation reveals how woman was left paralysed

Social media users have been left terrified to sneeze, after a video showing how a woman was left paralysed from the involuntary reflex went viral.

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3 w. ago Mount Etna eruption LIVE updates as orange alert issued in Italy

The volanco on Sicily has seen its largest eruption in years, with video showing terrified people running to escape

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4 w. ago A statue of Stalin is unveiled in the Moscow subway as Russia tries to revive the dictator's legacy

A monument to Josef Stalin has been unveiled in one of Moscow’s busiest subway stations, the latest attempt by Russian authorities to revive the legacy of the brutal Soviet dictator

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