32 m. ago Poop Cruise review – a fascinating look at a toilet disaster that still haunts passengers 12 years later

In 2013, more than 4,000 people on a malfunctioning 13-storey holiday boat had to spend days defecating into bags. This catch-up with passengers makes for a fun hour of unintentional comedyWith the latest instalments of the series Trainwreck, Netflix appears to be trying to grant us some brief summer break from the worst kind of horrors the true crime genre can offer. In contrast to previous episodes, which looked at the Woodstock 99 riots and Astroworld tragedy that saw 10 people die in a crowd crush at a massive Live Nation-organised concert – including a nine-year-old child – it has suddenly pivoted in tone.Last week it gave us Mayor of Mayhem, the tale of Rob “I am not a crack addict” Ford, the crack-addicted mayor of Toronto and his very un-Canadian way of doing municipal business. In coming weeks, there will be accounts of the balloon boy’s story, a private investigation agency run by soccer moms, and “the greatest shitpost ever made”. Whether this tonal change comes as a reli...

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5 h. ago How many people died in Valencia floods in 2024 and what caused it?

The 2024 Valencia floods broke the Spanish records for the most rain in an hour and the most rain in 12 hours

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6 h. ago 'Curse' which killed explorers entering Egyptian tombs could fight cancer

When people died after entering the ancient pyramids for the first time it was blamed on a Pharaoh's Curse or Mummy's Revenge

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12 h. ago Dietitian: The brutally honest fat loss advice I'd give you if I WASN'T worried about hurting your feelings

An Australian dietitian has delivered a no-nonsense message about why so many people struggle to lose weight.

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16 h. ago Weekend tornadoes kill 6 in North Dakota and New York, toss trees and train cars

Six people died over the weekend when tornadoes wreaked havoc in New York and North Dakota

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32 h. ago ‘The world is cutting foreign aid – but there is a better way to tackle the climate crisis’

Leslie Maasdorp, boss of British International Investments, speaks to Nick Ferris about the changing global aid landscape – and reveals that the agency gave a record amount to climate causes in 2024

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45 h. ago Recovered Mike Lynch superyacht transferred to Sicilian town

Investigators can now examine the Bayesian in Termini Imerese to determine cause of sinking in a storm last yearThe superyacht belonging to the late tech tycoon Mike Lynch has been moved to a town in Sicily where British and Italian investigators will examine its sinking.Lynch and his daughter Hannah, 18, were among seven people who died when the Bayesian sank off the Italian coast on 19 August 2024. Continue reading...

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47 h. ago Three dead and over 70 injured as fans fall from stands in football stadium disaster

Three football supporters have died and 70 people have been left injured after a security barrier collapsed during title celebrations in Algeria

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65 h. ago Brazil hot air balloon tragedy pilot reveals how 13 survived inferno that killed 8

Witnesses looked on in horror as the hot air balloon burst into flames and fell to the ground in Santa Catarina, Brazil - eight people died but another 13 miraculously survived

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68 h. ago Inside world's 'creepiest' island with 160,000 corpses which tourists are banned from

A chilling abandoned island were 160,000 people died and were buried has been pictured - the public is banned from setting foot on the creepy site

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2 d. ago Britain swelters on hottest day of the year as temperatures soar towards 34C and experts say 600 will die in roasting heatwave

Sunglasses, sun cream and umbrellas are out in full force today, as sweltering Brits continue to be gripped by blistering weather as the temperatures continue to soar. 

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2 d. ago Brazil hot air balloon LIVE: Eight dead as passengers 'throw themselves out'

At least eight people have died after a hot air balloon caught fire over the Praia Grande in Brazil this morning, with horrifying videos capturing the moment it went up in flames

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3 d. ago Nearly 600 people expected to die in UK heatwave as temperatures soar across the country

Experts at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Imperial College London used decades of UK data to predict excess mortality during the hot temperatures from Thursday to Sunday.

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3 d. ago What caused the Bayesian to sink? Superyacht raised from seabed 10 months after tragedy

Billionaire tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his teenage daughter Hannah were among seven people who died when vessel sank off coast of Sicily

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3 d. ago Mike Lynch’s superyacht seen on the surface for the first time since it sank

Seven people died when the Bayesian sank off the Italian island on August 19.

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3 d. ago Current heatwave ‘likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales’

Surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, scientists say as analysis publishedAlmost 600 people are expected to die early in the heatwave roasting England and Wales, a rapid analysis has found.The surge in deaths would not be occurring without human-caused global heating, the scientists said, with temperatures boosted by 2C-4C by the pollution from fossil fuels. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago San Diego clergy visit federal immigration court to bear witness during crackdown on migrants

About a dozen San Diego-area religious leaders have visited a federal immigration court where some cases arising from the Trump administration’s migration crackdown were being heard

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3 d. ago Two dead in horror rockslide at Canada's Banff National Park as video shows moment of impact

Two people have died after a horrific rockslide on Thursday at Canada's Banff National Park. Jutta Hinrichs (left) was identified by friends as the one of the two people known to have died.

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3 d. ago Mike Lynch’s sunken yacht glimpsed above surface ahead of being fully raised

Seven people died when the Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily.

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3 d. ago Can anything stop plans for 'death on the NHS'? After MPs vote to LEGALISE assisted dying peers are urged to block or alter 'unsafe' suicide law

The Commons backed allowing medics to help terminally ill people to die this afternoon despite warnings that the legislation is unsafe.

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