6 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: How the OSTRICH class are ruining Britain. These self

Meet the Ostrich Class, that great swamp of silly, self-regarding people who decide how we shall live, suffer and quite possibly die.

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7 h. ago Four people killed after starving Palestinians burst into UN food warehouse in Gaza

Deaths from crushing and gunshot wounds come a day after Israeli forces opened fire at a food distribution pointFour people have died as hundreds of Palestinians burst into a United Nations warehouse in Gaza, tearing away sections of the building’s metal walls in an desperate attempt to find food.Two people were fatally crushed and two others died of gunshot wounds after the crowd forced its way into the World Food Programme warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday afternoon, health officials said. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago A migrant boat capsizes upon arrival at Spain's Canary Islands and 7 people die

Spanish emergency services say four women and three girls have died when a small boat carrying migrants capsized while arriving at Spain’s Canary Islands

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9 h. ago PETER HITCHENS: Sadiq Khan wants to legalise marijuana, the drug behind so many violent horrors. He, and the rest of the liberal Ostrich class, are ignoring a national catastrophe

Meet the Ostrich Class, that great swamp of silly, self-regarding people who decide how we shall live, suffer and quite possibly die.

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19 h. ago Dieselgate pollution killed 16,000 people in UK, study estimates

Experts decry lack of UK government action and warn a further 6,000 early deaths could occurThe excess pollution emitted as a result of the Dieselgate scandal has killed about 16,000 people in the UK and caused 30,000 cases of asthma in children, according to a new analysis. A further 6,000 premature deaths will occur in coming years without action, the researchers said.The Dieselgate scandal erupted in 2015 when diesel cars were found to be emitting far more toxic air pollution on the roads than when they passed regulatory tests, due to the use of illegal “defeat devices”. Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster review – the enraging tale of how five people died in an underwater deathtrap

This documentary on how a wealthy man charged six-figure sums to take four people to the bottom of the sea in an unsafe submarine is frustratingly light on answers to the ultimate question: why did their deaths happen?“What was that bang?” Implosion, BBC2’s documentary about the doomed commercial submarine Titan and its owner and pilot Stockton Rush, has footage shot on 18 June 2023 at the very instant when, on a sightseeing trip 3,800m below the surface of the Atlantic, Titan suffered a fatal rupture and the five people inside it died. There were no cameras on the sea floor and any pictures taken by Titan’s occupants were destroyed along with it, but there is film that contains what we now know to be audio of the craft’s last moment. Rush’s wife, Wendy, is aboard the mission’s support ship, in radio contact, when she hears a noise.At that point, Wendy Rush looks more confused than alarmed. A contributor to the film likens the sound to a door slamming, but it’s less dramatic than th...

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33 h. ago Vessel's implosion can be heard on new video from expedition to Titanic wreckage

Authorities investigating the implosion of an experimental submersible on its way to the Titanic wreckage in 2023 have released a new video recorded aboard a support ship at a key moment

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34 h. ago How to watch Implosion: The Titanic Sub Disaster on TV? Channel details and BBC start time

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34 h. ago Preliminary cause of deaths of three people who died in horror blaze at ex

Martyn Sadler, 38, Jennie Logan, 30, and businessman David Chester, 57, were killed after a fire engulfed Bicester Motion - a former RAF base - on May 15.

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62 h. ago Tylenol murders: Netflix doc explores the killer who put cyanide in the medicine cabinet and tamper

In 1982, seven people in Chicago died after taking Tylenol laced with lethal cyanide, causing fear and a change in consumer product safety. Two suspects emerged but there were no arrests or answers. Now, a new Netflix docuseries, out May 26, examines the decades-old mystery offering an exclusive interview with one of the prime suspects, writes Andrea Cavallier

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63 h. ago Russia targets Ukraine with more drone strikes as Trump says Putin has ‘gone crazy’

At least six people die in what Kyiv claims is largest drone attack since Moscow launched full-scale invasion in February 2022Russia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesMoscow has launched its third consecutive night of massive drone strikes against Ukraine, killing at least six people, as Donald Trump broke his silence to suggest the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, had “gone crazy”.Overnight on Monday, Russia fired a record 355 Shahed drones as well as nine cruise missiles, in an escalating drone campaign targeting Ukraine’s cities and communities, with Ukraine’s air force spokesperson, Yuriy Ignat, confirming it was the largest drone attack since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Weather tracker: China rainfall triggers flash floods and landslides

Heavy downpours cause death and destruction across Guangdong and Guangxi, with further rainfall expectedSouthern China has been battered by heavy rainfall over the past week, triggering landslides and flash floods, especially in Guangdong and Guangxi.As of Saturday 24 May, at least four people had died and 17 were missing, adding to a toll of seven deaths from other recent events. More than 400 emergency personnel have been deployed to the region. Continue reading...

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64 h. ago Brent fire: All we know as girl, 13, fights for life after blaze kills mum and 3 kids

Four people tragically died in a house fire in Brent, northwest London, in the early hours of Saturday morning - here's everything we know so far as one girl remains in hospital fighting for her life

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3 d. ago Brent fire neighbour tried to smash into house and save mum and 3 children that died

A heroic neighbour revealed he helped to save two people in a deadly house fire in Brent, London - now, four people are confirmed to have died in the fire on Saturday morning

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3 d. ago Police name mother and three children who died in London house fire

Nusrat Usman, 43, Maryam Mikaiel, 15, Musa Usman, eight, and Raees Usman, four, were pronounced dead at scene in BrentFour people who died after a fire in north–west London on Saturday have been named by police.Nusrat Usman, 43, and three of her children, Maryam Mikaiel, 15, Musa Usman, eight, and Raees Usman, four, died at the scene of the fire which gutted two homes in the Stonebridge area of Brent in the early hours of Saturday. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Brent fire: Names of four people who died released by police

Brent fire: Names of four people who died released by police  BBC

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4 d. ago Man arrested on suspicion of murder as mum and her three children die in fire

Police confirmed four people died - a mum and her three children - and two people were taken to hospital aftre a blaze at a house in London. A man is in custody on suspicion of murder

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4 d. ago What we know about the plane crash that killed alternative music executive Dave Shapiro

Investigators say a plane crash in San Diego that likely killed six people happened as the private plane approached an airport whose runway lights were out in heavy fog

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4 d. ago Warning over deadly virus as cases surge in popular European holiday hotspot

Brits have been warned after hundreds have already fallen ill and six people died from a deadly infection

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5 d. ago Moment wife of OceanGate CEO hears Titan sub imploding caught on camera

Footage released to the BBC shows Wendy Rush - whose great, great grandparents died on The Titanic - hearing the implosion in which her husband and four paying passengers died

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