5 d. ago Parents weigh sending kids back to Camp Mystic after flood killed 25 girls

Two victims have still not been found, including an 8-year-old Camp Mystic camper

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5 d. ago Parents are divided on whether their girls should return to flood

Nearly six months after a roaring flood killed 25 girls and two counselors at Camp Mystic in central Texas, the 100-year-old camp will begin enrolling new campers in January

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1 week ago Killer Labubus: Urgent warning as dangerous counterfeit dolls flood UK before Christmas

Figures show at least 259,000 fake toys worth over £2.5million have been seized so far this year - of which Labubu's account for 90 per cent.

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1 week ago Military boffin says Brit families must be prepared to send their kids to war against Russia

The Chief of Defence Staff, Sir Richard Knighton has said that the chance of a direct attack on UK soil by Russia is remote but not zero and so "more people" will need to take up arms to protect the UK

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1 week ago School buses crash in Idaho with several kids hurt, including 1 flown to hospital

A school bus in Idaho rear-ended another while picking up kids, sending four students and both drivers to the hospital

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3 w. ago Released 911 calls reveal desperate pleas and tragic outcomes during Texas Hill Country flood

Newly released recordings of 911 calls show Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up in the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help as rushing waters rise around them, stranding them in attics and on roofs

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3 w. ago Texas residents and Camp Mystic staffer plead for help in newly released 911 audio from July floods

Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help in newly released recordings of 911 calls made during the floods that killed more than 100 people in July

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3 w. ago Camp Mystic announces enhanced safety plans after death of 25 girls, 2 counselors

The owners of Camp Mystic in Texas have announced new safety upgrades following a tragic July 4 flood that killed 25 campers and two counselors

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3 w. ago Satellite images reveal scale of flood devastation in Sri Lanka as 366 killed

Sri Lankan leader says island battling ‘largest and most challenging natural disaster in our history’

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3 w. ago ‘The current could kill an elephant’: Asia flood survivors describe escaping with their lives

From Thailand to Indonesia, torrential flooding has carried away people’s possessions and homes, upending entire communitiesHow cyclones and monsoon rains converged to devastate parts of Asia – visual guideAminah Ali, 63, was at home in the Pidie Jaya district of Indonesia’s Aceh province when the rains started at midnight on Wednesday. The waters rose gradually. It seemed like the usual flooding that happens during monsoon season, but then came a loud roar of water: her village was suddenly inundated.With help from her son, she managed to clamber on to her rooftop, where she waited for 24 hours. Flood waters, 3 metres high, stretched into the distance. “I saw many houses being swept away,” she said. Continue reading...

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last month What Chicago's fight against ICE can teach us all about how to resist oppression | Zoe Williams

A harrowing US podcast documents a community’s struggle against immigration raids – and warns us about herd mentalityEarlier this year, the Trump administration reversed the convention that nobody would be snatched by immigration and customs enforcement, or ICE, by a school, church or hospital. Since then, teachers have reported classrooms a third empty, as parents are too scared to send their kids in – volunteers walk them there and back.In the Rogers Park area of Chicago, a group of citizens are organising to resist such immigration raids. Sometimes, it’s simple non-violent tactics, such as slowing officers down by walking in front of them. Last month, 50 people rushed to a church, where the congregation was trapped, having got word that there were ICE agents waiting outside. Maybe their most evocative tactic is whistles – coded blasts for when a convoy is suspected to be ICE agents, a different code when it’s confirmed. They have numerous accounts of undocumented migrants warned ...

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