3 d. ago US airstrikes on Houthi oil port in Yemen reportedly kill dozens

Death toll, if confirmed, would make strikes on Ras Isa port one of the deadliest in month-long US campaignUS airstrikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebels killed 33 people and wounded 80 others, Houthi-run media said early on Friday, which if confirmed would mark one of the deadliest days of a campaign launched under US President Trump that has involved hundreds of strikes since 15 March.The strikes hit the Ras Isa oil port and were intended to deprive the rebels of “illegal revenue that has funded Houthi efforts to terrorize the entire region for over 10 years”, the US military’s Central Command said. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Easter travel mayhem as bank holiday travellers are hit by hundreds of rail engineering works while 20million motorists hit the road

Britons face long queues during the Easter getaway with nearly 20million drivers set to hit the roads each day over the long weekend amid major rail disruption.

Economics

5 d. ago iPlayer down: Hundreds of BBC fans left fuming over mysterious error message

Hundreds of BBC viewers have hit out on social media after the iPlayer shut down this morning - meaning that they couldn't tune in to catch up on their favourite shows

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6 d. ago Shocking lightning strike wipes out five students in weather terror caught on camera

WARNING, DISTRESSING CONTENT: The shocking lightning strike happened at Teerthanker Mahaveer University in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, on Thursday, April 10

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6 d. ago Students rushed to hospital in critical condition after being struck by lightning at university campus

The Teerthanker Mahaveer University has issued a statement following a lightning strike at the campus, saying: "the university administration acted with remarkable speed and care"

Culture

8 d. ago Myanmar hit by fresh earthquake during hundreds of aftershocks

The death toll from the original quake was 3,649, with 5,018 injured

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1 week ago Amazon’s satellite launch designed to compete with Musk’s Starlink cancelled

‘Liftoff not possible’ for rocket carrying Project Kuiper satellites, due to clouds that could trigger lightning strikesWeather prevented a rocket carrying the first batch of Amazon satellites designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink from lifting off on Wednesday, in a setback for the planned Project Kuiper network.“Stubborn cumulus clouds and persistent winds make liftoff not possible within the available window,” read a liveblog update from operator United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture between Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Liftoff from Cape Canaveral in the US state of Florida had originally been slated for 7pm (2300 GMT). Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Late Nuno Mendes strike caps PSG comeback to hurt Aston Villa hopes

Luis Enrique is regarded as the manager who finally transformed Paris Saint-Germain from a group of individuals into a team but that process, changing the DNA to use his words, has not prohibited players from expressing themselves. For Exhibit A, see Khvicha Kvaratskhelia’s preposterous strike, a flash of lightning that helped to secure for PSG a deserved advantage heading into the second leg of this quarter-final.Exhibit B was a beauty, too, Désiré Doué cracking a rasping strike in off the woodwork after Morgan Rogers gave Villa a shock first-half lead. The killer goal, for both teams, came in stoppage time, Nuno Mendes making it 3-1. By the end it was 29 shots to seven and tempting to wonder quite how many full-backs Unai Emery would require to cage PSG’s ravenous front three of Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembélé and Doué, the prodigious teenager. Frankly it is hard to envisage PSG not scoring at Villa Park. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Man 'killed' after lightning strike reveals what really happens when we die

Dannion Brinkley was once an afterlife sceptic, but he says he has 'died' three times and has wrote about a book after his brush with the afterlife changed his perception

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2 w. ago Boxing tonight: TV channel, live stream, ring walk times and fight card

Joe Joyce plans on lighting up Filip Hrgovic when the two heavyweights clash at Manchester's Co-Op Live on Saturday evening - headlining an action-packed 'Heavy Impact' card from Queensberry

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2 w. ago Drivers hit with new car payment as law change sees hundreds feel the pinch

Drivers across the UK could be expected to pay another tax as the start of the new financial year presents a tax reform which is expected to expect affect hundreds from now

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3 w. ago ITV reveals future of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? as Jeremy Clarkson

The former Top Gear presenter, 64, has fronted the hit quiz show since 2018, during which time hundreds of thousands of pounds have been won, and features like Ask The Host have been added.

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4 w. ago Weather chaos as UK hit by 400 lightning strikes and country battered by rain, hail and thunder

The chaotic weather caused flooding in southern England and the East Midlands on Saturday, forcing National Highways to shut parts of the M18 in Yorkshire following the heavy rain

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4 w. ago London weather: Capital battered with rain and thunder as UK hit by 400 lightning strikes

The downpours caused flooding in several areas

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4 w. ago UK hit by hundreds of lightning strikes on Saturday amid heavy rainfall

It comes after the country saw its warmest spring equinox day since 1972 on Thursday as temperatures reached 21C in some areas.

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last month Roblox game down as hundreds of fans hit by connection error

Hundreds of gamers playing Roblox have blasted outages and connection errors with Downdetector showing a huge spike in issues with the platform just after 10am

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