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Huge crowds watch attempt to save shark stranded in South Korean canalA third attempt has been made to guide the 9ft 10in (3m) shark back to the open sea. 2 hrs agoAsia
Watch: ‘Her heart and her mind are in good shape’, husband of Helen Haines saysHelen Haines, the Australian MP who was hit by a car in what authorities say was a deliberate attack, has lost both her legs, her husband has confirmed.Phil Haines said the”horrendous incident” caused his wife significant injuries but “her heart and her mind are in good shape”. He added that the “good news in all this is that she’s alive”.The alleged attacker, 43-year-old Brendan Nugent, faces multiple charges and appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday.Nugent was arrested moments after he allegedly drove his…
Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPakistan’s cybercrime agency has arrested a man accused of running a counterfeit operation that caused $126 million (£94m) in losses to the US Postal service.Faheem Akram is accused of having sold fake stamps via a fraudulent website in the US since 2023.He was indicted by a federal grand jury in Florida last month for selling more than five million counterfeit shipping labels to thousands of US customers over the years. Authorities have now shut down the website.Earlier this month, the US Postal Inspection Service offered a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to his arrest.US…
Getty ImagesElon Musk has spent years building Tesla and SpaceX into a pair of trillion-dollar technology empires. Now, he is considering bringing them together.Asked on Tuesday whether a merger would be a good idea, Musk was clear: “Yes.”The prospect is more than hypothetical. Musk said special committees have been formed to assess a potential deal, although he stressed that there is no guarantee a merger will happen and that nothing has been agreed.With Tesla valued at roughly $1.5tn (£1.1tn) and SpaceX at $2tn (£1.5tn), a combination of the two companies would mark the largest merger ever.How likely is the merger?”In…
BBCSpringfield, in south-west Ohio, was thrust into the spotlight in 2024 when Trump repeated a false claim about Haitian immigrants eating petsIn this closely fought midterm election campaign, the small town of Springfield, Ohio, has become a symbol of modern America. But it is a symbol that changes dramatically depending on who is describing it.To President Donald Trump, Springfield crystallises America’s problems due to years of unchecked immigration. He once echoed a false claim that Haitian immigrants were eating pets here. Today, he says his mass deportation drive means its people are “getting their town back”.But to others, Springfield represents…
BBC inside Australian court as man charged with attacking MP stays silent in first hearingBBC’s Katy Watson describes what unfolded in Wangaratta as 43-year-old Brendan Nugent appeared before court over the alleged attack of Helen Haines.1 hr agoAustralia
AFP via Getty ImagesThe French prime minister has blamed far-left groups for planning some of the violence”This is not the face of France! You media all focus on the violence and destruction of Saturday’s protests. But that’s not the majority. It’s not ‘us’. That’s not France!”Elisabeth was speaking to me in front of a row of smashed shop windows, shattered glass still littering the tree-lined Parisian street. Its walls were daubed with red-lettered graffiti insulting French police and signed with the date of the riots, 17 October. I’d stopped her and her friend to ask what they thought of what…
EPAWitkoff and Zelensky met in the Norwegian capitalThe hug that Trump envoy Steve Witkoff offered Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of this afternoon’s talks in Oslo is unlikely to have dispelled the Ukrainian leader’s misgivings about the current direction of US policy towards his war-ravaged country.Zelensky posted a video of the moment on social media, with the message “Ukraine is working for peace. I thank our partners for their support!”But given everything that’s happened this month, does the Ukrainian leader still regard Donald Trump as a partner?The two men have never been close – that much is obvious – but have they…
Shock and disbelief: How the attack on an Australian MP unfolded in a small rural townAustralian independent MP Helen Haines is in hospital in a critical condition after she was struck by a car outside her electorate office in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said appears to have been “a deliberate act”.The incident in Wangaratta, north-east of Melbourne, happened on Monday afternoon local time.A man has since faced court on three charges over the alleged attack.What happened? The driver allegedly reversed to run into her a second time, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said.”What witnesses have described is the driver…
BBCFirefighters have been battling the stubborn blaze for weeks now When the sun hits the smog enveloping Indonesian Borneo, it turns everything the colour of rust. Cars, houses and streets appear and disappear out of a dim russet fog. There are few better words than “apocalyptic” to describe the way this looks.But it’s at night, in the quiet darkness, that mother-of-three Dianyra Eka Nastiti grows most fearful.”Sometimes at night my baby’s chest makes a rattling sound,” she says. “She was hospitalised for bronchopneumonia when she was just a month and a half old, and every single night I worry: Will…