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Watch: Dramatic moment a cargo ship crashes into another vesselVerified footage appears to show a cargo ship colliding with a fishing boat near Singapore, with investigators still working to establish exactly when and how the crash happened.7 hrs agoAsia
‘It’s painful to see,’ Patrick Clancy says about online hateWarning: This story contains distressing details and discussion of attempted suicidePatrick Clancy, the ex-husband of a US mother accused of murdering their three children, has said he would have been “eaten up inside forever” had he not forgiven her for their deaths.In an interview with CBS, he also said he did the best he could as his then-wife Lindsay Clancy struggled with mental illness in the months leading up to the day she strangled their children. Lindsay has not disputed that she killed them but her lawyers argued she should not…
LIVEJapan warns of floods and landslides around Tokyo as powerful typhoon approachesHundreds of flights have also been cancelled and some rail services suspended as Dujuan barrels towards Japan’s eastern coast.
Getty ImagesPresley Gerber became a model like his mother and sisterPresley Gerber, the son of supermodel Cindy Crawford, has died at the age of 27.Gerber, a model, passed away at a rehab facility on Sunday, according to records filed by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. The cause of death was not listed.Allie Jenkins, a representative for Crawford and her husband Rande Gerber, told the BBC’s US news partner CBS: “The family is asking for privacy during this very difficult and painful time.”Gerber had been a model like his mother and younger sister Kaia, making his runway debut for Italian…
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty ImagesThe UK should “team up” with a proposed economic alliance between Canada and Europe, Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne has said.”This is all about the substance, to build an alliance of the future,” he told the BBC. “The world has changed. America has changed. So we need to change.”Champagne also gave a frank assessment of the Canada-US trade war after a deal collapsed last month, saying the country had “stood up for our industries, our workers, our country” by imposing tariffs.His comments come after European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed “opening the door” to…
Supplied: Jesse BairdLuke Davies (left) and Jesse Baird were allegedly murdered by Beaumont Lamarre-Condon in Feburary 2024The double murder trial of Beaumont Lamarre-Condon, a former police officer accused of killing his ex-partner and his new boyfriend in 2024, is to begin in Sydney on Monday.Lamarre-Condon, 31, has pleaded not guilty to two charges of domestic violence-related murder and one of aggravated break and enter.Police allege Lamarre-Condon used his work-issued gun to shoot his ex-partner Jesse Baird, 26, a television presenter, and Baird’s new partner Luke Davies, 29, a Qantas flight attendant, at a home in the inner Sydney suburb of…
EPARussian President Vladimir Putin recently ruled out another wave of mobilisation for the Ukraine warMany things about Russia are hard to predict.The result of this election wasn’t one of them.In a political system tightly controlled by the Kremlin, the party of power – United Russia – had been widely expected to maintain its grip on parliament.There was no upset. No surprises. No other party came close.And that’s after more than four and a half years of war against Ukraine, which have resulted in huge battlefield losses for the Russian army, sparked economic hardship, as well as petrol shortages due to…
Getty ImagesPersonal possessions of late actress Brigitte Bardot – from Repetto ballet flats and diamond rings to her copy of the Kama Sutra – are being sold at auction on Monday with proceeds going to her animal charity.Fans of the iconic figure, who died last December at the age of 91, have been coming en masse to contemplate the nearly 300 lots on display at the Drouot sale rooms in central Paris.The items are from Bardot’s two homes in Saint-Tropez as well as her Paris flat, parts of which are recreated in the display.”Each item on sale bears the trace…
Watch: BBC tracks down abusive teacher secretly released earlyBBC Eye has discovered a teacher who was imprisoned for sexually assaulting a student in Indonesia has been secretly released early. 2 hrs agoAsia
Watch: BBC tracks down abusive teacher secretly released earlyAn Indonesian teacher convicted of sexually assaulting a student at an Islamic boarding school has been secretly released from prison early, a BBC Eye investigation has found.Moch Subchi Azal Tsani or Bechi, as he is known, is the son of an influential Islamic religious leader. His trial sent shockwaves through Indonesia, a Muslim-majority country where millions of parents send their children to Islamic boarding schools.He was arrested in 2022 at his father’s school in East Java where he had taught, after a 15-hour siege involving nearly 1,000 riot police – his family’s…