Europe
Is this Germany’s new Berlin Wall?
A WALL that will tower more than 3.5 metres is being built in Munich after locals raised fears young refugees would be moving into the area.
The vote Trump didn’t want to win
AMID the mad scramble for votes in the dying days of America’s election, Donald Trump managed to win the one poll he would rather have avoided.
Police injured during violent protests
RIOT police used tear gas and a water cannon to block demonstrators in Istanbul as officers in Florence were battered with cobblestones and sticks during a day of protests.
The Brexit gamechanger explained
THE shock decision is likely to delay Britain leaving the EU, and if it goes ahead, it may look totally different to what was expected.
Steven Seagal now a Russian citizen
STEVEN Seagal is the latest celebrity to receive a passport from Vladimir Putin, who the action star described as ‘one of the great living world leaders’.
Hundreds dead in mass drowning horror
MORE than 240 migrants are feared to have drowned after two ships sank off the coast of Libya, migration officials have confirmed.
Court to decide if beer is ‘wholesome’
IT’S our go-to beverage after a long day, but can beer be described as “wholesome”? A century-old brewery in Germany is about to find out.
‘17 million people are furious’
A STUNNING High Court ruling has thrown the Brexit process into chaos. Some say it’s a “betrayal” of the people.
Girl, 15, can have sex with uncle
A GERMAN court has ruled that a 15-year-old girl can contact her uncle, 47, with whom she is having a sexual relationship, despite her parents’ protest.
Italy hit by another earthquake
ITALY’S central region has been struck by a magnitude 5.0 earthquake in the same region as Sunday’s tremor.
Russia shuts down Amnesty International
STAFF at Amnesty International’s only office in Russia arrived to work to find the doors sealed, locks changed and power cut off.
May could trigger Brexit ‘within weeks’
THE prospect of ‘vicious’ exit talks will prompt British Prime Minister Theresa May to push forward with EU exit plans, Ireland’s leader has warned.
Ban on female priests is forever: Pope
IF the door to female priesthood in the Catholic Church wasn’t closed already, it certainly is now. Pope Francis has confirmed women will never be ordained as priests.
Italian Prince killed in London
A 21-year-old Italian prince has died after his bike was pulled under the wheels of a truck on the streets of the British capital.
The boogie-woogieing president’s daughter
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin’s daughter has boogie-woogied her way through a televised international rock’n’roll dance competition. But she didn’t get a prize.
Putin plots while world’s distracted
WHILE the world watches Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump rip into each other, Vladimir Putin is using the circus to quietly get something done.
Sweden lays Holocaust hero to rest
A SWEDISH diplomat and honorary Australian citizen who saved thousands of Jews during WWII has been declared dead after vanishing 71 years ago.
‘Might as well have had his eyes closed’
HARROWING footage shows the moment a truck driver in the UK killed a mum and three children while scrolling through his phone.
Drone footage shows quake damage
HARROWING drone footage has shown the extent of the damage caused by the most powerful earthquake to strike Italy in 36 years.
Huge explosion rocks Malta Airport
TOURISTS were left terrified by a series of explosions near Malta’s International Airport, the biggest of which was described as being ‘like an earthquake’.
Harry ‘besotted’ with actress
COULD Prince Harry be off the market? Britain’s most eligible royal is said to be quietly dating Suits actress Meghan Markle.
Jihadists claim German knife attack
ISLAMIC State has claimed an attack in Hamburg where a 16-year-old boy was brutally stabbed to death and a girl thrown in a river was an act of one of its ‘soldiers’.
Rajoy to lead after long deadlock
SPAIN’S Parliament has voted to allow acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy’s bid to form a new minority government, ending a 10-month political deadlock.
World ‘teetering on brink of war’
NATO is rushing troops to Eastern Europe as President Vladimir Putin conducts a major nuclear exercise, with one general stating the world is ‘teetering on the brink of war’.
Man’s mid-flight teen sex attack
AN Indian businessman who molested a British girl during a seven hour flight to the UK while his wife sat beside him has been jailed for 20 weeks.
Sex junk clogging up London
A UK water company has released disgusting photos of drains blocked with enormous, congealed blobs - blaming sex litter for the mess.
Russia tensions reach new high
A TINY Russian “exclave” in Europe is now a dangerous flashpoint, as tensions between Russia and the West intensify.
Boy dies after coat gets caught on door
A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy has died in a freak accident when his coat hood became caught on a door handle in Yorkshire.
Italy rocked by two earthquakes
CENTRAL Italy has been hit by two big earthquakes, just two months after a deadly tremor killed almost 300 and levelled small towns.
‘There are no more migrants in the camp’
FRENCH authorities declared the Calais migrant camp known as “the jungle” empty after fires set by departing migrants accelerated plans to evacuate.
Science plots epic pub crawl
IT’S a plan that probably could only have been hatched over several drinks. But it was mathematicians who came up with the world’s most epic pub crawl.
When a prank goes horribly wrong
A TEENAGER dressed up as a clown in order to pull a quick prank on his friends. But the joke ended up taking a horrible turn.
Putin unveils fearsome ‘son of Satan’
RUSSIA is taking sabre-rattling to new heights. First it sent a carrier battle-group to the Mediterranean. Now it’s unveiled its biggest ever nuclear missile.
London street locked down over scare
A LONDON high street was placed on lockdown after a suspicious package was found outside a popular restaurant.
King to answer paternity claims in court
FORMER Belgian King Albert II will appear in court for a paternity suit brought by an artist who has claimed for more than a decade that she is his child.
‘Jungle’ camp burns during demolition
AS residents of France’s notorious ‘Jungle’ refugee camp were sent to new centres, shacks were set alight apparently by migrants resisting its closure.
Vatican: Don’t scatter cremation ashes
CATHOLICS can get cremated but their ashes can’t be scattered, shared or stored at home, under new Vatican guidelines.
Transgender teen’s ‘female ID’ rejected
A TRANSGENDER teen was refused service trying to buy tobacco with his “female ID”. The supermarket said he “appeared different” to his photo.
Nervous Norway gets 330 US troops
UNITED States Marines are on their way to Norway to activate part of a huge hidden cache of tanks and weapons in a move bound to rouse President Vladimir Putin’s ire.
Why big liars start out as small ones
A BRITISH study has found that telling little white lies will most likely set you on a slippery slope to spurting great big whoppers.
Child rapist ‘didn’t know boy said no’
A MIGRANT who raped a boy in Austria because of a “sexual emergency” had his conviction overturned — because there was no proof the child said no.
Jungle burns, bulldozers move in
THE site of hundreds of violent clashes between cops, refugees and migrants has erupted as French authorities bring in the bulldozers.
Mystery over surveillance plane crash
AN UNMARKED plane working for France’s defence ministry has crashed in Malta, killing five and sparking questions about what it was doing there.
Woman’s breasts too big for ride
A BUSTY mum-of-one was chucked off a rollercoaster ride in the UK because her 36L breasts were too big to fit under the safety bar.
United Kingdom facing ‘full-blown crisis’
THE UK has been warned it faces a “full-blown crisis” unless all of its member nations agree on the government’s approach to Brexit.
‘Dad’s Army’ creator dies, aged 93
JIMMY Perry, the creator of some of television’s most popular TV comedies including Dad’s Army and It Ain’t Half Hot Mum, has died aged 93.
Migrant encouraged to ‘jump’
ONOLOOKERS apparently shouted “Jump!” before a teenage migrant leapt from an apartment block in an eastern German town.
Nobel academy: ‘Dylan’s silence arrogant’
BOB Dylan’s refusal to say anything about winning the Nobel prize in literature is “impolite and arrogant”, a member of the award body has said.
Teen arrested over London bomb plot
A NINETEEN-year-old man was tasered and arrested by counter-terrorism police, a day after a suspected “explosive device” was found on a London train.
Cyber attacks disrupt PayPal, Twitter
HACKERS targeting a little known internet infrastructure company have disrupted access to dozens of websites in the US and Western Europe.
Airport evacuated after ‘chemical’ scare
MORE than two dozen people were treated for breathing difficulties in a suspected chemical incident that sparked the evacuation of London City Airport.
European probe exploded on Mars
THE European Space Agency says an experimental Mars probe may have exploded when it hit the surface of the Red Planet earlier this week.
Creepy graffiti linked to murder?
“WHO put Bella in the wych elm?” The graffiti started appearing after teens found a body in the woods. More than 70 years later it’s back.
World’s most expensive potato chip
A BREWERY has created what are believed to be the most costly potato chips ever — and there are only five in a packet. How much would you pay?
Priests flee from a devil of a job
THE world is under renewed attack by an army of demons and the battle is so intense young priests are too scared to engage in exorcisms, says a senior Vatican priest.
Cop dies after raid on extremist’s home
ONE of four German police officers shot during a raid on the home of a far-right extremist has died from his injuries.
Anxious wait for Mars probe touchdown
EUROPE’S experimental Schiaparelli probe has entered the atmosphere around Mars, with scientists awaiting confirmation that it touched down safely.
The ‘death spiral’ of the Brexit party
UKIP leader Nigel Farage was all smiles the day Britain voted to leave the EU. Now the party that brought about Brexit is in a “death spiral”.
‘Life on Mars’ lander set to touch-down
THE search for life on Mars is set to take a giant leap with a new space lander is due to touch down on the red planet tonight.
Putin’s blunt, fiery message
RUSSIA is deploying “two of the most powerful warships in the world” - and sending a message to the US. What is Vlad up to?
How old are these refugee ‘kids’?
THE UK has rescued 100 migrant “children” from the notorious Calais camp — many sporting moustaches, monobrows and crows feet.
Russian roulette’s shocking new twist
A RUSSIAN man who is promoting a disturbing new version of Russian roulette claims the ‘game’ is safe — but the evidence would appear to contradict him.
Peaceful end to Brussels hostage drama
BELGIAN police have detained a knifeman who held about 15 people hostage in a supermarket in Brussels.
‘I’d felt like murdering for a while’
A TEEN girl who watched Twilight with her boyfriend after brutally killing a mother and daughter in the UK has been found guilty. WARNING: Graphic.
Versatile Vlad’s awkward calendar
VLADIMIR Putin poses with kittens, gets behind the controls of a jet fighter and offers frontals in a skin-tight wetsuit in a new calendar on sale in Russia.
Hitler’s birth home being torn down
THE house where Adolf Hitler was born will be demolished and replaced with a new building that has no link with the Nazi dictator.
Massive explosion rocks chemical plant
TWO people are confirmed dead and there are fears for others after an explosion at a German chemical plant triggered a huge fire.
Britain takes aim at Russian channel
RUSSIAN broadcaster RT says its UK bank accounts have been frozen without explanation — on the same day Julian Assange’s internet was cut.
Assange’s internet ‘cut off’
WIKILEAKS accused a “state actor” of taking down Julian Assange’s internet as the group released hacked emails from Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.
Shock as top rugby coach found dead
MUNSTER head coach and former Ireland international Anthony Foley has been found dead in a Paris hotel room.
Breastfeeding pollie makes history
AN ICELANDIC politician has been praised worldwide after delivering a parliamentary speech while breastfeeding.
‘Scenes from the apocalypse’ in Paris
SHOCKING footage has emerged revealing once-beautiful Paris streets covered in filth. People are living rough, sleeping on pieces of cardboard.
Pam visits Assange bearing gifts
PAMELA Anderson has called on Julian Assange at the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, taking snacks and gifts to the WikiLeaks founder.
Rockets land near popular tourist town
TWO missiles landed near the popular Turkish resort town of Antalya, and amazingly nobody was killed after they hit a depot used by a fishing company.
Attacker in clown mask stabs man
A MAN in Sweden has become the latest victim of a clown mania sweeping the globe, amid fears the craze will spike in the run-up to Halloween.
Footballer Ched Evans cleared of rape
A FORMER English Premier League player has been found not guilty of rape after a retrial, ending a five-year case that was condemned by women's groups.
Footballer Ched Evans cleared of rape
A FORMER English Premier League player has been found not guilty of rape after a retrial, ending a five-year case that was condemned by women's groups.
EU’s ‘salt and vinegar’ slapdown
THE gloves are off in the Brexit debate, with EU leaders mocking Britain for trying to have their cake and eat it too, saying they will only get “salt” instead.
Brits might finally try Vegemite
FACING shortages of that foul-tasting substance called Marmite, the Brits finally have a reason to fall in love with Australia’s delicious yeast extract spread.
Shopper’s shocker caught on CCTV
WATCH the heart-stopping moment a shopper in the UK accidentally knocked over four brand new TV sets worth more than $8000.
Is World War III already upon us?
SUPERPOWERS clashing and tensions mounting in global hotspot — could we already be in World War III and not know it?
Escaped gorilla Kumbuka a ‘psycho’
VISITORS to London Zoo were warned beforehand not to stare at “psycho” gorilla Kumbuka because it made him agitated.
Forced to twerk in Pokemon onesie
A CRUEL pair of female thugs have been jailed in the UK, after they ordered a man they robbed at knifepoint to twerk in his Pokemon onesie to gangster music.
‘40-day child named Maria for sale’
A REFUGEE couple is under investigation in Germany after a one-month-old baby was put up for sale on the online auction platform eBay.
Terror suspect found dead in prison cell
A TERROR suspect arrested in Germany on Monday has been found dead in his prison cell, dashing hopes of finding out more about his alleged links to IS.
Gorilla escapes from London Zoo
AN 18-YEAR-OLD silverback gorilla sparked panic after breaking out of his enclosure — but zoo workers don’t know how he escaped.
Nobel winner Dario Fo dead at 90
ITALIAN playwright Dario Fo, whose mocking of Italian political life and religion won him praise, scorn and the Nobel prize for literature, has died.
The court case that could shatter Brexit
A HAIRDRESSER and finance worker are leading a case dubbed the most critical in a generation, which could stop Brexit in its tracks.
Bob Dylan wins historic Nobel prize
US SINGER-SONGWRITER Bob Dylan has become the first musician ever to win the Nobel prize for Literature.
Scotland referendum 2.0 underway
SCOTLAND’S First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said the country will move to a second referendum next week to avoid being pulled out of the EU.
Brits freak out over Marmite shortage
IT’S the disgusting black spread that’s inferior to Vegemite in every way — but a shortage of Marmite is causing a political furore in Britain.
Man’s 12 hour cup of tea struggle
A BRITISH man has documented his epic, all-day attempt to make a cup of tea using his fancy newfangled Wi-Fi kettle.
Eight-year-old cancer kid told: ‘Just die’
ANIMAL rights activists have bombarded a young cancer patient with abusive messages after he took part in a bullfight show in Spain.
Fake penis woman set for retrial
A WOMAN jailed for impersonating a man to trick her female friend into having sex with her has had her conviction quashed.
Putin ‘orders Russians abroad to return’
VLADIMIR Putin has told his officials to fly their relatives living abroad back to Russia, leaving many worried about the reason for the sudden move.
‘Heroes’ tie up suspect at sleepover
THREE friends are being hailed as heroes after turning down a $2000 bribe and tying up their new friend after realising he was not who he said he was.
People weren’t happy with this photo
AN IKEA store has been forced to remove a picture, appearing to show a young boy doing a ‘Hitler salute,’ after a flood of customer complaints.
Rod Stewart receives knighthood
SPORTING tartan trousers — a nod to his Scottish heritage — rocker Rod Stewart has been knighted by Prince William at Buckingham Palace.
‘We’re not monsters’: Clowns hit back
SOME serial pranksters have joined in on the creepy clown craze, but say they are just trying to make people smile.
Two big Brexit blunders revealed
THE man at the heart of the campaign against Brexit has revealed his two biggest mistakes in a brutally honest book.
Teens ‘watched Twilight after slaughter’
TWO teenage lovers stabbed a 13-year-old girl and her mum in their beds in a horrific double murder planned in a local McDonald’s, a court heard.
Toddler ‘force-fed to death’
A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy “drowned in his food” after his father allegedly made him eat a porridge-like mixture, a UK court heard. WARNING: Distressing.
Refugees tie up bomb plot suspect
GERMAN authorities have praised the actions of three Syrian refugees who apprehended a fellow Syrian wanted over a suspected ISIS bomb plot.
