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New landslide kills at least 4, buries houses in Philippines’ Cebu

9/20/2018, 7:25:41 AM
MANILA--A massive landslide buried dozens of homes in two villages near a central Philippine mountai ✔ All of us ran out, Villarba said, adding she, her husband and three children were shocked but unhurt ✔ Cebu province was not directly hit by Mangkhut but the massive typhoon helped intensify monsoon rains in a large part of the archipelago, including the central and southern regions



Family-of-six buried in landslide texts rescuers to say they're still alive

9/20/2018, 6:37:59 AM
WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: About 100 people are feared trapped after boulders and earth slammed into about two dozen homes near Naga City on the central island of Cebu ✔ Rescuers carry a person who was pulled from the landslide (Image: AFP) Family members weep next to the bodies of the landslide victims (Image: AFP) Read More Typhoon Mangkhut: Dad spotted taking PHOTOS of posed-up daughters in raging Hong Kong storm Vhann Quisido, who had a lucky escape when a tide of earth and rocks stopped behind his house, told Reuters: I was sleeping when I heard a loud noise



Live updates after Storm Ali as Met Office issues wind and rain warnings for UK

9/20/2018, 7:21:02 AM
Forecasters have warned of possible flooding and further travel disruption after Ali wreaked havoc across Britain and Ireland - and there are yellow weather warnings on the way ✔ Meanwhile, the wind warning will be in effect from 6pm tonight to 9am tomorrow ✔ Gusts of 40-50mph are likely in a few spots inland and widely around exposed coasts ✔ Waves crash over the lighthouse at Ardrossan harbour during Storm Ali yesterday (Image: Daily Record)



Storm Ali - where is the storm and what's the Met Office warning level?

9/20/2018, 6:11:17 AM
BRITS are battening down the hatches as Storm Ali barrels into the UK — bringing destructive winds and huge sea swells. An Amber weather warning has been issued calling for people to take immediate… ✔ BRITS are battening down the hatches as Storm Ali barrels into the UK bringing destructive winds and huge sea swells ✔ Storm Ali, the first named Storm of the season, hit Britain on September 19 morning ✔ Strong winds will be accompanied by heavy squally showers ✔ But temperatures will remain reasonably high for this time of year



Landslide in Philippines kills four, dozens feared trapped

9/20/2018, 6:12:13 AM
A landslide triggered by heavy rains on Thursday killed at least four people in ... ✔ The storm’s death toll countrywide was 88 by Thursday, police said, most from the landslides ✔ A major recovery effort was underway in Itogon at a small mining site, where the bodies of 21 people, mostly miners, had been found by late on Wednesday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Philippines landslide: Several died as Typhoon Mangkhut batters the central Philippines

9/20/2018, 6:35:20 AM
A LANDSLIDE in the Philippines killed several people and trapped dozens more inside their houses, as heavy rains brought by deadly Typhoon Mangkhut keep battering the country, officials confirmed. ✔ And dozens more are feared trapped under the dirt and rubbles ✔ Regional police official Debold Sinas said: The landslide buried about 20 to 24 houses and all the people inside were trapped ✔ City councillor Carmelino Cruz added rescue services were looking for 50 to 80 people



30 homes buried in new landslide triggered by heavy rain in the Philippines

9/20/2018, 5:18:25 AM
“We're running out of time. The ground in the area is still vibrating," says one official ✔ We're striking a balance between intensifying our rescue efforts and ensuring the safety of our rescuers, Cruz said by phone ✔ Cebu province was not directly hit by Typhoon Mangkhut, which pounded the northern Philippines on Saturday and left more than 80 people dead and 70 missing, mostly in landslides



LIVE: Travel CHAOS sparked by Storm Ali as MORE powerful winds to batter UK

9/20/2018, 7:49:09 AM
STORM ALI'S destructive aftermath is causing travel disruption across the UK as Brits brace for more powerful winds this evening. ✔ Network Rail said: Storm Ali caused major line blockages, due to a number of trees falling onto the lines, and damage to overhead wires ✔ In Cheshire, a woman was seriously injured after a tree fell onto her car, and in the Highlands a man had to be rescued after becoming trapped under a digger in a river in the village of Rogart



Beautiful villages lost to time: Italy's incredible ghost towns

9/20/2018, 6:53:26 AM
Beautiful villages lost to time: Italy's incredible ghost towns ✔ Due to natural disasters and urbanisation, Italy is filled with abandoned villages – often is remarkably beautiful locations ✔ 17 amazing photographs of Italy from space Pentedattilo, Calabria Founded as a colony of the Greek city of Chalcis in 640BC, Pentedattilo sits in spectacular surroundings in the southern region of Calabria



BBC weather forecast UK: TURBULENT today as GALE-FORCE winds return with a VENGEANCE

9/20/2018, 5:55:39 AM
THE UK is set for more disruptions today as strong winds and scattered showers continue to bulldoze their way through the country, with Storm Ali will only adding to Britons misery as it promises to bring intensified gusts to the nation. ✔ The heavy downpours could also result in some localised flooding, meanwhile in the south there will be a lot of dry weather and sunshine ✔ As a result the odds have been slashed on this month ending as the wettest September on record and the wind speed to reach as high as 100mph in mainland UK



BBC Weather forecast: FLOODING possible as meteorologist warns of LOOMING commuter chaos

9/20/2018, 7:20:57 AM
BBC WEATHER have warned a band of rain crossing the United Kingdom overnight on Thursday could trigger flooding and travel chaos for commuters in England and Wales. ✔ Thundery showers and strong gales are set to pummel the United Kingdom as we head towards the weekend, with the risk of minor flooding and fallen trees disrupting commuters ✔ Mr Taylor continued: Later today and into tonight we could see as much as 100mm of rain across the hills of Wales, a very wet northwest England and gales developing once again



'I just want to get my baby to a proper home': Lombok reels from quake

9/20/2018, 6:19:17 AM
It has been six weeks since a powerful magnitude 7 earthquake flattened parts of the Indonesian island of Lombok. Now, the rebuild is underway - but thousands of people have lost their homes, and disease is a growing risk. ✔ Twenty-five million rupiah has been promised to families whose homes suffered medium damage, and 10 million will be offered for light damage ✔ Pregnant women and children are prioritised to get these nets ✔ The health office also distributes mosquito repellent to people, he said



The longest week: Carolinas worn out by Florence

9/20/2018, 4:38:00 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Hurricane Florence is still wearing out the Carolinas, where residents have endured an agonizing week of violent winds, torrential rain, widespread flooding, power outages and death. Frustration and sheer exhaustion are building as thousands of people wait to go home seven days after the storm began battering the coast. Florence is blamed for at least 37 deaths. That includes those of two women who drowned when a sheriff's van taking them to a mental health facility was swept off a road.



'May is too gloomy' and should offer a 'positive vision', top Tory says

9/20/2018, 4:16:24 AM
THERESA May’s own party boss has slammed her gloomy message to Brits — warning the Tories need to offer a “positive vision” to voters or risk another election disaster. Conservative Party Deputy Ch… ✔ It came after another 2015 intake urged the PM to step aside after Brexit for a new generation ✔ Tom Tugendhat said the Tories needed a generational shift toward a younger and more modern leader ✔ Ring The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



Japan PM Shinzo Abe Poised To Win 3rd Term

9/20/2018, 7:12:01 AM
He is on course to become the country's longest-serving leader. ✔ Thursday’s decisive victory may embolden him to pursue his long-sought revision to Japan’s U.S.-drafted pacifist constitution, although the hurdles remain high and doing so would carry political risks ✔ He has cemented control of his party and received support from conservatives for bringing stability and continuity to economic and diplomatic policies



Entertainment area in quake-hit Sapporo shines once again

9/20/2018, 4:39:07 AM
SAPPORO--Familiar signs lit up Sapporo’s Susukino district, the largest entertainment area in Hokkai ✔ 19 for the first time since a destructive quake struck the island on Sept ✔ The Sapporo Chamber of Commerce and Industry called for a resumption of nighttime illuminations to show that Hokkaido is returning to normal ✔ Nine institutes, including the Sapporo TV Tower, answered the call



Firenado blazes out of control in British Columbia

9/20/2018, 5:18:24 AM
This is the terrifying moment that a "firenado" sucked a firefighter's hose 100 ft into the air. ✔ It threw burning logs across our guard for 45 minutes and pulled our hose 100 plus ft in the air before melting it ✔ Meanwhile, cities from Vancouver on the Pacific coast to Winnipeg in the Prairies region about 2,300 kilometers (1,400 miles) to the east were blanketed over the summer with smoke from the fires, triggering air quality warnings



Meghan Markle’s new cookbook reveals PROOF she is becoming a true Brit

9/20/2018, 5:35:23 AM
MEGHAN Markle has seemingly become a true Brit, if her new cookbook is anything to go by. ✔ The charity cookbook Together: Our Community is already one of Amazon’s best sellers ✔ But, eagle-eyed fans of the 37-year-old have spotted a new detail about the former Suits star that might have been missed between the tasty recipes ✔ Other examples include the word favourite, which has an ‘u’ in the UK ✔ GETTY TRUE BRIT: Meghan has already adopted British spellings (Pic: GETTY)



VOX POPULI: Choosing to stop dyeing gray hair is a liberating experience

9/20/2018, 4:10:28 AM
When the Japanese expression “romansu gurei” (romance gray) came into use in the 1950s, it apparentl ✔ Imao Hirano (1900-1986), a scholar of French literature, made a masterful attempt at defining the meaning of romansu gurei as the visage of a man past middle age, who has graying temples but still retains hints of youthfulness, thereby exuding sophistication and just the right amount of sex appeal ✔ While packing her emergency kit, she told Asahi, she tossed in a bottle of hair dye without thinking ✔ Shedding preconceived notions will probably lighten the heart a great deal, and that does not apply only to the color of one’s hair



Horror onboard plane as passengers suddenly bleed from ears and noses

9/20/2018, 7:11:29 AM
Oxygen masks fell from the ceiling of the Boeing 737 as the drama unfolded on a flight from Mumbai to Jaipur in India ✔ The injured passengers were treated by medics when the plane returned to Mumbai's airport ✔ The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is investigating the incident ✔ It happened a day after British holidaymakers vomited and sobbed during violent turbulence as Storm Ali hit a plane travelling to Glasgow from Ibiza



Jack Ma kills pledge for a million U.S. jobs. Analysts say it was bogus anyway.

9/20/2018, 5:40:14 AM
Evidence suggests Alibaba could not have delivered on Ma’s promise. ✔ The promise was made on the premise of friendly U.S.-China partnership and rational trade relations, the celebrity billionaire told Chinese state media Wednesday ✔ If all tariffs went to zero, we’d still be waiting a long, long time for Ma to fulfill his pledge, Scissors said ✔ He said the increasingly chaotic international business climate had nothing to do with it



Abe pulls off convincing victory to lead Japan's ruling party

9/20/2018, 7:47:22 AM
Prime minister readies for another three-year term after trouncing Ishiba ✔ The election was held following a rule change that now allows prime ministers to serve for three consecutive terms instead of two, granting Abe his wish to preside over the 2020 Summer Olympics, which he played a large part in bringing to Tokyo ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th



Trump defends Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh over sex assault allegation

9/20/2018, 4:04:18 AM
Judge Kavanaugh is accused of attacking Christine Blasey Ford and trying to remove her clothing while he was drunk at a party in 1982 when he was 17 and she was 15 ✔ Donald Trump stepped up his defence of his US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after he was accused of sexual assault ✔ With Trump's effort to cement conservative control of the nation's highest court on a knife's edge, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley set a Friday morning deadline for accuser Christine Blasey Ford to decide if she will talk to lawmakers ✔ But I can only say this: He's such an outstanding man - very hard for me to imagine that anything happened, Trump said



PM's key ally Sir Mike Penning brands Chequers plan as 'dead as a dodo'

9/20/2018, 4:16:25 AM
A KEY ally of the PM has branded her Chequers plan as “dead as a dodo” and accused her of trying to blackmail MPs into supporting it. Ex-minister Sir Mike Penning, who helped set up her 2016 leader… ✔ AFP 2 The PM has been accused of blackmailing her MPs into supporting her plans But the Best for Britain campaign said: He’s more like the captain of the Costa Concordia, abandoning a ship he steered into disaster ✔ Ring The Sun on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



FEMA Chief Reportedly Considered Quitting As Florence Raged In His Home State

9/20/2018, 5:27:21 AM
Long-simmering tensions with Homeland Security Secretary Kristjen Nielsen have boiled over. ✔ Officials have moved quickly in an attempt to clean up the image of U.S. emergency response efforts a year after Hurricane Maria, which caused nearly 3,000 deaths in Puerto Rico ✔ The No. 2 position at FEMA has remained unfilled for more than two years, and it’s unclear who would serve as acting administrator were Long to resign



Donald Trump mocked for saying Hurricane Florence is 'one of the wettest we've seen, from the standpoint of water'

9/20/2018, 4:02:09 AM
DONALD Trump has been mocked for saying that Hurricane Florence was “one of the wettest we have seen from the standpoint of water”. The US president made the comment in a video posted o… ✔ I just want to thank everybody for doing such a great job with a very difficult situation, Florence has been a nasty one, a big one, like that area has certainly never seen before ✔ This will be a total lie, but that's what they do, and everybody knows it! In the wake of the storm, heartless looters have been caught on camera raiding flood-hit stores in Wilmington



Alyssa Milano makes statement at LA premiere of Fahrenheit 11/9

9/20/2018, 6:41:35 AM
Alyssa Mila garnered attention at the LA premiere of Fahrenheit 11/9 when she rocked a t-shirt with: 'Your vote, your future' written across her ample assets. ✔ alum has been involved in activism since the late 1980s Seasoned: Alyssa has been a Hollywood fixture since her hit sitcom Who's the Boss ✔ Funky style: Actress/comedian Jenifer Lewis has appeared in a number of hit movies including Beaches, Sister's Act, and Poetic Justice Casual elegance: Actress Elizabeth Tulloch is best known for her role as Juliette in the series Grimm Adoring fans: Actress Perrey Reeves and husband Aaron Endress-Fox enjoyed their time in the spotlight Beaming: Former Trump protege Omarosa Manigault strutted her stuff along the red carpet in a glittery burgundy gown Coming to a theater near you: Fahrenheit 11/9 opens in the U.S. Friday, September 21



The death of consensus: how conflict came back to politics

9/20/2018, 5:10:02 AM
New Labour’s ‘third way’ promised to end the clash between left and right. But did the fantasy of politics without strife create our age of anger? ✔ Pensioners are set against millennials; nationalists against immigrants; populists against elites; rural traditionalists against city liberals ✔ I recognised that [the phrase] had a slightly noxious history, Giddens told me ✔ The centrists suffered a profound loss of legitimacy because of Iraq and the financial crisis



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