The Latest: Over 800 dead in Indonesia quake and tsunami
9/30/2018, 8:38:54 PMPALU, Indonesia (AP) — The Latest on a powerful earthquake and tsunami that hit Indonesia (all times local): 9:55 p.m. Indonesia's National Disaster Mi ✔ Rescuers were scrambling Sunday to try to find trapped victims in collapsed buildings where voices could be heard screaming for help after a massive earthquake in Indonesia spawned a deadly tsunami two days ago ✔ A tsunami swept away buildings and killed hundreds on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Death toll rises after earthquake, tsunami hit Indonesia
9/30/2018, 11:57:45 PMThe death toll in Indonesia from Friday's earthquake and tsunami doubled Sunday to more than 830. The earthquake unleashed waves that destroyed everything in their path. Workers dug a mass grave this weekend in the city of Palu. BBC News' Rebecca Henschke reports.
Disturbing images show how Indonesia's deadly tsunami has created hell on earth
9/30/2018, 9:09:36 PMOver 1,000 dead and total devastation continues to blight a country struggling to pull itself out of the muddy the wreckages of mosques and homes ✔ Body bags have been piling up in the streets (Image: AFP) Read More Met Office UK weather forecast: El Nino set to bring warmer-than-normal three months until Christmas Tens of thousands of Sulawesi residents are now homeless, their houses reduced to rubble by the wave or made uninhabitable by the sludge left behind
Scientists surprised by power of Indonesia tsunami
9/30/2018, 11:44:40 PM"When events like this happen we are more likely to discover things that we haven't observed before." ✔ Studies of the seafloor will be crucial to understanding the event ✔ We won't know what caused it until that's done, he said ✔ Photo: AP The tsunami could also have been affected by Palu's location at the end of a narrow bay ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes
Over 800 dead in Indonesia quake and tsunami; toll may rise
9/30/2018, 10:43:02 PMPALU, Indonesia--Rescuers struggled Sunday to reach victims in several large coastal towns in Indone ✔ More recently, a powerful quake on the island of Lombok killed 505 people in August ✔ Indonesia is a vast archipelago of more than 17,000 islands that span a distance that would stretch from New York to London ✔ Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim country
Indonesia tsunami: mass burials to begin amid desperate search for survivors
9/30/2018, 10:46:06 PMDeath toll expected to reach into the thousands after tsunami hit the cities of Palu and Donggala on island of Sulawesi ✔ In a post to Twitter, the disaster agency spokesman also warned residents to be alert to the hoax forecasts of further tsunamis and earthquakes he said were appearing on social media ✔ Desperate survivors, now facing a third straight night sleeping outdoors, queued for fuel and food and in some cases, turned to looting shops for basics as police looked on, unwilling or unable to intervene ✔ This is already a tragedy, but it could get much worse
Dozens feared trapped under quake rubble
9/30/2018, 9:22:17 PMRescuers in the Indonesian city of Palu wait for heavy machinery to search debris for survivors. ✔ We also heard voices at several points, including a child, he said ✔ You can also contact us in the following ways: WhatsApp: +44 7555 173285 Or Upload your pictures/video here Tweet: @BBC_HaveYourSay Send an SMS or MMS to 61124 (UK) or +44 7624 800 100 (international) Please read our and
Despair for Strictly veteran Anton after Susannah ‘disaster’
9/30/2018, 11:01:10 PMANTON Du Beke was left distraught last night after he and partner Susannah Constantine were the first couple voted off this year’s Strictly Come Dancing. ✔ Susannah flopped again as she foxtrotted with Du Bek (Image: BBC/GUY LEVY) When asked if she would carry on dancing she smiled: You’ve got to know your limitations in life, you’ve got to know what you’re good at and I’m not good at dancing ✔ Rival X Factor had an average of 4.6 million viewers, enjoying a 27 per cent audience share
Typhoon Trami MAP: Where is Typhoon Trami going next? Tokyo battered by storm
9/30/2018, 9:59:22 PMTYPHOON Trami has appeared in an interactive map that has revealed the monster cyclone becomes subtropical and then bizarrely changes to extratropical over Japan as its dangerous winds peak at 136mph. ✔ Examples of infamous subtropical storms are Gilda in 1973, Jose in 1981, Klaus in 1984, Allison in 2001, Lee in 2011, Humberto in 2013 and Tropical Storm Gaemi in 2018 ✔ Japanese media said the storm made landfall near the city of Tanabe ✔ Evacuation orders has been issued to 700,000 homes
Typhoon Trami photos: Shock NASA image shows huge cyclone from SPACE
9/30/2018, 8:14:33 PMTYPHOON Trami has absorbed Japan on a NASA photo of space as millions of people are forced to evacuate the nation as the vengeful storm swooped in with dangerous winds of up to 138mph. ✔ The storm has since become a Category 2 cyclone (Image: Japan Meteorological Agency) Hundreds of flights and train services have been cancelled or suspended along with most local trains and bullet trains ✔ The cards have been made available in six languages - English, Indonesian, Chinese, Spanish, Korean, and Portuguese - and people can point to phrases on the card if they need emergency support
Typhoon Trami DAMAGE latest: Live updates as Tokyo hit by Typhoon Trami
9/30/2018, 8:56:57 PMTYPHOON TRAMI has battered into Japan leaving dozens injured and hundreds of thousands of homes without power. See our live updates as Tokyo wakes up to the devastating effects of the storm. ✔ 9.50pm: Airport closed after Typhoon Trami Kansai International Airport, serving the Osaka region in the west of the country shut two runways because of the storms ovenight The closure took place at 11am on Sunday and is due to reopen on Monday at 6am
Water stored at Fukushima nuclear plant still radioactive
9/30/2018, 10:25:10 PMThe operator of Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant says that much of the radioactive water stored at the plant isn't clean enough and needs further treatment if it is to be released into the ocean. Tokyo Electric Power Co and the government had said that treatment of the water had… ✔ Matsumoto said the plant will treat the water further to ensure contamination levels are reduced to allowable limits ✔ He was responding to growing public criticism and distrust about the status of the water ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Typhoon loses strength as it moves by Tokyo
9/30/2018, 11:53:50 PMTyphoon Trami lost some strength and moved past Tokyo and the surrounding region early Monday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The typhoon weakened after making landfall near Tanabe City, 450 km southwest of Tokyo, on Sunday night, prompting the agency to downgrade it to a "strong" typhoon from an… ✔ Kansai International Airport in Osaka, which was heavily flooded by a typhoon in early September, closed its runways from 11 a.m. on Sunday until 6 a.m. on Monday ✔ Airlines cancelled more than 1,200 flights, public broadcaster NHK said ✔ A woman in her 60s was missing in Miyazaki prefecture, southern Japan, after she was washed away in a paddy irrigation channel, according to NHK
Hurricane Florence plus man-made policies leave a toxic legacy
9/30/2018, 10:32:56 PMWhen flooded coal-ash dumps and pig-waste cesspools poison drinking water and the Trump administration shrugs, that's hog wash: Our view ✔ Florence was the most destructive blow to North Carolina livestock in almost a generation, slaughtering millions of chickens and thousands of hogs ✔ Residents in hurricane-prone states deserve better than collective shrugging and excuse-making about acts of God ✔ If you can't see this reader poll, please refresh your page
London Underground passengers facing weapon SCANS over knife crime hell
9/30/2018, 11:00:31 PMPOLICE are forcing Tube travellers to have weapon scans at stations in a bid to combat the knife crime epidemic. ✔ The move comes after London this year reached 100 homicides faster than at any time during the past decade ✔ It is just a mile from Vallentin Road which has been dubbed Britain’s most dangerous street after 200 serious crimes in the past two years ✔ People are carrying knives to protect themselves from people carrying knives
16 People Whose Expectations Were Ruthlessly Shattered by Reality
9/30/2018, 9:41:37 PMIt is always a little sad when you expect to get one thing, but you actually get something completely different. So, the people from our compilation were amazed by the bananas they got and the eggs that they made. But they had a good laugh and shared their good mood with us. ✔ But they had a good laugh and shared their good mood with us ✔ Bright Side offers you the chance to take a look at 16 funny fails and laugh at them with us ✔ Who knew you could fail this badly at making French macarons ✔ Preview photo credit beingmanicallyme, peoplemagazine
Typhoon Trami: New WARNING as Japan faces SEVENTH typhoon as Kong-rey strengthens
9/30/2018, 8:04:50 PMJAPAN is being battered by Typhoon Trami, causing chaos across the country, but a new threat is now just days away as Typhoon Kong-rey strengthens. ✔ Tokyo residents facing huge winds of Typhoon Trami (Image: GETTY) After threatening the Ryukyu Islands, scenarios for Kong-rey’s expected track around the start of next weekend range from the typhoon targeting Taiwan and/or eastern China or curving northeastward to mainland Japan or the Korean Peninsula
Strictly star vows to never dance again after being kicked off show
9/30/2018, 9:09:33 PMFashionista says she feels bad for "second husband" Anton Du Beke for not giving them more of a chance after judges compared her to a "lamppost" ✔ She made quite an entrance in the first week with this outfit (Image: BBC) She said: If someone is going to give a throwaway comment it would be quite nice to get some constructive advice afterwards ✔ The remaining 14 couples will take part in a Movie Special in the next episode on BBC1, Saturday at 6.30pm
Anton Du Beke 'absolutely fuming' after week one exit
9/30/2018, 11:12:04 PMANTON Du Beke flew into a backstage rage after he and partner Susannah Constantine became the first couple to be booted off Strictly. ✔ There are other bad dancers this year yet he is the one who has gone ✔ Susannah and Anton failed to impress the panel with their foxtrot on Saturday night watched by 9.5million viewers ✔ Former Pussycat Dolls singer Ashley Roberts topped the leader board on Saturday after she and partner Pasha Kovalev wowed the judges with their cha cha to Boogie Wonderland
Packed rally denounces PM’s plan
9/30/2018, 10:51:35 PMSENIOR Conservatives were cheered by party activists last night as they lined up to denounce Theresa May’s Brexit blueprint and called on her to see how an independent UK can once again be a “giant” on the world stage. At a packed conference fringe rally, MPs warned the Prime Minister’s deal agreed with ministers at Chequers would squander the opportunities of leaving the European Union. ✔ Politician Andrea Jenkyns speaks during a pro-Brexit rally organised by the 'Leave Means Leave' (Image: PAUL ELLIS/AFP/Getty Images) Jacob Rees-Mogg, leader of the influential European Research Group of Brexiteer Tory backbenchers was cheered by activists who queued around the conference centre to get into the rally hosted by the Brexit Central website ✔ If Chequers had a slogan it would be not in Europe but run by Europe, he said, twisting a phrase from ex-leader William Hague
Scores of job vacancies at Brexit Department six months before we leave
9/30/2018, 8:12:44 PMEXCLUSIVE: The Department for Exiting the EU released the figures after a freedom of information request ✔ The figures were uncovered through a freedom of information request by the anti-Brexit Best for Britain group ✔ EU leaders meet in Brussels later this month in a last-ditch bid to hammer out a withdrawal agreement after bloc chiefs rejected Theresa May's Chequers plan
Alleged rape victim drops £100k crowdfunding bid to bring 'attacker' to justice after claiming officers didn't investigate her case
9/30/2018, 11:59:48 PMA WOMAN who set up a GoFundMe campaign in efforts to raise £100,000 to privately take down her alleged rapist said that police left her with very few options. Emily Hunt, 39, said that officers “si… ✔ But me and my case fell through every crack there was ✔ Rex Features 3 Hunt, who is a mother to an eight-year-old daughter, is originally from New York Officers were unhappy that Hunt declined to proceed with initial forensic tests ✔ The complaint was independently reviewed by the IPCC and not upheld
'I raised £27k to bring my rapist to justice'
9/30/2018, 9:51:29 PMEmily Hunt, 39 – who was shocked to see police files that reportedly called her ‘obstructive’ and ‘difficult’ – says officers ‘simply did not like me’. ✔ She believes that at some stage she was drugged and can only remember waking alongside the man ✔ Miss Hunt, who has an eight-year-old daughter, was ‘flabbergasted’ by the contents of notebooks, statements and toxicology reports when they were eventually provided by police ✔ The complaint was independently reviewed by the IPCC and not upheld.’
North Carolina Has A Massive Mosquito Problem After Hurricane Florence
9/30/2018, 11:55:10 PMThe governor ordered $4 million for mosquito control as residents battle giant-sized insects that can reportedly bite through two layers of cotton. ✔ The eggs hatch after these areas flood, and within just six days the larvae can develop into adults, according to the University of Florida’s entomology website ✔ The state’s Department of Health and Human Services has also released some tips on how to deal with the mosquito outbreak on its website, which can be found here
Asia Argento calls Rose McGowan 'hungry for money' on Italian TV
9/30/2018, 8:42:48 PMArgento appeared on Non รจ l'Arena a week after Bennett was interviewed on the Italian show. She proclaimed she was 'not guilty' and wanted to get her job back on X-Factor Italy. ✔ 'I've endured all of this headache while still mourning the loss of my beloved partner Anthony Bourdain ✔ 'It was Bourdain who protected me, I was the depressed one ✔ In his letter Bennett threatened to make public the sexual encounter that took place between them in a California hotel room
Jacob Rees-Mogg brands Chequers Brexit plan a dying duck
9/30/2018, 9:10:29 PMThe comments, at a packed fringe meeting at the Tory Party conference in Birmingham, piles yet more pressure on Theresa May who is facing a Tory revolt on Brexit. ✔ Tory MPs tonight lined up to condemn Theresa May's Chequers plan - with leading Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg branding it a 'dying duck' ✔ 'We in government are preparing for every eventuality but it is certainly not something I would contemplate glad of heart.' He said Chequers is 'simply remaining under the yoke of the European Union'
Inside the Beltway: Kavanaugh drama: Buckle up, pay attention
9/30/2018, 10:51:02 PMThe first act is over, but the drama escalates. We’re talking, of course, of Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh’s quest to become a Supreme Court justice — an important event played out on a complex set with a huge cast of characters, myriad distractions and much media orchestration — complete with partisan agenda, timpani drums and hand-wringing. Will this dramatic tableau have an extended run? Maybe. ✔ In the criminal justice system, the FBI investigates by not only gathering information but evaluating it, making judgments about the credibility of witnesses or the truth of what they say, pursuing leads, and offering conclusions or even recommendations
'You pillock! Why didn't you tell me?': How a British music publicist set up Trump team with Kremlin informant
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Analysis | The Trailer: Republicans say they're optimistic in House races. Democrats are acting like it
9/30/2018, 10:19:28 PMRepublicans are pulling money out of races in districts won by Hillary Clinton to spend it in more GOP-heavy areas, a sign of triage that suggests Democratic advantages across the suburbs. ✔ In this edition: The districts that weren't on anyone's map ✔ Republicans have not had to worry much about Fredericksburg, or the 21st District ✔ several hours until the final quarterly FEC deadline of the cycle .. ✔ six days, allegedly, until the FBI wraps up the Kavanaugh probe ..
The Year The Networks Finally Embraced Diversity
9/30/2018, 9:16:19 PMIt's not just one show, it's not just one network: For the first time in network TV history, shows with actors of color in lead roles outnumber shows with predominantly white casts. ✔ I Feel Bad is based on the 2017 book of the same name by Orli Auslander, and was developed for television by the Indian American writer Aseem Batra ✔ I do feel there has been a shift in a positive direction in the 14 years I've been working in television
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