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Indonesia quake death toll over than 2000

10/21/2018, 4:00:13 AM
The death toll from the earthquake that struck Indonesia's Central Sulawesi province last month has reached more than 2000. ✔ He added that even though the search efforts to look for casualties were officially stopped on October 12, members of search and rescue parties clearing out the rubble of damaged properties continue to find bodies under the ruins ✔ DPA Earthquake Indonesia Most Viewed in World Loading Please explain Our weekly podcast giving you insight into the stories that drive the nation



TIM MONTGOMERIE: Cancelling Brexit will be a disaster

10/21/2018, 12:15:40 AM
There is no way back. A reversal now would amount to a national humiliation. The world will have watched the Government fail to govern themselves, writes TIM MONTGOMERIE. ✔ Was I affected by the summer heat on that glad confident morning of June 24, 2016 ✔ Or had that big bottle of celebratory bubbly bought by a friend been, well, a bit too big ✔ And let’s return to those 17,410,742 Leave voters – a somewhat bigger number than protested yesterday



Ex-India state official: Most train victims migrant workers

10/21/2018, 3:13:49 AM
NEW DELHI--Most of the casualties in a train disaster that killed dozens of people in northern India ✔ A local branch of the Indian National Congress party had organized the event at a clearing near the railway tracks on the outskirts of Amritsar ✔ As the fireworks started, the crowd moved backward onto the tracks for a better view when two trains crossed in opposite directions, giving people little opportunity to escape



Westminster security guards in porn probe after virus spreads

10/20/2018, 9:30:41 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Staff from the Security Parliamentary Department were sent disciplinary letters after links to sleazy sites invaded computer logs ✔ One guard is believed to have spread a virus by watching porn (Image: iStockphoto) Read More Westminster bullying: 12 people are abusing others and 'getting away with it', claims Jess Phillips A source said: The guards involved are absolutely furious



Voter message to the Liberals is clear: turn back to the people

10/21/2018, 12:10:27 AM
Sometimes after elections and byelections, earnest analysis by experts is called for. But not this time. ✔ Opinion Politics Federal Byelection Voter message to the Liberals is clear: turn back to the people By Peter FitzSimons21 October 2018 9:18am Normal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text size Sometimes after elections and byelections, earnest analysis by experts is called for ✔ Loading Graham Richardson put it well on Sky in last night’s coverage: if the Libs can’t hold Wentworth, the blue-est of all blue ribbon seats in Australian political history, just what can they hold



Japan to invite ASEAN air force officers to observe SDF training

10/20/2018, 10:07:52 PM
Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya said Saturday that Tokyo will invite commissioned air force officers from every member state of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to observe Air Self-Defense Force training. "The Indo-Pacific region is facing complicated security issues, and we need to collectively deal with them," Iwaya told… ✔ Iwaya also expressed his willingness to invite field officers to the Self-Defense Forces' tabletop exercises while expanding Japan's humanitarian and disaster-relief support to the region ✔ The ministers noted that this year marks the 45th year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation, and commended the significant progress in all areas of political-security, economic, and socio-cultural cooperation



Ed Sheeran gets swept off his feet by Security Kev

10/20/2018, 9:36:20 PM
The Shape Of You singer, 27, and burly Kevin Myers recreated the iconic poster, inset above, for the 1992 hit film The Bodyguard, starring Kevin Costner and Whitney Houston. ✔ Ed Sheeran is an old softie at heart, so I wasn’t surprised to see him share this romantic pose with his bodyguard ✔ Kev has nearly a million followers of his own on the social media site and regularly posts funny pictures of himself with the star ✔ Meanwhile, Hayley picked the same colour, but looked like a disaster waiting to happen



Melting glacier in China draws tourists, climate worries

10/21/2018, 2:59:10 AM
YULONGXUESHAN, China--The loud crack rang out from the fog above the Baishui No. 1 Glacier as a ston ✔ Chen hiked away and onto a barren landscape once buried beneath the glacier ✔ The team operates remote sensors that collect data on temperature, wind speed, rainfall, and humidity ✔ Only when we climb up can we see it, he said sadly, as tourists lined up to have their names engraved on medallions bearing the glacier's image



Theresa May warned of leadership coup if there's no Brexit deal by Christmas

10/21/2018, 12:44:01 AM
THERESA May has been warned she will face a snap leadership coup if she fails to win a Brexit deal by Christmas. Tory big guns fear the PM would be out of her depth to handle the chaos of a cliff-e… ✔ The ultimatum effectively gives the PM until Christmas to get back on track ✔ It follows a week of turmoil in which Tory MP Johnny Mercer – a Remainer – branded the her government a s***show ✔ RING us on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



Toddler, two, SCALPED after being dragged 35ft under family friend's car

10/20/2018, 9:29:31 PM
A TODDLER had a miracle escape after being SCALPED by a reversing car outside his house. Sage Wilson, two, suffered horrendous head injuries after a family friend accidentally drove over him in her… ✔ Doctors said they urgently needed to get him into surgery to remove the gravel and debris from his skull and wound ✔ SWNS:South West News Service 12 Mum Jamie Wilson had popped to the bathroom for five minutes when disaster struck SWNS:South West News Service 12 X-ray shows Sage had suffered a fractured skull SWNS:South West News Service 12 He has been scarred for life and hair will never grow back on one side of his head SWNS:South West News Service 12 Dad Blake with his son before the incident in Texas Safe was in surgery for three hours and was lucky a rock had not hit a major blood vessel ✔ To donate to Sage's fund visit: https://www.gofundme.com/pray-for-sage



Down With the Year of the Woman

10/20/2018, 11:26:09 PM
We need to normalize female politicians, not act as though they’re unicorns. And if someone says “pink wave” again, I’m going to dry heave. ✔ How does Mikie Sherrill, a Democrat candidate for Congress in New Jersey, balance raising young children with campaigning ✔ Candidates Struggling in Key Battlegrounds, With House at Stake Opinion: A Saudi Prince’s Fairy Tale Saudi Explanation of Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing Fails to Squelch Skepticism Mount Athos, a Male-Only Holy Retreat, Is Ruffled by Tourists and Russia Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Affirmative Action Trial Opinion: What if the Republicans Win Everything Again



We need the backbone of Thatcher to deal with these European bully boys

10/21/2018, 1:21:40 AM
In 2016, 17.4 million British voters called on us to take back control of our laws, borders, money and trade from the EU and to transform our country into a self-governing, free-trading nation, onc… ✔ After all, just imagine what we could do with that extra money; for every £1bn we could get 10,000 more doctors and 23,000 more nurses or 20,000 more police officers, the list goes on ✔ Now just imagine what we could do with £15billion, we could fund things like Universal Credit properly, schools, hospitals and other public services ✔ As the song has it, Britons never, never, never will be slaves



Opinion | Fear of a Black Continent

10/20/2018, 11:26:14 PM
Why European elites are worrying about African babies. ✔ This trend would have revived a certain kind of population-bomb anxiety no matter what, but the anxiety in Europe is a little more specific than that because over the same period, Europe’s population is likely to drop by about one hundred million ✔ Candidates Struggling in Key Battlegrounds, With House at Stake Opinion: A Saudi Prince’s Fairy Tale Saudi Explanation of Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing Fails to Squelch Skepticism Mount Athos, a Male-Only Holy Retreat, Is Ruffled by Tourists and Russia Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Affirmative Action Trial Opinion: What if the Republicans Win Everything Again



Apology leaves abuse survivors 'somewhere between cynical and glad'

10/21/2018, 12:10:51 AM
Our five-year-long Royal Commission found institutional child sexual abuse was a difficult to comprehend national disgrace. Today, the nation will apologise. ✔ As a teenager, Alan was groomed and sexually abused by one of the people involved in the scout group and musical theatre at the home ✔ The National Apology;   Lifeline: 13 11 14; 1800 Respect National Sexual Assault and Family Violence Counselling Service: 1800 737 732



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