Italy EARTHQUAKE: Sicily rocked by six quakes in a week - Could Mount Etna ERUPT?
11/1/2018, 1:03:48 PMTWO earthquakes have struck off the coast of Sicily, where the potentially catastrophic Mount Etna – Europe’s largest active volcano – is located. ✔ The first came yesterday at 7.22 PM when a magnitude 2.4 rumbled while a 3.2 tremor was recorded in the early hours of this morning at 1.14 am ✔ Its frequent eruptions are often accompanied by large lava flows, but rarely pose danger to inhabited areas ✔ The results of this study suggest Etna's flank movement in fact poses a greater hazard than previously thought
Hurricane Oscar's remnants bringing three inches of rain and fierce gales to UK
11/1/2018, 1:11:45 PMThe Met Office has issued a severe weather warning, saying roads could flood and train services could be disrupted ✔ It will also be less cold with temperatures peaking in the mid-teens in many areas ✔ Read More Surviving the cold weather Get all your winter warmers free Is your boiler doomed to failure How Lidl cling film could save you £100 Winter risks to your car 10 ways to keep warm for less Winter risks to your home The company that's insulating homes free Cold Weather Payments - who qualifies
A San Andreas fault mystery: The 'slow-moving disaster' in an area where the Big One is feared - Los Angeles Times
11/1/2018, 12:19:12 PMA mysterious, slow moving natural disaster is threatening a railroad, pipeline and highway in California. ✔ Geologically, how mud springs form is somewhat similar to how sinkholes form movement of liquid deep underground that undermines the earth’s surface, Hudnut said ✔ A cavity forms underground, and expands upward until it breaks through to the surface, forming a circular pit that gets larger as it continues to erode from below ✔ But its slow place should give agencies and companies plenty of time to prepare
Kim Kardashian unleashes curves in racy Pamela Anderson tribute — but disaster strikes
11/1/2018, 3:38:20 PMKIM Kardashian didn't have the successful Halloween she most likely hoped for. ✔ KIM KARDASHIAN INSTAGRAM: The KUWTK starlet dressed up as Pamela Anderson in a low-cut corset (Pic: Instagram) CURVES THE WORD: The starlet no doubt turned heads in the figure-hugging ensemble (Pic: Instagram) CRUISING: Kim's BFF Jonathan Cheban dressed up as Pammie's ex Tommy Lee (Pic: Instagram) Too young to know
CNN presenter Don Lemon says 'the biggest terror threat in this country is white men'
11/1/2018, 2:14:10 PMAlmost twice as many US terror incidents in past decade carried out by right-wing white extremists than other groups ✔ Disgusting! Imagine the outrage if you changed ‘white men’ with any other demographic ✔ Pictured here are the smashed windows of an office tower in Hong Kong ✔ Dozens of activists have been living in treehouses, but are now being forced out after tensions rose between them and energy company RWE, which plans to expand its coal mine further into the remaining woodland AFP/Getty 48/50 14 September 2018 Speaking in Malmo today, the Dalai Lama stated I think Europe belongs to Europeans and suggested that refugees should focus on returning home and developing their home countries Reuters 49/50 13 September 2018 Preparations for Hurricane Florence, expected to make land on Friday, continue in North and South Carolina and Viriginia ✔ A study from the New America Foundation showed similar findings
Trump releases one of most racist political adverts for decades on eve of election
11/1/2018, 2:39:20 PMPresident seizing on immigration issue days before polls ✔ Over 1 million people have been evacuated leading up to the arrival of the category 4 storm Getty 50/50 12 September 2018 Um Majid, left, tries an improvised gas mask on family members in her home in Binnish in Syria's rebel-held northern Idlib province as part of preparations for any upcoming raids
Facebook and Instagram ban Proud Boys groups
11/1/2018, 12:13:53 PMSocial media giants as private companies, can choose what content to allow. ✔ Dozens of activists have been living in treehouses, but are now being forced out after tensions rose between them and energy company RWE, which plans to expand its coal mine further into the remaining woodland AFP/Getty 48/50 14 September 2018 Speaking in Malmo today, the Dalai Lama stated I think Europe belongs to Europeans and suggested that refugees should focus on returning home and developing their home countries Reuters 49/50 13 September 2018 Preparations for Hurricane Florence, expected to make land on Friday, continue in North and South Carolina and Viriginia
Books where no women are assaulted, exploited or murdered shortlisted for £2k prize
11/1/2018, 2:14:30 PMInaugural award accused of censorship and 'missing the point' ✔ The flight was en route to Pangkal Pinang, and reportedly had 189 people onboard EPA 4/50 28 October 2018 A supporter of Workers' Party presidential candidate Fernando Haddad embraces a fellow weeping supporter, after learning that rival Jair Bolsonaro was declared the winner in the Brazil presidential runoff election
Trump calls Constitutional citizenship protections a 'crazy policy'
11/1/2018, 12:13:57 PM'A vote for Democrat is a vote to liquidate America’s borders,' president tells crowd ✔ According to local sources, 20 Palestinians were wounded during clashes as dozens try to defiance the Israeli order to shut down the school EPA 18/50 14 October 2018 Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after winning his men's final singles match against Croatia's Borna Coric at the Shanghai Masters
BBC Weather: Europe braces for SEVERE flooding with thunderstorms and heavy snow
11/1/2018, 3:38:27 PMBBC WEATHER has forecast parts of Europe to be hit with dangerous flooding in the coming days, with torrential rainfall and strong winds with some snowfall predicted across higher ground. ✔ She added: For Saturday, more of those heavy showers through the central Mediterranean into northern parts of Italy, and across the Alpine region where we are expecting more snowfall ✔ Coral’s Harry Aitkenhead said: Storm Oscar is set to make sure that next month arrives with a deluge of rain and with several inches forecast so early in the month it’s left us with no choice but to cut our odds on the wettest November we’ve ever seen
Ibiza turns into ‘poo river’ after city’s sewage system FAILS
11/1/2018, 12:37:11 PMTOURISTS in Ibiza woke up to more than a hangover this week after flooded sewers left streets covered in human turd. ✔ One Twitter user exclaimed: Poo river in the streets of Ibiza! Spanish media said after the heavy rain dumping of excrement took place in the city centre ✔ The bad weather led to flight delays as planes were forced to divert to airports on the Spanish mainland including some from Stansted, which landed in Alicante instead
Meghan Markle royal tour highlights: Best moments, pictures and videos from Australia trip
11/1/2018, 2:09:29 PMMEGHAN Markle and Prince Harry are heading back to London after their, massively successful first major Royal tour. Here are all the highlights. ✔ He later told the crowd: I have been so proud to be able to introduce my wife to you and we have been so happy to be able to celebrate the personal joy of our newest addition with you all ✔ - Parliament was briefly suspended when a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck ✔ Your life is going to be sorted, don’t you worry about that
Analysis | The Energy 202: New Trump-chosen chair of independent energy agency promises to avoid politics
11/1/2018, 12:47:03 PM"I evolved into the role," Neil Chatterjee said. ✔ He could not be more strenuous in saying that politics should not be allowed to interfere with the work of the commission, Chatterjee said, and that has really helped me grow in my role as I’ve made the transition from formerly partisan legislative aide to independent regulator
Former Maldives president who sought asylum in UK returns
11/1/2018, 1:28:07 PMMohamed Nasheed went into exile after being jailed on dubious terror offences ✔ Scores of other opposition leaders, activists and judges were also jailed during Yameen’s rule – including the country’s chief justice after he quashed Nasheed’s conviction in February this year ✔ Among other changes, he is expected to take the Maldives back into the Commonwealth, which Yameen left in 2016 after the body called him out for various human rights abuses
Yes, Macron's ‘private’ letter to Cameroon's Biya is authentic
11/1/2018, 12:58:07 PMFollow international news through our Observers' amateur images and eyewitness testimony. All the content is verified and explained by our journalists. ✔ One Cameroonian site listed three details that raised suspicions: the letter did not contain the official emblems of the French state; the signature looked different from Macron’s usual signature; and finally, the letter was dated October 25, but was published on Biya’s official Facebook page four days later, a delay that some found odd
The short version: What we found about the dangers of natural gas pipelines
11/1/2018, 12:03:11 PMUtilities' plans to upgrade natural gas pipelines are often secret, so there's little transparency about how utilities are managing the risk. ✔ More than 2.2 million miles of pipelines run below our streets carrying natural gas into our homes and businesses ✔ And that is in large part what his happening here, says Sen ✔ One Environmental Protection Agency estimate in 2014 put the annual cost of the leaked gas itself at $194 million a year
Jeremy Corbyn warned over Labour fortunes in Brexit-backing heartlands
11/1/2018, 1:45:02 PMSeventy-per-cent of Labour-held constituencies voted to quit the EU ✔ Gisela Stuart campaigned to quit the bloc (Image: Daily Mirror) Ms Stuart and Boris Johnson fought to leave the EU (Image: Sky News) The second one is we have allowed Labour Leavers in particular to be demonised; the kind of language which comes out – 'they're all old, they didn't know any better because they're weren't terribly bright, and they're all racist'
Divers recover Lion Air jet's data recorder from Indonesia seafloor - Los Angeles Times
11/1/2018, 2:19:39 PMDivers recovered the crashed Lion Air jet's flight data recorder from the seafloor on Thursday, a crucial development in the investigation into what caused the 2-month-old plane to plunge into Indonesian seas. ✔ It was the worst airline disaster in Indonesia in more than two decades and renewed concerns about safety in its fast-growing aviation industry, which was recently removed from European Union and U.S. blacklists ✔ The flight data recorder was recovered from a depth of 98 feet, about 1,640 feet northwest from where the plane lost contact, said search-and-rescue agency head Muhammad Syaugi
Labour will be wiped off the map by furious Leave voters if they block Brexit, party veteran warns Corbyn
11/1/2018, 3:58:11 PMLABOUR could be wiped off the map if the party tries to block Brexit, Jeremy Corbyn was warned today. Party veterans claimed the leftie leader is turning off Leave voters with his metropolitan agen… ✔ We shouldn't forget our roots, because if we also do that in England then we have a problem ✔ Ms Hoey said: I would be very confident that he wants to leave the EU and that he probably, and John McDonnell, see the opportunities that it gives to have a genuinely socialist government by leaving the EU and leaving it properly ✔ At Labour conference in September, delegates voted for a new policy demanding a so-called people's vote if Theresa May refuses to call an election
I'm A Celebrity star date 'CONFIRMED' by ITV
11/1/2018, 12:56:33 PMITV have reportedly confirmed that I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here will return to our TV screens in less than three weeks, with TV Insiders pinning the start date as Sunday 18 November. ✔ Previously speaking about her addition to I'm A Celebrity, Holly said she 'couldn't have been more excited' to fill Ant's shoes, as she declared: 'These are big shoes, not to fill, but just to keep warm for a little bit.' Taking a break: Holly will be absent from This Morning for five weeks, with Rochelle Humes co-hosting alongside Phillip Schofield while she is away Close: Holly revealed that she had called her Phil to ask him for his permission before taking the exciting I'm A Celeb opportunity Dec added: 'I am hugely grateful to Holly for agreeing to accompany me to Australia this year
Malaysian authorities seek former prime minister's British 'PR guru' in fraud probe
11/1/2018, 3:37:35 PMMalaysia’s anti-corruption body is hunting for a British PR consultant in connection with a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that helped bring down the previous government. ✔ Malaysia’s anti-corruption body is hunting for a British PR consultant in connection with a multi-billion-dollar financial scandal that helped bring down the previous government ✔ The company reportedly lost the contract after disquiet in the majority-Muslim country over its perceived links to Israel, but Mr Stadlen stayed on
Trump praises Fox News' 'fair' coverage as network get higher ratings than CNN and MSNBC combined
11/1/2018, 2:39:19 PMUS President repeatedly takes aim at news organisations that he believes do not cover him in a favourable light ✔ Overall for October, Fox averaged 2.8 million total viewers in prime time while MSNBC got 1.58 million and CNN 931,000, according to Nielsen Media Research ✔ Conveniently, he says that all of those illegal votes went to Ms Clinton ✔ The only person responsible for carrying out either of these heinous acts were the individual who carried it out
Weekend Picks for Nov. 1-4: Dia de los Muertos, Morrissey and more - Los Angeles Times
11/1/2018, 1:12:08 PMWeekend Picks for Nov. 1-4: Dia de los Muertos at 24th Street Theatre; Morrissey and Joan Jett at Microsoft Theatre; toy piano specialist Margaret Leng Tan at REDCAT; Alonzo King Lines Ballet at the Wallis; Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company at UCLA's Royce Hall; "Three Tales" at Long Beach Opera ✔ www.thewallis.org Elsewhere, the Center for Performance at UCLA offers Analogy Trilogy, an epic new three-part work from Bill T ✔ Mantell’s re-imagining of the Bard’s The Merchant of Venice from both Jewish and feminist perspectives ✔ (Jenny Graham) It’s grand on Grand, so bring the fam
Indonesian investigators examine black box from crashed jet
11/1/2018, 2:57:49 PMIndonesian authorities said they would immediately begin examining a damaged bla... ✔ What is important for us is to get more information about the victims because having their remains back is important for us so we can bury them properly, said Ade Inyo, whose brother-in-law was on the flight ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Divers recover black box from wreckage of doomed Lion Air flight in sea
11/1/2018, 12:01:56 PMDIVERS have recovered the black box from the wreckage of the doomed Lion Air flight after it crashed into the seal killing all 189 people on board. The flight recorder could provide clues to what h… ✔ Data from flight-tracking sites show the plane had erratic speed and altitude in the early minutes of a flight on Sunday and on its fatal flight Monday ✔ If found, the fuselage would be lifted using a crane, because of the many bodies likely to be trapped inside, Muhammad Syaugi, the chief of Indonesia's search and rescue agency, said on Tuesday
Exclusive: Pilot radioed alert on doomed Indonesian jet's previous...
11/1/2018, 2:40:04 PMThe pilot of a Lion Air flight from Indonesia's Bali island on Sunday made ... ✔ Pilots use ‘Pan-Pan’ calls to flag urgent situations ✔ The country’s second-deadliest air disaster since 1997 has renewed concern about Indonesia’s patchy aviation safety record ✔ It will also put a spotlight on Boeing’s 737 MAX, which was introduced into commercial service last year and until Monday had an accident-free record ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Migrant caravan persists on foot in Mexico after bus plan falls through
11/1/2018, 2:05:17 PMMigrant caravan coordinators blamed the Mexican federal government with blocking a plan to have buses transport thousands of migrants to the capital. ✔ Spencer Platt, Getty Images Fullscreen Thousands of Central American migrants traveling in a caravan that President Trump wants to stop at the US border began arriving in the city of Juchitan de Zaragoza before dawn on Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2018 in the state of Oaxaca in southern Mexico
All about Harvey Weinstein's millions and the hit films he produced
11/1/2018, 3:30:28 PMHARVEY Weinstein faces sexual misconduct accusations from almost 100 women. The movie mogul has been behind a string of hit films and made a fortune in the process. Here’s what we know. What … ✔ One alleged victim, who has not been identified publicly, told investigators that Weinstein cornered her in a hotel room and raped her ✔ The company avoided bankruptcy at the 11th hour thanks to a £363 million takeover led by Maria Contreras-Sweet, a former senior official in Barack Obama's administration
James Bond villain suits: Which 007 nemesis had the best fashion sense?
11/1/2018, 12:50:21 PMJAMES BOND villains have sported a varying fashion sense over the years, but who had the best wardrobe? ✔ When it comes to style, the elegant, tailored suits of everyone’s favourite Double-O agent spring to mind ✔ But a fashionable hero demands an equally well-dressed villain ✔ Bond usually has something to contrast within his clothes (usually his choice of white shirt)
Analysis | The Cybersecurity 202: There is more phony political news on social media now than in 2016, report says
11/1/2018, 12:14:53 PMBut Twitter and Facebook dispute the study's methodology. ✔ (Daniel Acker/ Bloomberg) PINGED: The Trump administration on Wednesday insisted law enforcement and intelligence agencies will be sharing information about any possible threats with state officials on Election Day next week ✔ EASTER EGGS How social media is changing the presidency: The life of the first woman Supreme Court justice: Kanye West and conservatives, explained:
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