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Roof-climbing horse that survived flood returns home

11/2/2018, 8:26:46 AM
KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture--A horse that survived the deadly flooding in western Japan in July by ✔ KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture--A horse that survived the deadly flooding in western Japan in July by somehow climbing to the roof of a house returned home on Nov. 1 to a hero’s welcome ✔ Leaf disappeared when rain inundated a farm at the facility on July 7



Hurricane Oscar aftermath to batter Britain with heavy rain and strong winds

11/2/2018, 8:30:40 AM
A weather warning has been issued by the Met Office for western Scotland on Saturday, as many plan to enjoy firework displays around the country ✔ The Met Office forecaster said they have a weather warning for western Scotland on Saturday where there will be heavy rain ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Inside secret novichok town 'Chilling murder-suicide call' College sacks caretaker over t*** rant 'We want justice for Jamie' 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



BBC Weather: Britain braced for -5C FREEZING temperatures as Storm Oscar approaches

11/2/2018, 8:49:44 AM
BBC WEATHER forecast a cold start UK wide this morning, with frost for most and temperatures as low as -5C, as the remnants of Hurricane Oscar will pass between Britain and Iceland over the weekend, bringing gales and heavy rain to some parts. ✔ Most people across the UK can expect to be scraping frost off their cars this morning, with temperatures dipping below freezing in anticipation of Storm Oscar heading towards Britain this weekend ✔ BBC weather: Saturday will bring gals and heavy rain to some parts of the UK (Image: BBC ) Dry for much of England and Wales, and cold and clear towards the south and east



D.C.-area forecast: Showers and storms with downpours eyeing this afternoon and evening

11/2/2018, 10:42:15 AM
It might be a rough commute home. At least we clear tomorrow and calm down further into Sunday. ✔ Camden Walker November 2 at 5:00 AM TODAY’S DAILY DIGIT 6/10: It’s hard to grade too tough on a Friday! Sure, it’s muggy, but NOT hot ✔ View the current weather at The Washington Post ✔ Brisk west-northwest winds near 25 mph make coats and dressing in layers a great idea



Holidaymakers' bogus food poisoning scam foiled by 'best holiday' Facebook posts

11/2/2018, 9:20:19 AM
Michael Jameson, Jane Weir, Claire Elizabeth Weir and Janet Louise Weir invented a holiday sickness claim which could have cost Jet2 £45,000 in compensation ✔ The family wrote on Facebook they had the 'best holiday ever' in Benidorm (file image) (Image: Getty Images/Flickr RM) According to medical reports that accompanied the claim, they were supposed to be suffering from diarrhoea, stomach pain and cramps when the posts were uploaded



Japan fears 5ft-high island on northern coast has been washed away

11/2/2018, 11:59:55 AM
The island of Esambe Hanakita Kojima was visible from the very northern tip of Japan's northern Hokkaido island but authorities fear it has gone. ✔ A small part of Japan may have been wiped off the map as officials fear an island off the country's northern coast has been washed away ✔ A fishing group sent out a team of boats to check on the island but they reportedly could not find it ✔ And in 2013, a volcanic island appeared around 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) south of Tokyo, engulfing an existing island and continuing to grow



MPs are not impressed David Cameron might return to politics

11/2/2018, 9:58:54 AM
Tom Watson said it would be "outrageous" for the former PM to make a come back ✔ No David please stay in retirement you caused enough damage last time ✔ Read More Top UK politics stories Medical cannabis available on the NHS Strict new rules on carrying acid Brexit deal 'should be done by Nov 21' Budget 2018 - all you need to know



Picfair’s Women Behind the Lens 2018 – in pictures

11/2/2018, 8:36:18 AM
Open photography platform Picfair’s second annual Women Behind the Lens competition ✔ Shot in Sweden on a crisp winter day Photograph: Anna Rebecka Lindberg Nature: Dragonfly Perched on Red Flower Dragonfly perching on a red button ginger flower ( Costus woodsonii ) over a black background, taken at a forest reserved in Johor, Malaysia Photograph: Niney Azman Nature: Pair of European Bee-eaters Sitting on a Branch This pair of European bee-eaters were sitting on a tree branch in a national park in Hungary



As China soy demand wavers, U.S. farmers turn back to grains

11/2/2018, 11:21:07 AM
Since the mid-2000s, North Dakota farmer Paul Thomas has planted more of his lan... ✔ Aron Carlson, president of the Illinois Corn Growers Association, devoted nearly half of his 3,600 acres to soybeans this year but plans to cut back ✔ He said he may increase corn planting by up to 20 percent at his farm in northern Illinois ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Ocean Cleanup system arrives at Great Pacific Garbage Patch, starts cleaning up plastic

11/2/2018, 9:20:22 AM
After three weeks of testing and travel, the Ocean Cleanup system has arrived at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to pick up plastic pollution. ✔ (Photo: Martin Klimek/USA TODAY) Although it’s officially titled System 001, the crew dubbed the trash-collecting system Wilson after the volleyball Tom Hanks turns into a companion in the movie Cast Away when he’s lost on a deserted island in the middle of the Pacific



They'll Love Me When I'm Dead review – exasperating Orson Welles documentary

11/2/2018, 8:07:52 AM
Imitating the chaos that blighted the making of Welles’ ‘lost’ masterpiece, this misconceived Netflix oddity can’t compare to the anarchic real thing ✔ This tricksy, exasperating and strangely unenlightening film, with its pointless fictional narrator played by Alan Cumming, purports to tell the story of Orson Welles’s mysterious lost masterpiece, The Other Side of the Wind ✔ John Huston played the Wellesian director, and Welles’s own great protege Peter Bogdanovich played an acolyte



Now Argos unveils its festive advert – featuring a ‘Christmas fool’

11/2/2018, 9:56:41 AM
The ad airs for the first time tonight during Coronation Street on ITV and Gogglebox on Channel 4 from 9pm and features a not-so-festive protagonist in the form of the 'Christmas fool.' ✔ There may still be seven weeks until Christmas but retailers are already seeking to win consumers' hearts and ultimately their wallets with their festive adverts ✔ The festive campaign - entitled The Magic of Christmas Upgraded - debuted on ITV on Thursday during Emmerdale, featuring the carol Good King Wenceslas as the soundtrack



Myanmar by-elections a test for leader buffeted by crises

11/2/2018, 9:45:07 AM
Asked what Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has changed since becoming Myanmar�... ✔ Toshifumi Kitamura/Pool via Reuters But beyond the city limits, near-perpetual civil war rumbles on ✔ It’s not easy to achieve that by walking alone, by herself, she said ✔ Organisation for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



REVEALED: THIS is the date when UK parliament will get to VOTE on the final Brexit deal

11/2/2018, 11:04:22 AM
PARLIAMENT will have to wait until Christmas Eve to get a vote on the final Brexit deal if an agreement is secured in December, a BBC journalist revealed. ✔ That is what she will summon up, the sort of Churchillian back me or it’s disaster ✔ But, officials insisted that many issues still need to be resolved before an agreement between the UK and EU is secured ✔ The EU 27 will also have to sign off on Brexit before the decision can be fully implemented



Analysis | And what does it take to build climate resilience – especially among the world’s most vulnerable?

11/2/2018, 9:13:56 AM
Migrants from Central America, African farmers and Hurricane Michael survivors all face the challenges of climate change. ✔ But what are the best ways to share this type of information, and make sure it gets to the most vulnerable members of society ✔ Does access to climate and weather information foster resilience among farmers ✔ Chesney McOmber is post-doctoral associate at the University of Florida



Boris Johnson 'has given up on being PM'

11/2/2018, 10:59:50 AM
Former foreign secretary Boris Johnson is widely seen as the leading agitator against Theresa May's leadership after more than a decade of signals he wants the top job. ✔ Mr Johnson still hopes to be 'in the mix' for a Cabinet post under whoever succeeds Mrs May as Tory leader and Prime Minister ✔ Having called an event to launch his bid (pictured) in alliance with Michael Gove, Mr Johson's Vote Leave comrade turned against him at the 11th hour branding him not up to the job



A blue wave's biggest impact could be in the states - Los Angeles Times

11/2/2018, 11:10:23 AM
Democrats lost more than 1,000 state legislative seats in the last decade. The policy consequences have been huge, with Republicans controlling more state government than at any time in history. Now, Democrats are poised to wrest back several key chambers. ✔ The Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee has identified 17 seats nationwide that are key to flipping eight legislative chambers ✔ This for a job that pays an annual salary of $30,000 ✔ The latest look at the Trump administration and the rest of Washington »



New details highlight Lion Air jet’s problems before crash

11/2/2018, 9:46:52 AM
JAKARTA--New details about the crashed Lion Air's jet previous flight have cast more doubt on the In ✔ Investigators say that is also indicated by the search and rescue effort finding many body parts rather than intact victims ✔ Satmiko said investigators had already contacted the pilot of the plane's Sunday flight ✔ It has been expanding aggressively in Southeast Asia, a fast-growing region of more than 600 million people



Yemen's displaced struggle to survive on leaves, moldy bread crumbs

11/2/2018, 9:11:55 AM
Millions of Yemenis have lost everything in nearly four years of civil war, which has pushed the country of 29 million people to the brink of famine ✔ The humanitarian disaster has come as the U.S.-backed Saudi-led coalition since 2015 has waged a relentless campaign of airstrikes and imposed a blockade, aiming to uproot Shiite rebels known as Houthis, who took over northern and central Yemen ✔ Doctors Without Borders said it is ready to deploy mobile medical teams around the area every day but has only received permission from Houthi authorities for seven days the past month



Location, Location, Location star Phil Spencer reveals unusual property must-have for 2018

11/2/2018, 10:56:59 AM
PHIL SPENCER is one of the most recognisable faces on British television, having presented the hit show Location, Location, Location since 2000. The Kent native is a property aficionado, and revealed what he thinks is the property must have for 2018 - does your home have one? ✔ But home sustainability doesn’t mean solar panels, wind farms and going off-grid, it can be as simple as ensuring your home is energy efficient ✔ Buyers or visitors will be able to see a mile off DIY mistakes and then that could make them think the whole house isn’t up to scratch ✔ A lick of paint goes a long way, and re-carpeting, both are easy to do, with very little cost



Lion Air plane 'destroyed' on sea bed after 'tremendous speed' crash

11/2/2018, 11:08:12 AM
Indonesian officials said the Lion Air jet which crashed on Monday was 'totally destroyed' by the impact while warning that victims' bodies may have been washed away after being torn apart. ✔ Search teams have also determined the location of part of the plane's engine, authorities said ✔ The worst disaster in Indonesia's aviation history left 234 dead in 1997 when an Airbus A-300B4 operated by national carrier Garuda Indonesia crashed in a smog-shrouded ravine in North Sumatra, just short of the airport



In this California House race, water is 'lifeblood.' Will an edge on the issue give Denham a boost? - Los Angeles Times

11/2/2018, 11:58:18 AM
For years, Republican Jeff Denham has cultivated a reputation as an advocate for brining more water to the San Joaquin Valley. Will that boost his chances against his Democratic challenger in the tightest race he has faced since taking the 10th congressional district seat? ✔ Jake Wenger grows walnuts on land where early settlers arrived in search of gold and instead found rich soil ✔ Both Denham and Harder have seized on the water concerns ✔ Still, in an area where partisan rifts reflect the country’s divide, a trending blue wave could tilt the odds in Harder’s favor



Opinion | The Civil Rights Movement Is On The Ballot This November

11/2/2018, 11:37:15 AM
Republicans all over the country are trying undo the work of the civil rights movement by making it harder for racial minorities to vote. ✔ In far too many cases, Americans are blocked from exercising that right ✔ This piece is part of that series, Democracy Denied ✔ They must hold themselves to a higher standard of civil engagement than that of the Jim Crow era ✔ Porsha White is the Georgia State Director for Let America Vote



Far-right British politician Nigel Farage talks Islam, 'Brexit' and whether there's a rise in hate crimes - Los Angeles Times

11/2/2018, 10:10:16 AM
Nigel Farage isn't a household name in the U.S., but the far-right politician was one of the masterminds behind Britain's vote to leave the European Union. He sat down with the Los Angeles Times to discuss life two years after the "Brexit" vote as well as other pressing issues. ✔ After his victory, Farage began to help Donald Trump’s campaign during the 2016 presidential election ✔ You gave a defiant speech at the European Parliament after the country voted to leave the European Union ✔ What do you think of Trump pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal



A tale of two Gulf crown princes

11/2/2018, 8:34:48 AM
The fallout of Khashoggi's murder is also threatening the interests of UAE's Mohammed bin Zayed. ✔ It is the Saudis who are blamed for the blockade that is preventing food and medical supplies from getting to a population on the brink of the worst humanitarian disaster in the world ✔ And it is the Saudis who are primarily stuck with trying to subdue the Houthis, a task which they have signally failed to achieve ✔ ABOUT THE AUTHOR Bill Law Bill Law is a Middle East analyst



An ‘invasion of illegal aliens': The oldest immigration fear-mongering metaphor in America

11/2/2018, 11:17:03 AM
Politicians have been warning of an "invasion" of illegal immigrants for decades before President Trump. ✔ It was thought, he wrote, that a literacy test would reduce immigration from southern and eastern Europe, which was sending an 'alarming number of illiterates, paupers, criminals, and madmen who endangered American character and citizenship ✔ This is an invasion, and nobody is even questioning that



7 Situations When We Need to Turn On Jerkiness to Have a Happy Family

11/2/2018, 11:45:25 AM
According to scientists, relationships that don’t have care, compromise, and love in them can hardly be called healthy. Still, those features are not the key to happiness. Some people try to behave with their loved ones using all their love and care, but things just get worse. In this case, they should stop being kind and turn on their “jerkiness” mode. What for? We found the answers in publications written by the psychologists Will Meek and Tina Gilbertson. ✔ The novella describes the consequences of overprotection ✔ For example, you realize that the medical treatment of the nephew of your partner’s colleague is more important than the purchase of a car for your family ✔ Illustrated by Marat Nugumanov for BrightSide.me



Lion Air crash: Why recovering plane from sea floor will be such a challenge

11/2/2018, 11:09:01 AM
Indonesia's authorities lifted the wheels of crashed Indonesian Lion Air Flight 610 out of the sea Friday, as questions turned to how to retrieve what is left of the body of the aircraft from the seabed. ✔ Photos: In photos: Lion Air plane crashes off Indonesia Families of the victims look through personal items that were recovered from the wreckage ✔ Photos: In photos: Lion Air plane crashes off Indonesia A police officer arranges shoes recovered during search operations ✔ CNN's Eric Levenson, Masrur Jamaluddin, Yosef Riadi and Edi Amin contributed to this report



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