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Gale-force winds and heavy rain bring flooding cutting off power for thousands

11/10/2018, 3:31:06 AM
More than 10 flood warnings and around 60 flood alerts have been issued across the south west of England and Wales as storms brought chaos and misery ✔ The north-east of England and Scotland could stay dry ✔ Images from Dawlish station showed water pouring over the seaside platform and on to tracks ahead of high tide shortly before midnight ✔ A localised yellow weather warning for rain has been issued for area for most of Saturday



Traffic, rain and Metro shutdowns create a perfect storm for commuters

11/10/2018, 3:40:32 AM
Two key stations were shut down for repairs amid holiday travel. ✔ By Martin Weil and Martin Weil Local reporter Email Bio Follow Lori Aratani Lori Aratani Reporter focusing on transportation issues, including airports, airlines, and the nation's railroad and subway systems Email Bio Follow November 9 at 10:08 PM Rain, a holiday weekend and the closing of two key Metro stations combined Friday evening to create chaos for commuters and travelers going to and from Reagan National Airport ✔ Shuttle buses were intended to bridge the gap between the Blue and Yellow lines due to planned station shutdowns for repairs ✔ Metro said a mix of traffic and weather hampered shuttle bus operations



Celebrities flee fast-moving wildfire in Southern California

11/10/2018, 2:07:57 AM
Kim Kardashian West, Scott Baio, Rainn Wilson are among numerous celebrities forced to flee their homes ✔ 38 Photos Wildfires tear through Northern, Southern California Tens of thousands of people have evacuated their homes as flames burn through communities in Butte, Ventura and Los Angeles Counties Western Town specifically was built for TV productions in the 1950s and was used for such westerns as The Cisco Kid and Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre



Production set destroyed by a wildfire in Northern California

11/10/2018, 12:05:20 AM
Paramount Ranch, an iconic set used in TV shows and films from Westworld to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, has burned in the devastating Woolsey Fire ✔ The historic Western town area at Paramount Ranch where many productions were filmed has been destroyed by wildfires in Northern California ✔ Among the films that shot at the ranch were Caught in the Draft with Bob Hope, The Lake House with Sandra Bullock, and TV shows including The Mentalist, Weeds and Quickdraw



'Everything is gone': California town of Paradise mourns wildfire devastation

11/10/2018, 3:12:39 AM
Residents wonder if they will have anything to return to after Camp Fire forces evacuations and kills at least nine ✔ The day after the Camp Fire tore through Paradise, forcing the evacuation of the nearly 30,000 in the small community in California’s Sierra Foothills, Randy Stump was still at home, just miles from the massive blaze ✔ We know there is a lot of devastation and destruction



Meghan Markle pledges to 'stand by' survivors of Grenfell disaster

11/10/2018, 12:42:19 AM
The Duchess of Sussex has pledged to continue helping survivors of the Kensington fire in West London after striking up friendships while working at a community kitchen for the displaced families. ✔ One source close to the Duchess said she has pledged that the survivors will not be forgotten ✔ The community kitchen's 38-year-old coordinator, Zahira Ghaswala, said the former actress 'got stuck in straight away' and suggested a cookbook after tasting their recipes



James Woods Reaches Across Politics To Aid Alyssa Milano In California Wildfire

11/10/2018, 3:12:01 AM
"This is so much more rewarding than arguing," the conservative actor said of his new Twitter push to help those affected by the California fires. ✔ Mario Anzuoni / Reuters Conservative actor James Woods set aside politics Friday in a bid to help outspoken progressive and Me Too movement supporter Alyssa Milano when a raging Southern California wildfire threatened her home ✔ I’m three thousand miles from the fires, visiting in New England



Flash floods in Jordan kill at least 7

11/10/2018, 1:48:52 AM
At least seven people were killed and over thirty-five hundred international and domestic tourists were evacuated from Petra from flooding after weather conditions deteriorated Friday. ✔ So far, 60 people have been rescued and nine transferred to al-Nadeem hospital in Madaba, Ghuneimat said ✔ Authorities have also deployed a drone to search flooded areas for missing people and gauge damage caused by the storm ✔ CNN's Hande Atay Alam, Jomana Karadsheh and Kareem Khadder contributed to this report



Caitlyn Jenner Is Safe After Evacuating Calif. Wildfire: 'Don't Know if the House Made it or Not'

11/10/2018, 12:24:38 AM
Caitlyn Jenner shared that she was safe after wildfires burned through her community ✔ Caitlyn Jenner has safely evacuated her Malibu home amid the wildfires that are raging across Southern California ✔ It was also spotlighted in a 2015 article on Architectural Digest , in which she talked about creating a home that reflected her new life



'Once he collapsed, the ambulance was too late.'

11/10/2018, 2:33:20 AM
Thunderstorm deaths force changes in emergency responses to mass disaster – but coroner still believes more can be done. ✔ What such a caller needs is information specific to their situation, effectively an estimated time of arrival of the ambulance ✔ His mother Bess Abas recalled being on hold for several minutes after calling triple-zero, however the coroner said any delay in dispatching an ambulance was not excessive, and was unlikely to have prevented the young man’s death



Kim Kardashian Snuggles with Niece True as Khloé Says, 'I Just Left with the Clothes On My Back'

11/10/2018, 1:44:30 AM
Kim Kardashian may have been forced to evacuate her California home during a massive wildfire but she's remained upbeat as she snuggles with niece True ✔ Kim thanked the first responders for keeping the community safe before recording the firetrucks and police cars driving down her neighborhood’s streets ✔ Another, the Hill Fire, has spread over 10,000 acres in the Newbury Park area blocks away from the Thousand Oaks bar where 12 people were killed in a mass shooting on Wednesday



Michelle Obama will ‘never forgive’ Donald Trump for pushing ‘birther’ conspiracy

11/10/2018, 2:23:51 AM
She opens up in forthcoming memoir, Becoming ✔ At least six passengers were injured Cheddi Jagan International Airport 2/50 8 November 2018 An FBI agent talks to a potential witness as they stand near the scene Thursday in Thousand Oaks, California ✔ The internet responded Michelle Obama wows Las Vegas crowds calling on them to vote Ms Obama’s book reveals more about her personal life as well, including that she and her husband went through marriage counselling when they needed it and that her daughters, Sasha and Malia, were both conceived through in vitro fertilization



Retired Austrian colonel accused of being Russian spy 'for decades'

11/10/2018, 2:46:11 AM
'Such cases do not improve relations between Russia and the European Union,' says Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz ✔ The attack has been blamed by Iranian government and military officials on gulf states that are allied with the US AP 49/50 22 September 2018 Pakistan has invited Saudi Arabia to become a partner in the Beijing funded Belt and Road scheme that will improve and expand Pakistan's infrastructure



Jordan hit by deadly flash floods

11/10/2018, 2:35:39 AM
Five other people are missing and nearly 4,000 tourists are evacuated from the ancient city of Petra. ✔ Downpours also triggered a state of emergency in the port city of Aqaba ✔ Reuters Petra - famed for its carved rock ruins - is pictured here on a dry day In Petra, flood waters in some areas rose up to 4m (13ft), state TV reported ✔ There was a public outcry last month after 18 children on a school trip were swept away, leading to the resignation of the country's education and tourism ministers



Deadly California wildfires rage, north and south, destroying Paradise, putting tens of thousands at risk

11/10/2018, 1:17:31 AM
The town of Paradise, in the Sierra Nevada foothills, was devastated; Southern California blazes spread through Thousand Oaks in Malibu. ✔ By Joel Achenbach , Joel Achenbach Reporter covering science and politics Email Bio Katie Mettler , Katie Mettler Reporter covering breaking news and features Email Bio Follow E ✔ Late Thursday and into the early hours Friday, he watched television, knowing his home was in the voluntary evacuation zone



The Bachelor Mansion Is in 'Danger' of Burning Down in California Wildfires

11/10/2018, 12:04:38 AM
The famed mansion that has served as the backdrop for The Bachelor and The Bachelorette is in "grave danger" of burning down in the California wildfires ✔ The famed mansion that has served as the backdrop for  The Bachelor  and  The Bachelorette is in grave danger of burning down in the California wildfires ✔ RELATED: Wildfires Erupt Near Thousand Oaks Hours After Horrific Mass Shooting The blaze, which threatens residents in Calabasas, Hidden Hills and Malibu, is at 0 percent containment



A massacre and then raging fires: Thousand Oaks grapples with ‘nonstop chaos’

11/10/2018, 2:49:31 AM
The dual tragedies struck within 24 hours of each other. ✔ Eric Buschow worked two tragedies and slept no more than two hours ✔ A woman on oxygen lay on one of the cots, a dog by her side ✔ The school’s president described Meek as one of the greatest students we’ve ever had ✔ katie.mettler@washpost.com Annie Gowen and Tony Biasotti in Thousand Oaks, Calif., contributed to this report



Two Fast-Moving Fires Rip Through Los Angeles, Ventura Counties

11/10/2018, 1:47:45 AM
California's Woolsey fire had spread to 35,000 acres as of Friday evening. ✔ Fire officials said winds, low humidity, dry air and severely parched brush and ground from months without rain fueled the flames ✔ Newsom has pledged to address the crisis in part by improving vegetation management and investing in new technologies to better predict and respond to wildfires



PETER OBORNE: Mrs May’s deal could spark a Tory eruption

11/10/2018, 12:42:20 AM
Civil servants, the unsung heroes of the Brexit process — on both sides of the Channel have quietly been working to negotiate an outcome which they hope will succeed. ✔ Potentially, the Corbynites and Brexiteers will be joined by the Democratic Unionist Party, who say they are in despair at Mrs May’s so-called backstop arrangement ✔ This is outrageous, and shows how Britain still cannot learn from the mistakes of the Iraq War



Learn from mistakes that led to World War I - Opinion

11/10/2018, 3:51:10 AM
undefined ✔ Former US deputy secretary of state Robert Zoellick said that attempts to isolate China will inevitably fail, since all the members of TPP are great beneficiaries of their relations with China ✔ There is still time to avoid the grievous mistakes that led Europe to self-destruction a century ago



'I just wonder what's next': Thousand Oaks residents deal with mass shooting, horrific fire

11/10/2018, 1:23:51 AM
As people struggled to make sense of the brutal spraying of bullets in a Thousand Oaks bar, 95,000 of them were pushed from their homes by fire. ✔ Relief efforts ongoing as devastating wildfires have forced some 75,000 evacuations in Ventura and Los Angeles counties ✔ They included Jake Dunham, 21-year-old son of one of Reichenbach's co-workers ✔ Talk to a friend, talk to a neighbor, scream to the sky, whatever you need to do ✔ This feeling is very real but it won't always be here



Opinion | What the Hell Happened to Brazil? (Wonkish)

11/10/2018, 2:44:32 AM
How did an up-and-coming economy suffer such a severe slump? ✔ But sudden-stop countries have large debts in foreign currency, so the currency depreciation savages balance sheets, causing a severe drop in domestic demand ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram , and sign up for the Opinion Today newsletter



Opinion | The Blue Wave Breaks Gently

11/10/2018, 12:49:04 AM
An election conducted as a referendum on Trump ends up reinforcing the ranks of Trump loyalists. ✔ If the lust to topple Mr. Trump is blocked by a geriatric Democratic leadership, the bloodletting within the party’s House caucus could be more violent than the fury of the Bernie-ites at the 2016 Democratic convention, and even more self-destructive in 2020



At the only gun shop in Thousand Oaks, fearful residents decide it's time to buy a gun

11/10/2018, 3:01:28 AM
The morning after a deadly mass shooting in a Southern California city, some of its residents went directly to its only gun shop to arm up. ✔ Residents have long regarded this city as a serene little community forty miles away from the crime and blight of Los Angeles ✔ I’m a kid and I don’t know anything but I know that ✔ JAY CALDERON, The Desert Sun via USA TODAY Network Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide



When mass killings and harrowing wildfires converged on my hometown - Los Angeles Times

11/10/2018, 1:11:24 AM
Like many cities across America, we had experienced what is undoubtedly the most terrible way to become a household name. Then the fires came. ✔ Nearby, a group of mourners linked hands and sang Amazing Grace under oak trees strung with lights ✔ The secret passcode for acceptance here is calling the city T.O ✔ The view of the smoke from a coffee shop in Thousand Oaks on Thursday afternoon ✔ Jarring scenes for a place blessedly unaccustomed to them, until this week



Holly Willoughby insists Ant McPartlin WILL return to host I'm A Celeb

11/10/2018, 12:05:18 AM
Holly Willoughby, 37, insisted Ant McPartlin will make a comeback to his TV duties in an interview with The Sun ahead of her debut on I'm A Celeb. ✔ The actress, 28, rose to fame on The Inbetweeners as Charlotte Hinchcliffe, with a source telling The Sun that she's 'fed up of doing indie movies' and wants a 'big telly gig with lots of coverage' ✔ Winner: Last year's series of I'm A Celebrity saw Georgia Toffolo crowned Queen of the Jungle pictured with her fellow 2017 contestants  Leading ladies: The Made In Chelsea star took over previous winner Scarlett Moffatt's 2016 crown



Danny 'The Grinch' on final warming for bullying his Strictly partner

11/10/2018, 2:07:55 AM
He is said to have left 27-year-old dance partner Amy in tears after an outburst. An insider said he swears and shouts at her a lot as well as making snide comments. ✔ ‘I’m a different level.’ Not that Danny sees himself as a miserable prima donna, the source says ✔ And I’m just happy to go along, she is the boss, she wears the pants.’ Last night, Danny’s partner Petula Langlais criticised the BBC’s handling of the row ✔ why are you trying to destroy him?’ Tonight, when they take to the dance floor, it will, no doubt, be smiles and sequins as usual



Tiger queen of India: Big cat’s dramatic battle with her own daughter

11/10/2018, 2:49:08 AM
Sir David Attenborough and members of BBC's Dynasties team recalled the four years spent capturing animals including tigers and wolves from around the world for the series. ✔ As Stephen Moss reveals in his book accompanying the show, there’s love and devotion, tragedy and triumph ✔ ‘I was always amazed by how the tigers seemed almost two-dimensional ✔ Order at mailshop.co.uk/books or call 0844 571 0640, p&p free on orders over £15



What is the point of Prince Charles, the longest-serving heir to the throne?

11/10/2018, 2:23:49 AM
The Prince of Wales has always been the odd royal out. He spent his youth surfing on the margins of society, before floundering on the seas of a troubled marriage. Since then, he has taken up the only sensible function now left open to him – to offer opinions on everything under the sun. By Andy Martin ✔ Royal wedding ceremonies: through the years in pictures 1/40 Royal Wedding - Harry and Meghan, 2018 Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex emerge from the West Door of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle after their wedding ceremony AFP/Getty 2/40 Royal Wedding - Edward and Alexandra, 1863 Edward, Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII), and his bride, Princess Alexandra of Denmark, after their wedding PA 3/40 Royal Wedding - Princess Patricia and Commander Alexander Ramsay, 1919 Princess Patricia of Connaught, driving from Westminster Abbey, with her husband Commander Alexander Ramsay, after their wedding ceremony PA 4/40 Royal Wedding - Elizabeth and Albert,1923 Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (later to be Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother) and Prince Albert, Duke of York (later to be King George VI) on the balcony of Buckingham Palace after their wedding ceremony at Westminster Abbey PA 5/40 Royal Wedding - Prince Henry and Lady Alice, 1935 The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester on their wedding day



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