UK Weather FLOOD WARNING: Britain set for FURIOUS winds and rain over next 24 hours
11/14/2018, 9:39:23 AMTHE NEXT 48 hours will see strong winds buffet across the UK in a clear break from the blue skies of Tuesday. ✔ The Met Office’s Aidan McGivern warned of a big contrast in terms of the weather ✔ UK Weather: Blustery day predicted before heatwave builds up (Image: Met Office) Whilst conditions will remain unseasonably warm for the rest of the week, this could be an early anomaly in a frighteningly arctic winter
California wildfire toll rises to 48, hundreds still missing
11/14/2018, 11:04:10 AMSix bodies were recovered in Paradise homes while forensic teams and sniffer dogs continue search for 228 missing. ✔ Inspired as ever by the courage, spirit and sacrifice of firefighters ✔ US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and California Governor Jerry Brown were scheduled on Wednesday to pay a visit to the disaster areas ✔ A deer with a broken antler stands during the Camp Fire in Paradise, California [David Paul Morris/Getty Images]
Pink's husband Carey Hart warns wildfire looters they’ll be ‘shot on sight'
11/14/2018, 10:02:37 AMPINK’S husband has a warning for any looters hoping to ransack homes left vacant in the evacuation zones of the raging California wildfires – try it and you’ll be shot. Carey Hart… ✔ View this post on Instagram It’s unfortunate that some people take advantage of others in a crisis ✔ While the malibu fires have been burning, some locals have been fighting off and defending their property against the fires ✔ Email us at tips@the-sun.co.uk or call 0207 782 4368
Woman films her terrifying escape through California wildfire
11/14/2018, 10:01:27 AMRebecca Hackett, of Agoura Hills, feared for her life as she drove through the raging Woolsey Fire along Kanan Road in Malibu over the weekend. ✔ A terrifying video shows a woman's hellish drive through deadly California wildfire as sparks fly around her car ✔ The huge blaze briefly gained renewed life Tuesday with a flare-up in the Santa Monica Mountains before water- and fire retardant-dropping aircraft beat it back
Miley Cyrus: Fiance Liam Hemsworth reveals what’s left of house after California fires
11/14/2018, 8:42:23 AMMILEY CYRUS’ fiancé Liam Hemsworth took to social media to reveal the scorched remains of their Malibu home which was destroyed by the catastrophic California fires. ✔ Miley Cyrus’ fiance Liam Hemsworth reveals remains of scorched home (Image: INSTAGRAM • LIAM HEMSWORTH/GETTY) Miley Cyrus: Liam Hemsworth revealed the sign 'love' is all that is left (Image: INSTAGRAM • LIAM HEMSWORTH) A third person wrote: So heartbroken for you and Miley
Britain could be hotter than SPAIN tomorrow with 65F highs
11/14/2018, 10:58:08 AMBritain is currently basking in an Indian summer and temperatures in the south could nudge 64F (18C) tomorrow - making it the warmest mid-November since records began. ✔ Make the most of the glorious autumnal sunshine we are enjoying this week - for it will soon be swept away by bitterly cold weather that will last until December ✔ 'That can cause some low-level surface water flooding, we could get enough surface water to make driving difficult.' He added properties which are susceptible to flooding in the area may experience some issues
10 Things to Know for Today
11/14/2018, 11:40:54 AMYour daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. 'IF SEEN, PLEASE HAVE HIM CALL' A message board at a shelter for those who fled California's deadliest wildfire is filled with photos of the missing, as well as pleas for any information about relatives and friends. 2. PENCE CRITICAL OF MYANMAR'S HANDLING OF ROHINGYA CRISIS
Lady Gaga visits Californian fires shelter to donate pizza and coffee
11/14/2018, 10:24:41 AMIt was World Kindness Day yesterday and the singer decided that charity starts at home ✔ As the Californian fires continue to decimate much of LA, Lady Gaga has stepped in to help people affected by the tragedy ✔ Singer Robin Thicke watched his home go up in flames and was tearful as he said: This hasn't been easy ✔ The atmosphere here is toxic, all sorts of dangerous materials have been incinerated
Clashes between Cameroon army and separatists, 15 killed
11/14/2018, 9:05:07 AMSeparatist militias launched an insurrection last year against the predominantly Francophone central government after authorities violently repressed peaceful protests against perceived marginalisatio ✔ Two of our fighters were killed and we killed 13 of them, he said ✔ Separatist militias launched an insurrection last year against the predominantly Francophone central government after authorities violently repressed peaceful protests against perceived marginalisation of the English-speaking minority ✔ The linguistic divide harks back to the end of World War One, when the League of Nations divided the former German colony of Kamerun between the allied French and British victors
Safest countries in the world revealed with this surprising country making the list
11/14/2018, 9:48:30 AMTHE SAFEST countries in the world have been revealed in a new study by Which? Travel, with the UK making a surprising entry. ✔ Safest countries: Which country is deemed the most safe in the world ✔ Coming in first was Iceland, with just 36 murders since 2000, making an average of two a year ✔ The UK terror threat level is currently ranked severe, just one less than the worst level of critical
California wildfires: Paradise mayor under fire as deadly blaze keeps burning
11/14/2018, 11:43:36 AMAt first town hall since blaze began, resident called on Jody Jones to resign ✔ Emotions ran high at the first such meeting since the historic wildfire began ✔ Jones was re-elected two days before the Camp Fire erupted and insists she won't resign ✔ The California Office of Emergency Services and FEMA both pledged their support at the meeting, but Orr was having none of it
‘The Grand Old Party is dead’: Agony in California as Republican losses spiral
11/14/2018, 11:38:16 AMRep. Jeff Denham became the latest California Republican to fall victim to the blue wave that may not have swept the nation but crested in California. ✔ (Rich Pedroncelli / AP) By Isaac Stanley-Becker Isaac Stanley-Becker Reporter based in the U.K ✔ Steve Knight and Dana Rohrabacher as ousted GOP incumbents in California ✔ His opponent, meanwhile, pledged to support Medicare for All and emphasized humane immigration reform
"Precarious" truce holds after deadly Gaza-Israel flare up
11/14/2018, 10:25:08 AMLatest violence, the worst since a 2014 war, saw 7 Gazans killed in 24 hours as Israeli strikes flattened buildings and hundreds of Palestinian rockets hit southern Israel ✔ JERUSALEM -- Children in Israel's south were heading to school early Wednesday as an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire took effect, putting an end to a brief yet intense flare-up with Gaza ✔ The flare-up began on Sunday with a botched Israeli special forces operation inside the Gaza Strip that turned deadly and prompted Hamas to vow revenge
Fiancee of Lion Air crash victim goes ahead with wedding pictures
11/14/2018, 11:01:32 AMIntan Syari was due to marry Rio Nanda Pratama on Sunday but he died coming home to Pangkal Pinang, Indonesia, for their wedding day. She wanted to fulfil his last wish and carry on with the pictures. ✔ She said before her fiance left for the doomed flight, he joked that if he did not arrived from the medical seminar in time she should still take the pictures and send them to him ✔ Divers have recovered one of the two 'black boxes' - the flight data recorder - but are still searching for the cockpit voice recorder, in the hope it will shed more light on the cause of the disaster
Canada registers sixfold increase in US citizens seeking asylum in 2017
11/14/2018, 11:23:36 AMAmericans, Haitians and Nigerians were the largest groups seeking asylum, spurred by fears they would be deported by the Trump administration ✔ Because they crossed the border irregularly they were quickly arrested ✔ Tiroude said he was aware of the backlash against migrants, though he is facing bigger issues ✔ His immigration hearing was recently postponed for a second time, leaving him and his family in limbo once again
Trump 'bashes' UK’s May on phone after she calls to congratulate midterm results
11/14/2018, 11:46:43 AMDonald Trump’s turbulent Europe visit started with an “acrimonious” conversation with British Prime Minister Theresa May, who called to celebrate Republican wins in the midterm election, a Washington Post report claims. ✔ https://t.co/oNGSpi8lXl Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) November 14, 2018 The episode was not the only one that marred Trump’s visit to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the end of World War II ✔ Trends: Donald Trump newsTheresa May news UK newsUS news
The world must sanction Iran's government and support Iranians
11/14/2018, 11:30:23 AMThe objective of the renewed U.S. sanctions on Tehran is to force the Iranian government to choose normalization, and the welfare of its people, over terrorism and proxy warfare. ✔ It is not the people’s choice to write Israel must be wiped out and Death to America, Death to Israel on Iran’s expanding arsenal of ballistic missiles ✔ Enter the Fray: First takes on the news of the minute from L.A ✔ Like Israelis, Iranians deserve to live a life of freedom
Pensioner's slashed body seen hanging from tower block with bullet wound in chin
11/14/2018, 10:40:49 AMWARNING - GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Max Holden, from Oslo, Norway, was found with dozens of slash wounds and was covered in blood in Pattaya, Thailand ✔ We will investigate how he died and find the true cause of death ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Prince Charles birthday photos Last photo of Brit who died of rabies May faces biggest fight of life Temperatures to plunge by 15C
Jim Acosta, California, Thanksgiving: Your Wednesday Briefing
11/14/2018, 10:54:24 AMHere’s what you need to know to start your day. ✔ Still, Republicans did well in rural America and the crucial swing states of Ohio and Florida ✔ • Trade disruptions: The distribution of fresh flowers shows how messy Brexit could be ✔ _ Your Morning Briefing is published weekdays and updated all morning ✔ Check out our full range of free newsletters here
Snake hunter catches record-breaking python in gruelling fight to the death
11/14/2018, 11:51:13 AMAN EVERGLADES snake hunter has described his gruelling fight to the death with a record-breaking giant python. ✔ Officials at the South Florida Water Management District’s python elimination programme said this was the third supersize, 17ft-plus snake caught since efforts were launched to eradicate the non-native species which began damaging the Everglades’ delicate ecology in the late 1980s
Wednesday's TV highlights: 'Empire' on Fox - Los Angeles Times
11/14/2018, 11:43:00 AMTV highlights for Wed., Nov. 14, 2018 ✔ SERIES Riverdale After weeks go by with no contact from Archie (K.J ✔ Apa), Veronica (Camila Mendes) plots to break him out of juvenile detention while Betty (Lili Reinhart) learns that Jughead (Cole Sprouse) has taken their investigation too far ✔ Rapper Snoop Dogg, singer-songwriter Eric Benet and actor Omar Gooding (Redemption of a Dogg)
It wasn't just the rich who lost homes in the Malibu area. Is fire California's great equalizer? - Los Angeles Times
11/14/2018, 10:16:07 AMIt wasn't just the rich who lost homes in the Malibu area. One modest trailer park was decimated. ✔ These are the victims of the California wildfires » Michelle O'Wings reflects on the firestorm as she searches the rubble of her Seminole Springs home of 45 years on Nov. 13 ✔ He tilted the can, and O’Wings silently watched the photos fall like dust into the rubble
Take a Tour of Lady Liberty’s Torch (Right This Second)
11/14/2018, 10:54:29 AMThe original Statue of Liberty torch — 3,600 pounds of copper and glass, and 16 feet tall — is being moved to the other side of Liberty Island. In advance of the crane’s arrival, we took 675 photographs to present the torch in augmented reality. ✔ Or maybe they’ve seen Alfred Hitchcock’s 1942 film Saboteur one too many times, which features a dramatic but fictional standoff in the torch ✔ Executive Producers: Graham Roberts, Marcelle Hopkins and Jeffrey Furticella Cover photo by Burt Glinn/Magnum Photos More Augmented Reality features Ashley Graham, Unfiltered Step Inside the Thai Cave in Augmented Reality David Bowie in Three Dimensions Your Guide to Augmented Reality in The Times By MIKA GRÖNDAHL, YULIYA PARSHINA-KOTTAS, KARTHIK PATANJALI, NIKO KOPPEL, MEGHAN LOUTTIT, TIM CHAFFEE, GRAHAM ROBERTS, MARCELLE HOPKINS, JEFFREY FURTICELLA and HELENE STAPINSKI Written by Helene Stapinski
Perspective | How to heal after a bitterly divisive election
11/14/2018, 11:18:43 AMThe Founding Fathers would advocate for conversation and conciliation. ✔ He looked to diagnose chronic social issues such as racism, religious prejudice, misogyny, prejudice against mental illness and after writing about them, tried to build voluntary organizations that could address them and public schools that could teach about them
'More holes than cheese': A recap of what Theresa May's Brexit deal means for Brits in Europe
11/14/2018, 11:39:45 AMBritish Prime Minister Theresa May will present her already much-maligned Brexit deal to her government on Wednesday. Here's a recap of what that draft deal - as it stands so far - means for British citizens living in Europe and those who aim to move here in the near future. ✔ We've now entered the crunch time for Britain's departure from the EU ✔ Pensions will be uprated - meaning your UK state pension will be increased annually as it has been for those living in the UK or in the EU up to now ✔ This is one of our major objections, say British in Europe
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