Today’s News

[oldcolner]

Woman survives 10 hours in the sea after falling off the back of a cruise ship in Croatia. The ship video showed when and where she went overboard to hopelessly rescue teams search the area.
But how do you fall off the back of a boat?

Greece can finally borrow money after the EU bail out ends. The economy is 25% lower than before the bail out.

More than 100 people are reported to have been kidnapped after Taliban militants launched an ambush on three buses in northern Afghanistan. Security forces sent to the area near Kunduz are said to be involved in fierce clashes with the militants. The Taliban now control a quarter of the country ... again and another quarter is in dispute.

Rescue workers in Italy have found the bodies of three more people in the wreckage of Genoa's collapsed motorway bridge, bringing the death toll to 43. Three members of the same family recovered from a crushed car on Sunday were the last people reported missing from Tuesday's tragedy.


Birmingham Prison is being temporarily taken over by the government from the private firm G4S, after inspectors said it had fallen into a "state of crisis". A new governor and extra staff are being brought in and the capacity of HMP Birmingham will be cut by 300.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Sad news...

https://www.burnleyfootballclub.com/...roy-1931-2018/

[Balanbam00]

China defies US pressure as EU parts ways with Iranian oil.
Chinese buyers of Iranian oil using oil tankers owned by National Iranian Tanker Co for purchases of Tehran's crude in an effort to bypass US sanctions, a similar system used by the Islamic Republic to circumvent sanctions between 2012 and 2016.
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Vladimir Putin’s troops are now patrolling the Golan Heights — and it’s actually the least-bad solution. It’s the best available way to keep Iranian forces away from Israel’s border with Syria. But it also hinders Jerusalem’s ability to strike at those forces (and at various jihadis and others roaming the region) if necessary.
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Trump told Jordanian king that one-state solution could lead to Israeli PM named 'Mohammed': report
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Venezuela becoming a national defense issue for US?
Former Delta Force operator Lt. Col. James Reese (Ret.) on the turmoil in Venezuela and how the Trump administration should handle it.
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Russia just put its military on high alert ahead of massive war games that'll be 'unprecedented in scale'
Russia's military forces in the country's east were put on high alert Monday ahead of massive war games that also involve China and Mongolia, the largest show of power in nearly 40 years
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Empty hotels, idle boats: What happens when a Pacific island upsets China
........in the tiny Pacific nation of Palau, which is caught in an escalating diplomatic tug-of-war between China and Taiwan.
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Korea: War-separated families meet for first time in 65 years
Relatives separated by the 1950-53 Korean War tearfully reunited at Mount Geumgang in North Korea, Monday, for the first time in 65 years.
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Japanese basketball players sent home from Asian Games for buying ***

[Altobelli]

I think the woman who fell off the back of the cruise ship was p!ssed.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I think the woman who fell off the back of the cruise ship was p!ssed.

Spot on Alto! https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/n...-sea-zsh5mljh8

[oldcolner]

I think the woman who fell off the back of the cruise ship was p!ssed.

Alto Captain also says she was a jumper.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...uise-ship.html

Caused the ship to turn, search for 6 hours and arrive in Venice too late for many passengers flights. She also cost Croatia two search vessels and a helicopter. Hope she has good insurance cover!

[oldcolner]

Not sure I like the idea?
A radical new steam treatment could offer hope to millions of men suffering from an enlarged prostate, according to the Daily Mail.
The five-minute procedure to shrink the gland apparently cuts the need for surgery and comes with minimal side effects.
Half of all men over 50 are believed to suffer from an enlarged prostate. The paper says the new treatment is expected to get the green light from health watchdogs tomorrow.

Brexit ramps up again
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt says he'll warn the EU not to risk a "messy divorce" that could leave Europe divided for a generation.
And a new Brexit-backing alliance of ten campaign groups and think tanks is being launched in a fresh attempt to force Theresa May into changing course and delivering a full break with Brussels.

Mourinho gets the dreaded vote of confidence from the Board.

Blocks of flats by the Genoa bridge which collapsed on Tuesday killing 38 people, may have to be destroyed, forcing 630 people out of their homes, the Italian government said today.
The apartment buildings have already been evacuated in the wake of the disaster due to the risk of further collapse, and residents have been stopped from returning to pick up belongings, medication or feed pets.

South Africa 'draws up a list of almost 200 farms it will seize from white farmers' as ANC head says land should be taken from those with over 12,000 hectares WITHOUT compensation

Venezuela devalues currency by 95% and takes five zeros off bank notes. Wasn’t this Jeremy’s model socialist state?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

I'm amazed sinkov hasn't blamed Corbyn for the financial collapse in Venezuela, but it's early yet!

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Accrington Bizzies get it on with 14 year old child...https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-new...ily_newsletter

[oldcolner]

A former chief inspector accused of trying to blame Liverpool fans for the 1989 Hillsborough disaster has had all charges against him dropped.
Sir Norman Bettison, then of South Yorkshire Police, had faced four counts of misconduct in a public office.
He was accused of telling lies about the "culpability of fans" and his role in the wake of the tragedy.
Prosecutors said insufficient evidence meant there was no real prospect of securing a conviction.

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said because of changes in the evidence of two witnesses, and the death of a third, it would discontinue the case.
Changes in evidence after so many years sounds rather suspicious.


Usain Bolt to play football in Oz for the Mariners. Has tried a few other clubs without success, will he play.