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Currently happening, a man does an armed bank robbery to get access to HIS money
A man armed with a shotgun is holding staff hostage at a bank in crisis-hit Lebanon’s capital, Beirut, threatening to set himself ablaze unless he receives his trapped savings, according to a security official.
The man entered a branch of the Federal Bank in Beirut’s bustling Hamra district on Thursday carrying a canister of petrol. He was holding six or seven bank employees hostage, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.
The man also fired three warning shots, the official said. Local media reported he has about $200,000 stuck in the bank.
Authorities were attempting to negotiate with the man, as army soldiers, police officers from the country’s Internal Security Forces, and intelligence agents surrounded the area.
The man’s brother, who was also on scene, told the Associated Press his brother was seeking to withdraw his money to pay for his father’s medical expenses and other family needs.
“My brother is not a scoundrel, he is a decent man,” Atef al-Sheikh Hussein told the news agency. “He takes what he has from his own pocket to give to others.”
Mobile phone footage of the incident showed the man demanding his money. In another video, two police officers behind the locked bank entrance ask the man to release at least one of the hostages, but he refuses.
“He’s demanding his money because he hasn’t been able to find a job. This is the information we’re getting from second-hand sources. [He is] a disgruntled depositor who believes that this is his money, it is his right to have access to his money,” Khodr said, adding that other disgruntled depositors had gathered at the scene, some in support of the man.
“This is not an armed robbery, if you like, or a bank robbery in the full sense of the word, but this is a man taking hostages…demanding what he believes is rightfully his,” she said.
Thursday’s standoff follows an incident in January when a 37-year-old coffee shop owner successfully withdrew $50,000 of his own money from a bank branch in eastern Lebanon after holding bank staff hostage.
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Bear cub high on hallucinogenic 'mad honey' rescued by park rangers
A brown bear cub has been rescued by rangers at a national park in Turkey, after it consumed a hallucinogen.Mad honey, or deli bal in Turkish, is a type of rhododendron honey.
Footage shows the bear looking dazed and wobbly before it is taken to a vet.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-62519493
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New Zealand: Seal breaks into marine biologist's home
When Jenn Ross returned to her New Zealand home to find a few buckets out of place in the garage, she thought the family cat, Coco, might have brought in a bird.Instead she found a seal in the hall.
The young animal had got through two cat flaps to enter the house in Mt Maunganui, about 150m from the sea - probably in pursuit of Coco the cat.
Ms Ross' marine biologist husband Phil was unfortunately the only member of the family not at home at the time.
He told the BBC he regretted missing his chance to shine, saying: "The big joke is that this is probably the one family emergency where it would be useful to have a marine biologist, and I wasn't there."
After posing for some photos, the seal - nicknamed Oscar - was collected by the Department of Conservation and returned to the sea.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62608162
Hungarian weather forecasters fired after spoiling Orban's fireworks.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...pc=U531&cvid=659adfe772c140ec9bcb86e28c11ef33
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...pc=U531&cvid=659adfe772c140ec9bcb86e28c11ef33
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Stolen car found stuck in metro station in Madrid
Stolen car found stuck in metro station in Madrid
A stolen car stuck in a metro station in Madrid has been removed by firefighters.
Police say they are investigating after the vehicle was found next to a staircase in Plaza Eliptica station.
The driver was taken to hospital to be checked but police say no-one was injured.
A man has been arrested as part of the investigation into what happened.
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-62645708
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Nice photo.
I think one would need square wheels to manage those steps.
I think one would need square wheels to manage those steps.
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Two Air France pilots suspended after cockpit fistfight
Two Air-France pilots have been suspended after a physical altercation in the cockpit, reports say.The pilot and co-pilot exchanged blows as they flew an Airbus A320 from Geneva to Paris in June, Swiss news outlet La Tribune said.
Members of the cabin crew intervened after hearing the noise. One crew member stayed in the cockpit until the flight landed safely.
The incident did not affect the flight, the airline told La Tribune.
The incident comes after a report published by France's air investigation body on Tuesday said that the airline had a culture which lacked rigour when it came to safety procedures.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62712278
Guinness World Record: Man rides 38 miles in giant pumpkin
Duane Hansen has set a new Guinness World Record for riding 38 miles (61km) in a giant pumpkin.
He grew the 846lb (384kg) pumpkin in his garden with the aim to beat the 25.5 mile record, set in 2018.
Duane travelled down Missouri River and broke the record on his 60th birthday on 27 August.
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Truck spills 150,000 tomatoes causing California crash
A truck has spilled more than 150,000 tomatoes across a busy motorway in the US state of California, bringing traffic to a standstill.The splattered tomatoes caused seven cars to crash and closed much of the Interstate 80 highway on Monday.
Three people had minor injuries and a fourth is in hospital with a broken leg, California Highway Patrol said.
During tomato season, lorry drivers use the major motorway to transport the fruit across the state.
An initial collision caused the tomato truck to swerve into the central divide of the motorway, spilling fist-sized tomatoes across a 200ft section of the motorway, according to reports.
This left a sea of red sauce about "two feet deep", said Highway Patrol Officer Jason Tyhurst.
Cars drove over the squelching tomatoes, creating a dangerous slurry of tomato juice, oil and dirt.
"These tomato skins, man, once they hit the asphalt it's like walking on ice," said Mr Tyhurst, speaking to the New York Times.
Clean-up crews allowed the road to reopen several hours later.
The Golden State produces more than 90% of the country's processed tomatoes and almost half of global processed tomatoes, according to the California Tomato Growers Association.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62721021
I've mentioned the story before, but it is quite cool.
Getting paid to pretend you are there as a friend.
At least he doesn't cost that much; 85 dollars plus travel expenses and food. I wonder if in Japan that is enough for a decent living (and at least there's no anxiety).
On the other hand, there's no prestige in this type of work, and one has to doubt it's sustainable int he long-run.
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Australian man killed by kangaroo he kept as pet, police say
An Australian man has died after being attacked by a kangaroo he had been keeping as a pet, police say.A relative found the 77-year-old man with serious injuries on Monday at his home in Redmond, about 400km (250 miles) south of Perth.
When the ambulance crew arrived at the rural property, the kangaroo prevented them from treating the man.
Police say they were forced to shoot the marsupial dead so paramedics could reach him. The man died at the scene.
A police spokesperson told media they believed the man had been attacked by the kangaroo - a wild animal - earlier in the day.
Australia is home to about 50 million kangaroos, which can weigh up to 90kg and grow to 2m tall.
But fatal attacks are rare - this is the first one reported in Australia since 1936.
Kangaroos have "a lot of weapons" such as sharp teeth, claws and powerful legs, kangaroo behaviour expert Graeme Coulson told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
"Certainly if they're cornered or in some sort of distress, that can be quite dangerous," Associate Professor Coulson said.
"The problem with kangaroos and people is we're both upright animals, we stand on our two feet, and an upright stance like that is a challenge to the male kangaroo."
In July, a kangaroo left a 67-year-old woman with cuts and a broken leg after it attacked her on a walk in Queensland.
And a three-year-old girl suffered serious head injuries in an attack in New South Wales in March.
Urban development across Australia is increasingly encroaching on wild kangaroo habitats.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-62884861
Of all the weird things you can get done for: Going on pilgrimage for the Queen
Saudi authorities have arrested a man who claimed to have travelled to the Muslim holy city of Mecca to perform an umrah pilgrimage on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II.
The man, a Yemeni national, published a video clip of himself on social media on Monday at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, where non-Muslims are forbidden.
In the clip, he held up a banner saying: “Umrah for the soul of Queen Elizabeth II, we ask God to accept her in heaven and among the righteous.”
Saudi Arabia forbids pilgrims to Mecca from carrying banners or chanting slogans. While it is acceptable to perform umrah on behalf on deceased Muslims, this does not apply to non-Muslims like the Queen, who was supreme governor of the Church of England, the mother church of the worldwide Anglican communion.
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