All news by author: Ryan Fahey

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Putin preparing plan for Russian defeat ahead of Ukraine's counter attack
The Kremlin's network of propagandists are being told to tell the Russian public not to "underestimate" Ukraine's counteroffensive, but that if Kyiv does win it's because they're supported with ammunition from the US and Europe
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Eight children dead after boy, 13, opens fire in school with his dad's gun
The Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs was notified of the incident at around 8.40am this morning after the shooting at "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School in Vračar, an upmarket area in the capital, Belgrade
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Police catch man accused of killing five of his neighbours hiding under laundry
Francisco Oropeza, 38, was arrested in Conroe, around 20 miles from his home in Cleveland, Texas, where cops said he'd gunned down his neighbours with an AR-style rifle shortly before midnight Friday
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Two killed as plane crashes into dam in botched emergency landing before sinking
Pilot Renato Fernandes de Oliveira Junior, 72, and his passenger, Horacio Morales, 74, lost their lives as the plane began to sink after it crashed into the Jaguara Dam on the Rio Grande near São Paulo, Brazil, at around 2pm on April 30
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Boy, 6, mauled to death by lion after getting trapped in zoo cage with predator
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Hamas-controlled local police in the Gaza Strip confirmed the youngster was six-year-old Hamada Iqtiet, who was attacked after climbing through a protective fence
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Mum accused of hacking son, 5, to death with machete before eating his head
The mother, identified only as Hanaa, was arrested after the remains of her five-year-old son Youssef were found by his uncle stuffed in a bucket at the family home in Abu Shalabi, Egypt
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Woman dies just hours after undergoing liposuction and tummy tuck at hospital
Around 24 hours after going under the knife for liposuction and a tummy tuck at an obesity hospital in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Gleyciane Alves Maciel Brito went into cardiorespiratory arrest
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Ukrainians captured defending Chernobyl nuclear plant starving in Russian prison
After a fierce firefight, Russian troops seized Chernobyl from the hands of Ukraine's National Guard on day one of the war at the end of February before taking over the 19-mile perimeter of the plant for over a month and bunking on the grounds
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Chilling reason Osama Bin Laden's body was chucked into sea after being killed
Osama Bin Laden was 54-years-old when he gunned down as he left a room on the third floor of his hideaway compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, where he'd been living with his family
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Mother kills her son then cooks and eats part of his head
WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Egyptian mother Hanaa, 29, who is being assessed for mental health issues, reportedly decapitated and ingested her five-year-old boy because she "wanted him to stay with her forever"
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Patient, 85, dies as nurse switches off loud heart alarm to FaceTime her family
Geraldine Lumbo Dizon said she was checking in on her family in the Philippines during a 66-minute call while ona night shift on July 29, 2021 at Nepean Private Hospital in Kingswood, a suburb of western Sydney, Australia
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Brit who survived airline hijack confronts man who held him at gunpoint
British national Mike Thexton, now 63, was just 27 when his flight returning from Karachi in Pakistan was boarded by a terror cell who wanted to strike Israeli military targets from the skies
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Four dead in street shooting as police find shotgun at scene
Police in Portugal have described the incident in Setubal, around 40 minutes south of Lisbon by car, as a street shooting, adding that the four victims were men aged between 30 and 60
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Russian troops 'too thick' to realise they would get sick from Chernobyl forest
On April 26, 1986, the world's worst ever nuclear disaster was unleashed after Chernobyl's Reactor Number Four exploded - dispersing deadly radioactive material into the atmosphere and surrounding area
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Brits could be left behind in war torn Sudan after deadline for last flight
The UK Government had issued a deadline of 12pm local time today for British evacuees to be at the Wadi Saeedna site near the capital otherwise they risk being left behind - but many chose not to attempt the perilous journey through the active warznone
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Global warming to blame for East Africa drought, scientists say
Rivers in the Horn of Africa are usually in full flow, but a devastating drought caused primarily by climate change has left villagers without water for drinking, cooking and washing - and killed off crops and livestock
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Ukraine vows 'iron fist' response to Russia strikes that killed 25
Earlier this week, Russia unleashed a devastating series of airstrikes on targets across Ukraine - hitting a number of residential buildings and killing at least 23 people, including three children
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Armed gang storm emerald mine and take 50 workers hostage
The Esmereldas Santa Rosa mining company, which operates a mine in Boyaca, Colombia, has asked the loved ones of the workers trapped to remain calm while police manage the ongoing situation
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Up to 60 people feared trapped in building collapse in India
Between 50 and 60 people are feared to have been trapped inside the complex in Bhiwandi, a city just outside the major commercial hub of Mumbai
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Conductor stops moving train to rescue little boy from the tracks
The three-year-old boy - who is thought to be non-verbal autistic - was unresponsive on the track so conductor Marcus Higgins slammed on the brakes while the train was careening along at 70 miles per hour
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Heart-stopping moment tiger charges at safari tourists in 'harrowing' footage
The incident was captured in a "harrowing" video that shows the tiger emerging from the bush as it charges down a jeep rolling through the Jim Corbett Tiger reserve in India's northern Uttarakhand state
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Girlfriend of man who fell off cruise ship thinks he could still be alive in sea
Warwick Tollemache, 35, from Brisbane in Australia, was on the Quantum of the Seas cruise ship when he fell overboard around 870 miles south of Hawaii
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Ukrainian woman covered in blood cries as she's trapped in flat bombed by Russia
Air raid sirens sounded around the capital in the first attack against the city in nearly two months and Ukraine’s air force intercepted 11 cruise missiles and two unmanned aerial vehicles over Kyiv, according to the Kyiv City Administration
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Woman and lover arrested in raid for killers who mutilated boys for black magic
WARNING UPSETTING CONTENT: School friends Nqobile Zulu, 5, and his pal Tshiamo Rabanye, 6, bled out after they had their noses, lips and genitals cut off before having their throats slit in a horrific black magic ritual in Soweto, South Africa
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Mum of girl found dead after being abducted by paedophile says 'I'm destroyed'
The mother, who asked to be referred to as Bianca, broke her silence after her daughter's naked body was found stuffed in a bag in an apartment in Rambervillers, in France's eastern Vosges