Mail Online • 2nd November 2022

Calls reveal cops waited FOUR HOURS to respond to Itaewon stampede

A log of emergency calls has revealed that South Korean authorities took almost four hours to respond to the Halloween stampede that killed 156 people in Seoul's Itaewon district. South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo vowed on Wednesday to hold police accountable for the deadly crowd surge, after transcripts showed they were slow to react to incoming calls. The first emergency call was made at 6:34pm, a nervous caller warning that police needed to control the crowd before the crush of peopl

Mail Online • 2nd November 2022

Poland to build wire fence to stop migrant influx from Kaliningrad

The Polish government today announced the construction of a 130-mile razor-wire fence along the border with Russia's exclave of Kaliningrad to prevent illegal crossings. Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak announced the decision amid concerns in Warsaw that Russia plans to orchestrate an influx of migrants. 'The airport in Kaliningrad is now accepting flights from the Middle East and North Africa. I decided to take action to enhance the security of the Polish border,' Blaszczak told reporters.

Mail Online • 2nd November 2022

Images reveal extent of Beijing's military build-up in South China Sea

Extraordinary photos of Beijing's military bases in the South China Sea have given the most-detailed view yet of what Xi Jinping has been building — and show them bristling with defences. The Chinese Communist Party has spent the better part of a decade turning a remote series of atolls and reefs in the region into highly developed military bases that are now equipped with naval guns, anti-aircraft systems, radar arrays, attack ships and hangars capable of housing dozens of fighters. At least

Mail Online • 27th October 2022

Sources: Iran released protesters after running out of prison space

The Iranian regime is running out of prison space to house protesters after almost six weeks of riots, sources speaking with MailOnline have said. Iranian police have been forced to release protesters back on to the street after running out of places to house them, with country-wide demonstrations leaving the Islamic republic thin on resources, according to Iranian residents. Several demonstrators recently detained by Iranian police were immediately released, MailOnline understands. According

Mail Online • 26th October 2022

South Africa REFUSES to seize Putin ally's superyacht

The South African government has refused to seize a superyacht belonging to a sanctioned Russian oligarch attempting to dock in Cape Town, with a government spokesperson adding the country has 'no reason' to comply with Western sanctions. The $500million superyacht belongs to Alexey Mordashov, a 57-year-old billionaire named in the Pandora Papers, who owns the Russian mining companies Nordgold and Severstal. With a net worth of $13.2billion, Forbes ranked Mordashov as the 51st richest person i

Mail Online • 26th October 2022

Two month-old baby has arm amputated in Nigeria after father broke it

Doctor were forced to amputate the arm of a two-month old baby after its cruel father broke the limb as punishment for disturbing his sleep. The 31-year-old man assaulted his baby with a plastic cloth hanger for waking him, according to his wife. She told the BBC that her husband took her phone and locked the baby in a room before attacking the infant. He tried to keep her silent by threatening her, she said, fearing she would tell their neighbours. But the mother reported the case to the po

Mail Online • 24th October 2022

Qatar police abused LGBTQ people, report reveals ahead of World Cup

Police in Qatar have arbitrarily detained and abused members of the LGBTQ community ahead of the World Cup next month, Human Rights Watch said in a report released on Monday. Homosexuality is illegal in the Gulf state which has come under intense scrutiny over its rights record before the tournament that is expected to attract at least one million foreign fans. HRW said it had 'documented six cases of severe and repeated beatings and five cases of sexual harassment in police custody between 20

Mail Online • 24th October 2022

Captured female Ukrainian soldiers brutally tortured by Russian forces

Dozens of women rescued in Ukraine's first female-only prisoner exchange have spoken of horrific torture at the hands of Vladimir Putin's forces. The women were beaten with hammers, electrocuted, and had boiling water poured over them, they revealed after they were reunited with their families in Zaporizhzhia. Torturing prisoners of war is considered a war crime under the Geneva Convention. One woman named only as Hanna, 26, a serviceman of the 36th Marine Brigade, was held in captivity for s

Mail Online • 23rd October 2022

Russian officials are fleeing Kherson as troops near, claims resident

Russian officers and collaborators are evacuating Kherson under the guise of a 'civilian evacuation' as the Ukrainian army approaches, one resident has said. The Ukrainian army has set its sights on liberating Kherson, the second largest city in Ukraine, from Vladimir Putin's forces. Russia has declared a civilian evacuation to funnel residents into Russia, but civilians living there say they aren't the ones being evacuated. 'Mostly it's families of Russian officers, families of Russian offic

Mail Online • 23rd October 2022

German climate activists throw MASH POTATOES over Monet's 'Les Meules'

Two activists in Germany's Potsdam's Barberini museum have covered Claude Monet's 'Les Meules' painting in mash potatoes before gluing themselves to the floor. Activists from the 'Letzte Generation' (Last Generation) climate activist group entered the museum on Sunday wearing high vis jackets before approaching the painting, which sold at auction for $110million in 2019. The incident follows a string of similar demonstrations perpetrated by activist groups across Europe. In London, two climat

Mail Online • 20th October 2022

Putin dresses in black and fires sniper rifle on trip to training camp

State television showed Putin shooting a newly developed sniper rifle in the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, alongside Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu. Wearing ear protectors and safety glasses, Putin ay under a net and fired several shots from the Russian SVD sniper. The Kremlin did not explain whether or not he hit the targets, which were nearly 1,000ft away. But visible on his visit was a uniformed officer carrying what appeared to be the Russian president’s so-called 'nuclear football'

Mail Online • 19th October 2022

German government is over-relying on China, warn Berlin spy chiefs

The head of Germany's BND foreign intelligence service warned parliamentarians in Berlin not to be 'naïve' about China after Angela Merkel's dealings with Moscow left Germany over-reliant on Russian oil and gas. Federal Intelligence Service President Bruno Kahl made the remarks in an annual public hearing of Germany's three main spy agencies on Monday, calling into question Germany's relationship with China. President of Military Counterintelligence Service (MAD) Martina Rosenberg was also pre

Mail Online • 17th October 2022

Hong Kong protester is allegedly beaten at Chinese consulate in UK

MPs have called on the Government to ‘urgently investigate’ after a protester was apparently beaten on the grounds of the Chinese consulate yesterday. Police have launched a probe after what appeared to be a pro-Hong Kong demo­cracy demonstration in Manchester. Video footage shows a protester being dragged inside the gates of the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Rusholme. The man is forced to the ground and assaulted by at least five men while a police officer tries to p

Mail Online • 16th October 2022

Calls grow for Israel to send Ukraine arms to combat Iran-Russia deal

Israeli ministers have said it is time for the country to support Ukraine with arms shipments after US officials claimed on Sunday that Iran has secretly agreed to supply Russia with surface-to-surface missiles. The Islamic Republic has been sending drones along with Iranian troops into Ukraine to operate them, siding with Russia in its bloody invasion. Israeli Diaspora Affairs Minister Nachman Shai wrote on Twitter: 'There is no longer any doubt where Israel should stand in this bloody confli

Mail Online • 16th October 2022

British woman, 67, is shot dead during wild boar hunt in France

A British woman invited as a guest to a wild boar hunt was shot and killed by her companion in France on Sunday, a judicial source said. The 67-year-old was wounded 'above the heart' and taken to hospital in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, where she died around midday, public prosecutor Nicolas Heitz said. The companion, a 69-year-old man, fired a 'shot with his rifle which he was carrying at the shoulder' towards her back, according to a judicial press release. Police have arrested the man and launc

Mail Online • 28th September 2022

Kamala Harris pokes the Chinese tiger again over Taiwan comments

Vice President Kamala Harris hit out at China for its 'disturbing behavior' towards its neighbors and pledged further support for Taiwan on Wednesday. She promised to deepen 'unofficial ties' with Taiwan, days after the US administration pledged its forces would defend the island, in comments likely to anger China's government. Harris made her remarks on the deck on the USS Howard destroyer during a visit to the largest overseas US Navy installation in the world at Yokosuka, near the Japanese

Mail Online • 28th September 2022

California murder suspect and teenage daughter killed in shootout

An abducted 15-year-old girl and her father, who was wanted over the death of the teenager’s mother, have both died following a shootout with police in California’s high desert. It is not immediately clear if Savannah Graziano was shot by the responding deputies or her father. Anthony John Graziano, 45, had allegedly killed his estranged wife the day before and abducted their daughter. Investigators had issued an Amber Alert after Graziano fled. He was described as armed and dangerous. An em

Mail Online • 27th September 2022

Patrol spots Chinese, Russian naval ships off Alaska island

A US Coast Guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across a guided missile cruiser from China, officials said Monday. But it turned out the cruiser wasn't alone as it sailed about 86 miles north of Alaska's Kiska Island, on September 19. Two other Chinese naval ships and four Russian naval vessels, including a destroyer, were spotted in single formation, the patrol boat, known as a cutter called Kimball, discovered. The Honolulu-based Kimball, a 418-foot vessel, observed as the sh

Mail Online • 27th September 2022

Snowden says Russian citizenship will give his family 'stability'

Former CIA and NSA employee Edward Snowden has said Russian citizenship will provide security for his family, after President Vladimir Putin granted a visa for the whistleblower who leaked information on the NSA's operation to covertly collect information on millions of Americans. 'After years of separation from our parents, my wife and I have no desire to be separated from our SONS,' he said on Twitter, welcoming his newfound citizenship. 'After two years of waiting and nearly ten years of ex

Mail Online • 26th September 2022

US gives green light for Musk to activate Starlink internet in Iran

The US has given a green light for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to activate his Starlink satellite internet service over Iran after the Islamic theocracy shut down internet access in reaction to deadly protests against the 'morality police' after the arrest of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who died in custody. 'Starlink is now activated in Iran,' said Musk on Sunday. 'It requires the use of terminals in-country, which I suspect the [Iranian] government will not support, but if anyone can get terminals into