Lightflame: August 2016

Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Trump is struggling to get his story straight

DONALD Trump has returned from his trip to Mexico. But he has just been caught out in a huge fib about what really went down there.

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Inmates feed killer mummy blogger salt

MUMMY blogger Lacey Spears — jailed for killing her five-year-old son by force-feeding him salt — says she is being bullied by her fellow prison inmates.

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‘We’re not hiding any of it’

BRAZIL’S worst ever environmental disaster killed 19 people, but BHP Billiton says it had no idea its Samarco dam collapse that caused it was imminent.

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Mexico will pay for wall: Trump

HE was diplomatic after his meeting with the Mexican President. But back on home soil, Donald Trump has said Mexico must “100 per cent” pay for the border wall.

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‘I had sex every day. Here’s what I learnt’

ANYONE in a long-term relationship will admit it can be tough to keep the spark alive. Well, Brittany Gibbons went out of her way to reignite it.

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Could this be Borat?

WATCH: A mystery man has been spotted using an unconventional mode of transport to dodge traffic on the streets of Kazakhstan.

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Jewish ‘Avenger’ tells of Nazi regret

SEVENTY years after the most daring attempt of Jewish Holocaust survivors to seek revenge, the leader of the plot to poison Nazis has only one simple regret.

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What you didn’t know about al-Qaeda

IT’S the glossy magazine that aims to inspire new recruits. But al-Qaeda’s new online publication reveals the terror group has some surprising issues on its agenda.

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Horror flight: ‘I thought I might die’

PASSENGERS have described how they thought they were going to die when their plane unexpectedly hit turbulence on a transatlantic flight.

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Woman, boy killed in police chase

A 10-YEAR-OLD boy and his aunt were killed when a driver being chased by police lost control and ploughed into them in London.

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North Korea executes official for slouching

NORTH Korea executed a high-ranking official after he “acted with disrespect” during a meeting with Kim Jong-un in the secretive state’s latest purge.

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Chaos after airport terror scare

A WOMAN sparked a terror alert and shut down part of Germany’s busiest airport after security officers reportedly found traces of explosives in her luggage.

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Cops hunt jogger murder witness

POLICE have released a sketch of a potential witness they want to question over the rape and murder of a young jogger in New York.

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Brazil’s Rousseff kicked out of office

BRAZIL’S Dilma Rousseff has been stripped of the presidency in an impeachment vote. However she will still be able to hold elected office and plans to appeal.

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First US-Cuba flight in 50 years lands

THE first US commercial flight in more than 50 years has landed in Cuba, greeted with a water cannon salute and live salsa band.

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Woman ‘tried to go halfway to heaven’

A BEREAVED bride-to-be accidentally took her own life after believing she could go “halfway” to heaven to say a final goodbye to her dead best friend.

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Police calls during gay mass shooting

DISTRESSING 911 calls made during the Pulse nightclub mass shooting prompts victims’ family and friends to question police dispatchers.

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Killer’s note: ‘You won’t even see it coming’

A US prisoner convicted of killing three people has landed himself in hot water, again, for allegedly threatening to have a fourth person killed from behind bars.

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FBI uncovers ‘red flag’ revelation

A YEAR after a plane was flown into a mountain, investigators say they’ve uncovered new information about the pilot.

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Tuesday, August 30, 2016

The real Donald Trump revealed

A MASSIVE archive showcasing Donald Trump off-camera has just been released. Here are the most shocking things we learned.

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Iceland’s biggest volcano set to erupt

TWO earthquakes have rocked a massive volcano in Iceland, raising fears it may erupt and send up an ash cloud that will cripple air travel in Europe.

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Donald Trump heads to Mexico

DONALD Trump announced he will travel to Mexico to meet with the country’s president just hours ahead of a much-anticipated speech on immigration.

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Wife of China’s ripper can’t accept it

HE IS accused of raping and murdering 11 women and girls, but the wife of the man dubbed China’s worst serial killer says she has no idea how he did it.

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Policewoman stabbed in throat

A FEMALE cop has been stabbed in the throat in Toulouse, France after the attacker first tried to grab her gun.

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Wife of China’s ripper can’t accept murders

HE IS accused of raping and murdering 11 women and girls, but the wife of the man dubbed China’s worst serial killer says she has no idea how he did it.

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Iceland workers appease elves

ROAD construction workers in Iceland have been forced to unearth a magical rock to appease “angry elves” blamed for a series of mishaps.

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Apparently tourism is booming in Syria

TOURISM bosses in war-ravaged Syria have released a bizarre new promo video which brags the country is as beautiful as ever for holiday makers.

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Kim ‘executes official for sleeping’

TYRANT Kim Jong-un has reportedly blown to bits one of North Korea’s top officials with an anti-aircraft gun after he dozed off in a meeting.

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Man survived his own ‘cremation’

A FAMILY cremated their grandfather after Mexican cops found his decomposed body. Two months later, he walked through their door.

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Boy tossed off bridge as mum cheers

SHOCKING video has emerged showing a mother cheering as her four-year-old son is hurled into a river from a bridge in the US.

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IS buried thousands in mass graves

THE Islamic State group has reportedly buried thousands of people in at least 72 mass graves with many more expected to be uncovered.

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Somalia truck bomb targets hotel

THE Islamist al-Shabab group has detonated an explosives-laden truck outside a hotel in Mogadishu, close to the gates of the presidential palace.

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The world’s funniest animal photos

THE Comedy Wildlife Photo Awards are in full swing—with hundreds of hilarious images being sent in from all corners of the globe.

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Apple hit with 13bn-euro tax slap

A TAX deal between Apple and Ireland has been ruled illegal by European Union antitrust regulators. Now the international tech giant must cough-up 13-billion euros ($A19 billion).

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