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The Sun
7 hours ago
- The Sun
Shock moment TV reporter screams as she is mugged moments before going live on air by motorbike phone snatcher
THIS is the shocking moment a news reporter was mugged in broad daylight just moments before going live on air. Brazilian journalist Clara Nery was gearing up to appear on camera when the stunning incident unfolded. 4 4 The clip begins with her typing a message on her phone in the run up to the broadcast. But in the background, a man on a motorbike slowly closes in on her as she continues texting. He he drives past, he attempts to swipe her phone straight out of her hand in a shocking mugging. Nery screams in shock and swears at the man as he attempts to whizz away with her phone. However, she has since said she was able to hold onto the device as she had a tight grip on it. She said: "I had my back turned when this man rode by on a motorcycle on the sidewalk and tried to take my phone. "In the video, you can see the moment he puts his hand on my phone and takes it from me. "Luckily, I was holding on tightly." A Rio de Janeiro Military Police unit responded to the incident, the MailOnline has reported. Country music star, 24, dies in tragic accident after falling off back of pickup truck when it was suddenly started However, they were unable to locate the suspect following a search of the neighbourhood. Review of surveillance footage has allowed the authorities to get a clear look at the suspect. "Luckily, and despite his lack of skill, I managed to retrieve the phone," Nery added. "But we already have the security camera footage, the camera that managed to focus on his face." There has been a 27 per cent increase in phone thefts in June compared to the same time in 2024, according to the Rio de Janeiro Public Security Institute. As many as 2,300 phones were swiped in that month compared to 1,808 last June. It comes after a woman desperately clung to a metal structure while hanging from a 100-foot-tall ferris wheel in Brazil. The woman screams "help I'm going to die" as she dangles in the air during a local carnival. Horrified onlookers watched as the big wheel inched around an entire rotation before carrying the woman to the ground. Miraculously, the woman was reported to be unharmed. In a statement, Mandirituba City Hall said: "The technical team immediately identified the situation and operated the equipment so that the cabin slowly lowered to the ground, allowing the passenger to be safely removed."
Telegraph
a day ago
- Health
- Telegraph
I asked for a PSA test on a whim, then found out I had prostate cancer
Paul Henderson received his official diagnosis of Stage 2 prostate cancer on June 17. In this weekly diary, he will be sharing what life is like after diagnosis: the tests, the scans, the fear, and what it's like when you have to sit down with your loved ones to tell them that you have cancer. I got the call that changed my life at 3:04pm on Tuesday April 15. It was a short two-minute conversation with my doctor. The next day I received a copy of my referral letter. It read: Urgent Suspected Cancer. My contribution to that phone call was minimal. A sequence of the words 'OK', 'Right', 'Oh…' and 'Thanks for calling'. As my doctor explained my test results, what hit me was a mixture of surprise, shock and fear. I understood what she was saying. But as I sat at my desk and stared blankly out of my office window, I simply couldn't process the information. The news was bad, I got that, but just how bad was it? My mind raced with all the possible outcomes then slowly I tried to get things in perspective. 'Don't panic,' I told myself. 'Maybe it's not as terrible as you think it is.' I didn't know it then, but within three months that quick chat would become a formal diagnosis of stage 2 prostate cancer and then me on an operating table having life-changing surgery. Time flies when you aren't having fun, right? As a 56-year-old journalist who has worked in the media for over 30 years covering a variety of subjects, including health, I like to think that not much fazes me. As the associate editor for British GQ, I've ridden motorbikes with Keanu Reeves, swapped recipes with Robert De Niro, sung an impromptu duet with Mike Tyson and advised Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to get into politics, all without batting an eyelid. But cancer blindsided me. When I went to see my doctor early in 2025, it wasn't for anything specific. For a few months – perhaps more months than I realised – I hadn't been feeling myself. I was tired, lacking in energy and had started suffering from back pain. I had slightly high cholesterol and blood pressure, but I also felt like something wasn't quite right, as though I'd lost a little of my mojo. Welcome to your mid-50s, I thought. But my wife Marilyn viewed me differently. Not only had she noticed my general malaise, she was also starting to worry that I was getting worse. I was becoming irritable, impatient and generally out of sorts. So she encouraged me to make an appointment at my local health centre. And like all good husbands, I did as I was told. On the surface there was nothing much to worry about. I don't smoke, don't drink much, my weight is average and I work out a couple of times a week, so I'm pretty fit (if a little boring). My wife and I walk our mini-dachshund, Ziggy Pup, every morning, so I always get my 10,000 steps in. We try to cook healthy food, we socialise and recently celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary. As a freelance journalist with my own creative media agency, I had plenty to keep me busy. And although our kids still live at home, they are both old enough (Nyah is 22 and Fox is 20) to look after themselves (most of the time). And after a routine examination everything seemed to be OK. However, just as I was about to leave I asked my GP if perhaps I should have a PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test. I didn't have any specific symptoms (no frequent trips to the toilet at night, no problems with erections etc) and there was no history of prostate cancer in my family. It certainly wasn't something I was worried about – it just seemed like a good idea at the time. She readily agreed and I made the necessary arrangements for a blood test. Then simply got on with my life. It was a couple of weeks later when I got the call that changed everything. 'We've had the results back from your PSA test and they have come back elevated,' Dr Mahmood told me. I was stunned. The word that stuck in my head was 'elevated'. What did that mean? Was it slightly too high? Way too high? Does that mean I have cancer? I'd like to tell you that these were the questions I asked. They weren't. I just dropped in a few polite affirmations to convey that I was listening and waited for her to finish. 'So I am going to refer you to the urology department at Whipps Cross Hospital and then we will have a better idea,' she told me. 'But just to let you know, the letter might sound worrying, but that is just NHS protocol to ensure you are seen within two weeks.' And that was it. When Marilyn came home from work, I told her about the phone call. I had to watch as she tried to absorb what I was saying. Not only was it the first time I had had to tell someone I loved that I might have cancer, she is the most important person in my life. The words stuck in my throat (it would not be the last time) and we were both in tears. After I had explained what happened, the first question she asked was what the PSA score had been. I didn't know. Not only that, I didn't even know what to ask. I felt almost comically hopeless and we laughed. The next day I called the surgery and asked for a copy of the test result. My PSA was 18.1. It should be less than 3. And that's when I became a case of Urgent Suspected Cancer. I was in the system. I was also scared. Frequently asked questions How should I ask my GP for a PSA test? The PSA blood test is available free to men who request it, and you can book an appointment with your GP to discuss the potential pros and cons of the test. However, the PSA test isn't suitable for everyone, so GPs will use their clinical judgement and may advise against it. For example, GPs are unlikely to recommend a PSA blood test if your general health means you wouldn't be fit enough for treatment, or if treatment is unlikely to help you live longer.
The Guardian
a day ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Palestinian who helped make Oscar-winning No Other Land killed in West Bank
Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and journalist who helped make the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been killed during an attack by Israeli settlers in the south Hebron hills. The attack on Monday was captured on video, which appears to show an Israeli settler, Yinon Levi, who was put under sanctions by the US president Joe Biden then removed from the sanctions list by Donald Trump, firing his gun wildly at the time of the killing. He was later arrested by Israeli police for questioning, though no charges have been filed against him. The killing comes amid an increasing wave of settler and Israeli military violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. At least 1,009 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank since October 2023. Accountability for settlers who commit acts of violence against Palestinians is rare. According to activists from the village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank, where the shooting took place, the killing happened after a settler in a bulldozer drove through their land, destroying trees and property. When a resident approached to ask the driver of the bulldozer to stop, the driver knocked him down with the blade of the bulldozer. Residents began to throw stones, and Levi allegedly emerged from the settlement and began firing. Hathaleen, who was standing a distance away from the confrontation, was then struck by a bullet. 'My dear friend Awdah was slaughtered this evening,' Basel Adra, the Palestinian co-director of the No Other Land documentary wrote. 'He was standing in front of the community centre in his village when a settler fired a bullet that pierced his chest and took his life. This is how Israel erases us – one life at a time.' Activists shared the last message Hathaleen sent before being killed, in which he urged people to act to stop settler encroachment on Umm al-Khair. 'The settlers are working behind our houses and … they tried to cut the main water pipe for the community … If you can reach people like the Congress, courts, whatever, please do everything,' Hathaleen wrote. Yuval Abraham, the Israeli co-director of the film about the Israeli efforts to remove Palestinians from their homes in Masafer Yatta, shared video on social media of the settler shooting during the attack on the village. The Palestinian Authority's education ministry accused Israeli settlers in the West Bank of killing the activist, writing on social media that Awdah Hathaleen 'was shot dead by settlers ... during their attack on the village of Umm al-Khair' near Hebron, in the south of the occupied territory. The Israeli military acknowledged the incident, and said an armed 'Israeli civilian' opened fire at a group of people hurling rocks. The Israeli police said they arrested one Israeli citizen for questioning and that they were investigating the incident, while the military arrested seven people from Umm al-Khair, including two international solidarity activists. 'Following the incident, the death of a Palestinian was confirmed,' the police added. Settlers said they would demonstrate outside the Jerusalem courthouse where Levi was taken for questioning, saying he was 'standing at the forefront' for them. Hathaleen was a resident of Masafer Yatta, a string of hamlets located on the hills south of Hebron, which have been declared a military zone by Israel. The efforts to prevent Israeli forces from destroying their homes was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary. Last month, Hathaleen and his cousin Eid al-Hathaleen, an artist and community leader, were denied entry to the US at San Francisco international airport, after their visas were revoked on arrival for a series of planned talks sponsored by faith groups. The San Francisco supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who protested against the decision to revoke the visas of the two men and deport them, wrote in a statement on X on Monday: 'Just a few weeks ago, Awdah attempted to come to San Francisco to build bridges between cultures – to share a message of peace. He had come to raise summer camp funds to help give Palestinian children experiencing the unthinkable a semblance of a childhood back home. Instead, he was denied entry at SFO.' 'This is an absolute tragedy, and must be condemned,' Mahmood added. Trump removed the sanctions Biden imposed on Levi and more than a dozen other extremist settlers and organisations that terrorise Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on his first day in office in January. Levi is under both EU and UK sanctions. Hathaleen also documented the campaign of forced expulsions and demolitions for the Israeli-Palestinian magazine +972. Last week, in a report headlined 'In Umm al-Khair, the occupation is damning us to multigenerational trauma', he wrote: 'The demolition forces enter the village. All the children run to their mothers, who scramble to salvage whatever they can from their homes before it's too late. Everyone watches on anxiously to see who will be made homeless today. The bulldozers gather in the centre of the village and then stop. Soldiers disembark. The villagers look each other in the eye, searching for words of comfort, but there are none. Our children ask us why this is happening, but we have no answers.' AFP contributed to this report
The Guardian
a day ago
- Politics
- The Guardian
Palestinian who helped make Oscar-winning No Other Land killed in West Bank
Awdah Hathaleen, a Palestinian activist and journalist who helped make the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, has been killed during an attack by Israeli settlers in the south Hebron hills. The attack on Monday was captured on video, which appears to show an Israeli settler, Yinon Levi, who was put under sanctions by the US president Joe Biden then removed from the sanctions list by Donald Trump, firing his gun wildly at the time of the killing. He was later arrested by Israeli police for questioning, though no charges have been filed against him. The killing comes amid an increasing wave of settler and Israeli military violence against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. At least 1,009 Palestinians have been killed and more than 7,000 injured in the West Bank since October 2023. Accountability for settlers who commit acts of violence against Palestinians is rare. According to activists from the village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank, where the shooting took place, the killing happened after a settler in a bulldozer drove through their land, destroying trees and property. When a resident approached to ask the driver of the bulldozer to stop, the driver knocked him down with the blade of the bulldozer. Residents began to throw stones, and Levi allegedly emerged from the settlement and began firing. Hathaleen, who was standing a distance away from the confrontation, was then struck by a bullet. 'My dear friend Awdah was slaughtered this evening,' Basel Adra, the Palestinian co-director of the No Other Land documentary wrote. 'He was standing in front of the community centre in his village when a settler fired a bullet that pierced his chest and took his life. This is how Israel erases us – one life at a time.' Activists shared the last message Hathaleen sent before being killed, in which he urged people to act to stop settler encroachment on Umm al-Khair. 'The settlers are working behind our houses and … they tried to cut the main water pipe for the community … If you can reach people like the Congress, courts, whatever, please do everything,' Hathaleen wrote. Yuval Abraham, the Israeli co-director of the film about the Israeli efforts to ethnically cleanse Palestinians from their homes in Masafer Yatta, shared video on social media of the settler shooting during the attack on the village. The Palestinian Authority's education ministry accused Israeli settlers in the West Bank of killing the activist, writing on social media that Awdah Hathaleen 'was shot dead by settlers ... during their attack on the village of Umm al-Khair' near Hebron, in the south of the occupied territory. The Israeli military acknowledged the incident, and said an armed 'Israeli civilian' opened fire at a group of people hurling rocks. The Israeli police said they arrested one Israeli citizen for questioning and that they were investigating the incident, while the military arrested seven people from Umm al-Khair, including two international solidarity activists. 'Following the incident, the death of a Palestinian was confirmed,' the police added. Settlers said they would demonstrate outside the Jerusalem courthouse where Levi was taken for questioning, saying he was 'standing at the forefront' for them. Hathaleen was a resident of Masafer Yatta, a string of hamlets located on the hills south of Hebron, which have been declared a military zone by Israel. The efforts to prevent Israeli forces from destroying their homes was the subject of the Oscar-winning documentary. Last month, Hathaleen and his cousin Eid al-Hathaleen, an artist and community leader, were denied entry to the US at San Francisco international airport, after their visas were revoked on arrival for a series of planned talks sponsored by faith groups. The San Francisco supervisor Bilal Mahmood, who protested against the decision to revoke the visas of the two men and deport them, wrote in a statement on X on Monday: 'Just a few weeks ago, Awdah attempted to come to San Francisco to build bridges between cultures – to share a message of peace. He had come to raise summer camp funds to help give Palestinian children experiencing the unthinkable a semblance of a childhood back home. Instead, he was denied entry at SFO.' 'This is an absolute tragedy, and must be condemned,' Mahmood added. Trump removed the sanctions Biden imposed on Levi and more than a dozen other extremist settlers and organisations that terrorise Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on his first day in office in January. Levi is under both EU and UK sanctions. Hathaleen also documented the campaign of forced expulsions and demolitions for the Israeli-Palestinian magazine +972. Last week, in a report headlined 'In Umm al-Khair, the occupation is damning us to multigenerational trauma', he wrote: 'The demolition forces enter the village. All the children run to their mothers, who scramble to salvage whatever they can from their homes before it's too late. Everyone watches on anxiously to see who will be made homeless today. The bulldozers gather in the centre of the village and then stop. Soldiers disembark. The villagers look each other in the eye, searching for words of comfort, but there are none. Our children ask us why this is happening, but we have no answers.' AFP contributed to this report
Washington Post
5 days ago
- General
- Washington Post
Ukraine cat memorizes route from bomb shelter to apartment
Everything you need to know about FOIA: How to be a journalist December 14, 2017
