THREE METRE SINKHOLE SWALLOWS ROLLS-ROYCE

HARBIN, China: A Rolls-Royce Phantom plunged headfirst into a three-metre-wide sinkhole in Harbin, the capital city of China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on Sunday (Oct 1).

In a video that was posted on the Chinese streaming site Pear Video, the brown Phantom is seen trapped inside a sinkhole before a traffic junction.

“I was waiting at the traffic light here and was just about to start the car as the light changed to green, when the road suddenly caved in,” the owner of the car said in the video.

He added that the car cost about five million yuan (about US$752,000).

The driver did not appear to have been injured in the incident.

In August, a man on a scooter plunged into a sinkhole that suddenly opened up in front of him in Beihai city, in southern China's Guangxi region.

Sinkholes are not unknown in China, where they are often blamed on construction work and the country's rapid pace of development.

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THREE METRE SINKHOLE SWALLOWS ROLLS-ROYCE

HARBIN, China: A Rolls-Royce Phantom plunged headfirst into a three-metre-wide sinkhole in Harbin, the capital city of China's northeastern Heilongjiang province on Sunday (Oct 1).

In a video that was posted on the Chinese streaming site Pear Video, the brown Phantom is seen trapped inside a sinkhole before a traffic junction.

“I was waiting at the traffic light here and was just about to start the car as the light changed to green, when the road suddenly caved in,” the owner of the car said in the video.

He added that the car cost about five million yuan (about US$752,000).

The driver did not appear to have been injured in the incident.

In August, a man on a scooter plunged into a sinkhole that suddenly opened up in front of him in Beihai city, in southern China's Guangxi region.

Sinkholes are not unknown in China, where they are often blamed on construction work and the country's rapid pace of development.

Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/rolls-royce-plunges-into-sinkhole-in-china-9270560

LONDON TRAIN COMMUTERS FLEE TRAIN AS BIBLE SCRIPTURES READ ALOUD.

Passengers forced open the doors on a busy rush-hour train and climbed on to tracks after becoming "panicked" in the carriage.

It happened outside Wimbledon station in south-west London at 08:30 BST as a man apparently began reading lines aloud from the Bible.

Commuters became scared when the man also began saying "death is not the end", a passenger said.

Rail power lines were cut as passengers "self-evacuated", police said.

Trains on the route were disrupted for nearly 12 hours, but are now running normally.

Ian, who was on the train, said the man's Bible-reading led to a "commotion" and a "crush".

He said someone then asked the man to stop speaking "as he was scaring people" and "the guy stopped and stood there with his head down".

The train had been travelling between Shepperton and London Waterloo. British Transport Police (BTP) said no arrests had been made.

A Network Rail spokesperson said no passengers or train staff were injured but "significant delays" would continue on services in and out of Waterloo.

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US flew B-1B bombers just off coast of North Korea

The US has flown B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by F-15 fighters off North Korea’s coast venturing the “farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone,” separating the two Koreas, in the 21st century, the Pentagon’s spokesperson said.

The planes took off from Okinawa, Japan and flew over the waters east of the Korean Peninsula.

"This is the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) any U.S. fighter or bomber aircraft have flown off North Korea's coast in the 21st century, underscoring the seriousness with which we take (North Korea's) reckless behavior," said Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White.

Read more at RT - https://www.rt.com/usa/404322-us-flew-nuclear-capable-bombers-north-korea/

US flew B-1B bombers just off coast of North Korea

The US has flown B-1B Lancer bombers escorted by F-15 fighters off North Korea’s coast venturing the “farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone,” separating the two Koreas, in the 21st century, the Pentagon’s spokesperson said.

The planes took off from Okinawa, Japan and flew over the waters east of the Korean Peninsula.

"This is the farthest north of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) any U.S. fighter or bomber aircraft have flown off North Korea's coast in the 21st century, underscoring the seriousness with which we take (North Korea's) reckless behavior," said Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White.

Read more at RT - https://www.rt.com/usa/404322-us-flew-nuclear-capable-bombers-north-korea/

Israeli jets bombed site close to Damascus airport, reports say

Israeli jets have reportedly bombed an area near the Damascus international airport in the third attack in as many weeks by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

According to social media reports on sites associated with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, Israeli planes fired at least two missiles from outside Syrian airspace, hitting either a weapons depot or a convoy.

The Facebook page of the National Guard for the Defence of the Homeland, allied with the Syrian military, reported that “an area near the Damascus international airport was attacked by a hostile missile”, while images showed a fire burning in the early hours of Friday.

The Lebanese television station al-Mayadeen also reported the attack.

The latest airstrikes mark a recent increase in Israeli interventions which have coincided with diplomatic warnings by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that his country will not accept an enhanced Iranian and Hezbollah presence on its northern borders.

While there have been many attacks attributed to Israel in the area around the airport – where there are arms depots associated with weapons that Israel says are being supplied to Hezbollah by Iran – the issue has become more pressing in recent months as it has become clear the Assad regime, backed by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, is winning on the battlefield.

Israel has made clear it is deeply concerned by a “day after” scenario involving an expanded Iranian and Hezbollah presence to its north.

The latest reported attack comes only days after Israel shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by Hezbollah after it entered the demilitarised zone along the border between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights. Two weeks ago Israeli warplanes struck a base associated with Syria’s chemical weapons production.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the civil war, said the attack earlier this month was on a facility of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre, an agency which the US describes as Syria’s chemical weapons manufacturer.

An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the reports of the airstrike, saying: “We do not respond to such reports.” 

Israel, which fought a 2006 war with Hezbollah, sees red lines in the shipment to the powerful Shia group of anti-aircraft missiles, precision ground-to-ground missiles and chemical weapons.

Link - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/22/israeli-jets-bomb-site-close-to-damascus-airport-reports-say

Israeli jets bombed site close to Damascus airport, reports say

Israeli jets have reportedly bombed an area near the Damascus international airport in the third attack in as many weeks by the Israeli military on targets associated with the Lebanese group Hezbollah.

According to social media reports on sites associated with the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad, Israeli planes fired at least two missiles from outside Syrian airspace, hitting either a weapons depot or a convoy.

The Facebook page of the National Guard for the Defence of the Homeland, allied with the Syrian military, reported that “an area near the Damascus international airport was attacked by a hostile missile”, while images showed a fire burning in the early hours of Friday.

The Lebanese television station al-Mayadeen also reported the attack.

The latest airstrikes mark a recent increase in Israeli interventions which have coincided with diplomatic warnings by the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, that his country will not accept an enhanced Iranian and Hezbollah presence on its northern borders.

While there have been many attacks attributed to Israel in the area around the airport – where there are arms depots associated with weapons that Israel says are being supplied to Hezbollah by Iran – the issue has become more pressing in recent months as it has become clear the Assad regime, backed by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, is winning on the battlefield.

Israel has made clear it is deeply concerned by a “day after” scenario involving an expanded Iranian and Hezbollah presence to its north.

The latest reported attack comes only days after Israel shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by Hezbollah after it entered the demilitarised zone along the border between Israel and Syria on the Golan Heights. Two weeks ago Israeli warplanes struck a base associated with Syria’s chemical weapons production.

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the civil war, said the attack earlier this month was on a facility of the Scientific Studies and Research Centre, an agency which the US describes as Syria’s chemical weapons manufacturer.

An Israeli military spokeswoman declined to comment on the reports of the airstrike, saying: “We do not respond to such reports.” 

Israel, which fought a 2006 war with Hezbollah, sees red lines in the shipment to the powerful Shia group of anti-aircraft missiles, precision ground-to-ground missiles and chemical weapons.

Link - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/22/israeli-jets-bomb-site-close-to-damascus-airport-reports-say