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Earth may have remnants of ancient planet inside core with ‘entrance to Hell’

Bookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters Earth may house leftover remnants of an ancient planet deep in its core, far deeper than the "entrance to Hell" hole goes. Two massive blobs found underneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean respectively were pointed to as particularly large […]

Thousands evacuated as giant volcano erupts sending lava flowing from crater

A volcano in the Philippines has erupted, prompting a mass evacuation of thousands of people living in nearby regions. The Mayon Volcano, situated near Legazpi City in the Province of Albay, Luzon, first began worrying officials on Thursday (June 8) when an increase in activity saw them raise the alert level to Alert Level 3 […]

Russian troops ‘shoot own deserters’ as they try to flee fighting on front line

Vladimir Putin’s military appears to have sent troops out on orders from the Kremlin with the express purpose of shooting soldiers who are retreating. On Monday (June 12), a video from the battlefield leaked, showing three armed Russian soldiers shooting at least seven of their fellow soldiers who were attempting to flee, appearing to lend […]

Foot-long stick removed from man’s throat after voices told him to swallow it

Medics have removed a foot-long stick from a man’s oesophagus after he visited a hospital in Guatemala, Central America, complaining of intense stomach pain. Doctors found the top of the stick poking out of his gullet, and the pain was caused by splinters digging into his lower stomach and tube’s sides. The man, 52, who […]

Brit girl shot dead at family BBQ over ‘dispute about trees’ pictured by cops

An 11-year-old British girl who was tragically shot dead in an apparent neighbours’ dispute has been pictured by French police. Solaine Thornton was shot dead on Saturday evening in the village of Saint-Herbot, in Brittany. Her father Adrian, 52, is fighting for his life in hospital after being "hit in the head" by a shotgun […]

‘Russian troops’ destroy ANOTHER dam in Ukraine a week after massive flooding

Retreating Russian forces have destroyed another dam just a week after the explosion at the Kakhovka hydroelectric station left hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian civilians stranded in the resultant floods. As Ukrainian forces make incremental gains along the Donetsk-Zaporizhzhia border areas in what appears to be the beginning of an attempt to sever the Russian […]