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☆ Boats still aren't safe from orcas as the Mediterranean yachting season kicks off and killer whales sink another yacht
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Killer whales took down another yacht on Monday as the Mediterranean yachting season begins. It's the latest incident of orcas clashing with boats, which has been on the rise in recent years. Marine biologists say the orcas are likely playing and may be learning the behavior from each other. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe Mediterranean yachting season has kicked off for the summer — and it didn't take long for another yacht to fall victim to a killer whale encounter.

Persons: —, orcas Organizations: Service, Reuters, Business Locations: Strait, Gibraltar

☆ Orcas Sink Another Boat Near Iberia, Worrying Sailors Before Summer
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Summer is on the way, meaning that the orcas are out to play near the Strait of Gibraltar — which is bad news for sailors. Two people were rescued on Sunday after an attack by a group of orcas caused enough damage to sink their boat, according to the Spanish maritime rescue service. Crew members onboard reported that the animals had slammed the hull, damaged the rudder and caused a leak. A nearby oil tanker quickly maneuvered toward the boat and evacuated the two sailors, who were taken to Gibraltar, the rescue service said. The boat was left adrift, and the Moroccan authorities reported that it eventually sank.

Organizations: Crew, Moroccan Locations: Gibraltar, North Africa, Cognac, Spartel, Morocco

☆ Orcas sink sailing yacht in Strait of Gibraltar
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —An unknown number of orcas have sunk a sailing yacht after ramming it in Moroccan waters in the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain’s maritime rescue service said on Monday, a new attack in what has become a trend in the past four years. The passengers reported feeling sudden blows to the hull and rudder before water started seeping into the ship. After alerting the rescue services, a nearby oil tanker took them onboard and transported them to Gibraltar. The incident is the latest example of recurring orca rammings around the Gibraltar Strait that separates Europe from Africa and off the Atlantic coast of Portugal and northwestern Spain. Although known as killer whales, endangered orcas are part of the dolphin family.

Organizations: Reuters Locations: Strait, Gibraltar, Cognac, Europe, Africa, Portugal, Spain

☆ Dispatch audio reveals the intense moment on-site officers realized a 984-ft ship was about to crash into Baltimore's biggest bridge
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The bridge in Baltimore fell into the Patapsco River on Tuesday after a 984-foot ship crashed into it. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Hold all traffic on the key bridge," the officer said. "10-4, all traffic on the key bridge is down, we got workers in the water," he said. The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge is likely to cause major disruptions to the supply chains of multiple industries, with about 11.3 million vehicles using the bridge annually.

Persons: —, Francis Scott Key, Dali, Wes Moore, " Moore, BI's Dominic Reuter Organizations: Authorities, Service, Maryland Transportation Authority Police, Business, YouTube, Washington Post, Maritime, Port Authority, US Coast Guard, Maryland Gov, MTA Police, Reuters Locations: Baltimore, Patapsco, Singapore, that's, —, Port

☆ Neuschwanstein: US man gets life sentence for Germany rape and murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Nadine Schmidt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Berlin CNN —An American man has been sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a tourist and the attempted murder of her friend – both US citizens from Illinois – in a gruesome attack near one of Germany’s most popular tourist sights. A German court convicted the 31-year-old tourist from Michigan, identified as Troy B., for the attack on the two women near Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria. Police officers arrested Troy B. near the scene of the attack. Troy B. attends his sentencing at a court in Kempten, Germany, March 11, 2024. “If it stays that way, our client will definitely have to spend 15 years in Germany before he is extradited.

Persons: Berlin CNN —, –, Troy B, Christoph Schwiebacher, Eva Liu, Kelsey Chang, Liu, Chang, Karl, Josef Hildenbrand, Alexander Stevens Organizations: Berlin CNN, Illinois –, University of Illinois, Prosecutors, Police, Troy Locations: Illinois, Michigan, Neuschwanstein, Bavaria, Kempten, Germany, University of Illinois Urbana, Champaign, German, Straubing, USA, Munich, Europe

☆ Swiss Rescuers Find Bodies of Five Missing Skiers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Emma Bubola | More About Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Five missing skiers were found dead in the Swiss Alps and the search was ongoing for a sixth member of their group, the local police said on Monday. The skiers set out from the Swiss resort town of Zermatt on Saturday morning, aiming for the village of Arolla, across a series of snow-covered peaks. A relative alerted rescue services on Saturday afternoon that the group of Swiss citizens age 21 to 58 had failed to arrive at the village, according to a statement from the Valais region’s police force. One of the skiers managed to call for help about an hour later, allowing rescuers to locate the group near the peak of the Tête Blanche mountain at about 11,000 feet of altitude, the commander of the force told a news conference on Monday. But severe weather conditions and a risk of avalanches forced the search to be suspended until the next day.

Locations: Swiss, Zermatt, Arolla, Valais

☆ ‘Eventually, one gets used to anything:’ How Ukrainians have learned to live with war
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Dnipro, Ukraine CNN —The residential block in Dnipro looked like someone had taken a huge bite out of it. Their presence was a sign of how Ukrainians have become used to the realities of living through a war. Tsyplionkova said she considered leaving Dnipro after the war started but found she simply couldn’t go: this is her city. Lydmila Lashko, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional organization of the Ukrainian Red Cross Society, says two years of war have forced Ukrainians to get used to its brutal realities. “But eventually one gets used to everything.”Some 4.8 million Ukrainians are officially registered as internally displaced people, according to data from Ukraine’s Ministry of Social Policy.

Persons: Yevhenia Tsyplionkova, Tsyplionkova, “, Ivana Kottasová, CNN Tsyplionkova, ”, Lydmila Lashko, ” Lashko, Lashko, They’ve, Zhanna Vedmedieva, ” Vedmedieva, Volodymyr Zelensky, Oleksandr Savchenko, Ivana Kottasova, Yulia Murashkina, Murashkina, Ihor Omelchenko, wasn’t, Omelchenko, ” Omelchenko, Vedmedieva Organizations: Ukraine CNN, Russian, Ukrainian Railways, CNN, Ukrainian Red Cross Society, Dnipro, Ukraine’s Ministry of Social, Donetsk People’s, United Nations Human Rights Locations: Dnipro, Ukraine, Iranian, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukrainian, Demydiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Kreminna, Severodonetsk, Luhansk, Russia, Russian, Dmytrivka, Novomykhailivka, Donetsk People’s Republic, Mariinka, France, Havriushyna

☆ At least 13 people injured in building fire in Spanish city of Valencia
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Atika Shubert | Claudia Rebaza | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —At least 13 people have been injured in a large blaze that ripped through an apartment building in the Spanish city of Valencia, local emergency services said Thursday. Valencia’s Emergency Services said on X, formerly known as Twitter, that six firefighters and seven residents were among those treated for injuries in several hospitals across the city. ET] in Valencia’s Campanar neighborhood, and 16 firefighting units were sent to the scene, emergency services told CNN en Espanol. The fire continued into the evening, with flames and smoke pictured billowing through the complex. Hotel rooms were being organized to house people whose homes were affected by the fire, emergency services said.

Persons: María José Alcalá Organizations: CNN, Valencia’s Emergency Services, CNN en Espanol, Reuters Locations: Spanish, Valencia, Valencia’s Campanar

☆ Fears grow for Australian runner missing in dense bushland for six days
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Australian police are combing a large swathe of bushland in the state of Victoria for a woman who has been missing without a trace since going for a run six days ago. Samantha Murphy left her Ballarat home for a run in the Woowookarung Regional Park at 7am on Sunday, according to Victorian police. But high temperatures over recent days – sometimes reaching 37 degrees Celsius (98 Fahrenheit) – and the length of time she’s been missing have fueled concerns for her safety. Police have released images of missing woman Samantha Murphy, who was last seen leaving her home in Eureka Street, Ballarat East, on Sunday. Speaking alongside his daughter on Thursday, her husband, Michael, urged local residents to report every “little thing” they find relevant.

Persons: Samantha Murphy, Mark Hatt, she’s, Hatt, Murphy, Jess, “, ”, Bob Heaney, Michael, It’ll Organizations: CNN, Australian, Ballarat, Victoria Police, Police, Sunday . State Government, Nine Locations: Victoria, Eureka Street, Victoria Woowookarung, New York City

The U.N. aid agency serving Palestinians in Gaza faced more funding cuts Monday amid accusations that 12 of its employees were involved in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the Israel-Hamas war. The allegations over the weekend triggered a wave of funding cuts by major donors, including the U.S., Britain and France. UNRWA employs roughly 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza and says it will be forced to halt operations within weeks if funding isn’t restored. The Palestinian Health Ministry said the boy was killed near the Israeli settlement of Tekoa. The official Palestinian news agency Wafa said that Israeli forces opened fire after clashing with Palestinians from the area.

Persons: Austria, — Biden, Jordan — Israel, Washington, Sebastian Fischer, Jordan, ” Fischer, Wafa, —, ’, Israel, “, Bassem, Awadi, Magen David Adom, ”, Austria “, Israel ” Organizations: The Associated Press, UNRWA, Ministry, US, UN, JORDAN BERLIN —, Foreign, U.S, BANK, West Bank —, West Bank, Palestinian Health Ministry, EU, BRUSSELS, The European Union, European Commission, BAGHDAD, Government, Hamas, JERUSALEM, BERLIN —, Foreign Ministry, Japanese Foreign Ministry Locations: Gaza, Israel, U.S, Britain, France, Hamas, Iran, Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, israel, GERMANY, JORDAN BERLIN — Germany, Tehran, BANK RAMALLAH, West, Tekoa, West Bank, Dura, Hebron, Silwad, Yamoun, Jenin, IRAQ, Syrian, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Haifa, Tel Aviv, AUSTRIA, BERLIN — Austria, Vienna, Austria, JAPAN, GAZA TOKYO, Japan

☆ 6-legged dog 'Ariel' triumphs after life-changing surgery
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A six-legged spaniel is recovering after undergoing surgery to remove her extra limbs. She was named Ariel after Disney's "Little Mermaid" because her fused surplus legs resembled a mermaid tail. AdvertisementAriel, a six-legged dog discovered abandoned in a supermarket parking lot, has successfully undergone surgery to remove her two surplus limbs, the BBC reports. She was named after Disney's "Little Mermaid" character because her unique fused extra back legs resembled a mermaid's tail. Ariel, the #sixleggeddog found dumped in a supermarket car park, has had surgery to remove her extra limbs.

Persons: Ariel, Disney's, —, Aaron Lutchman, she's, Mikey Lawlor Organizations: Service, BBC, Langford Vets, Referral, Facebook Locations: Pembrokeshire, Wales, Australia, New York, Haverfordwest

☆ Israeli Tanks Renew Push Towards Biggest Hospital Still Working in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jan. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +5 min

GAZA/DOHA/TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli tanks on Friday mounted a new push into southern Gaza's main city, which is sheltering hundreds of thousands of Palestinians driven there by Israeli bombardment, once more approaching the enclave's biggest functioning hospital. Twelve people were killed in Israeli strikes on a residential building near the largely non-functioning Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City in the north of the enclave, Palestinian health officials said. Israeli forces have made limited withdrawals from northern Gaza this month, saying operations there were largely complete. But Palestinians in the southern Gaza City suburb of Tel Al-Hawa said Israeli tanks pushed back into the neighbourhood, forcing people taking shelter in some schools there to evacuate and head south. The Islamic Jihad militant group said it had fought with Israeli forces in the Al-Bureij and Al-Maghazi refugee camps in central Gaza and in Khan Younis, while Hamas's armed wing said its fighters had clashed with Israeli forces in several areas across Gaza overnight and on Friday morning.

Persons: Khan Younis, Hawa, Benjamin Netanyahu, NETANYAHU, Netanyahu, Matthew Miller, A'Hed's, Hani Bseiso, Bseiso, Nidal al, Ibraheem Abu, Henriette Chacar, Kevin Liffey, Philippa Fletcher Organizations: Reuters, Hospital, Nasser Hospital, Shifa, Islamic Jihad, . State Department, UNICEF Locations: GAZA, DOHA, TEL AVIV, Gaza's, Gaza, Gaza City, Tel Al, United States, Israel, Jordan, That's, Tel Aviv, Palestinian, Gaza . Washington, Al, Mughrabi, Doha, Ibraheem, Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

☆ Hamas says its fighters killed three people at Jerusalem bus stop
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Ibrahim Dahman | Eyad Kourdi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Hamas said the attackers behind a Jerusalem bus stop shooting that killed three people on Thursday were members of its military wing, Al-Qassam Brigades. Seven people were also injured after the two attackers, identified by Hamas as two brothers, opened fire on a group of people in Jerusalem, authorities said. The attackers were killed by two soldiers and a civilian, Jerusalem District Commander Doron Turgeman said on Thursday. Ronen Zvulun/ReutersIsraeli police said the attackers opened fire on civilians at the bus station at about 7:40 a.m. on Thursday. Ronen Zvulun/ReutersIn a separate update, Israeli police said the attackers opened fire towards civilians at the bus station at approximately 7:40 a.m. local time on Thursday.

Persons: Doron Turgeman, David Adom, Ronen Zvulun, Benjamin Netanyahu, “, Netanyahu, Antony Blinken, ” Organizations: CNN, Hamas, Brigades, Reuters, Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit, Palestinian, State Locations: Jerusalem, Israel, Egypt, Gaza, Jenin, Al, Aqsa, “

☆ Zelenskiy praises Ukrainians for battles with Russia and the weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Ukrainian servicemen move past a burning car hit by a kamikaze drone outside the front line town of Avdiivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine November 8, 2023. In his nightly video address, Zelenskiy said relentless, intense battles were ongoing in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Kharkiv, while "extremely challenging weather" was affecting areas from Kyiv region in the north to Odesa in the south. In Russian-controlled territory, Oleg Kryuchkov, a senior Moscow-installed official, said nearly half a million people were without power in Crimea, the peninsula Russia annexed in 2014. Ukraine's border service said Moldova had temporarily suspended vehicle access to its territory from two crossing points in Odesa region. Moldovan authorities also asked local schools to consider closing due to snowfall and high winds.

Persons: Nuzhnenko, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine's, Zelenskiy, Oleg Kryuchkov, Henadii Trukhanov, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Alexander Tanas, Elaine Monaghan, Alexander Smith, David Gregorio Our Organizations: servicemen, Radio Free, Radio Liberty, REUTERS Acquire, Rights, Odesa, Thomson Locations: Avdiivka, Ukraine, Donetsk region, Radio Free Europe, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Odesa, Moscow, Crimea, Russia, Sevastopol, Kherson, Moldova, Odesa region, Chisinau, Washington

Heavy fighting broke out around the Indonesian Hospital, which has housed thousands of patients and displaced people for weeks. More than 250 patients with severely infected wounds or other urgent conditions remain stranded at Shifa Hospital days after Israeli forces entered the compound. Four other babies died in the two days before the evacuation on Sunday, according to Mohamed Zaqout, the director of Gaza hospitals. NETANYAHU EXTENDS CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR’S TERMTEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has decided to grant the country’s central bank chief a second term. Jordan will build the hospital in southern Gaza to help with the territory's health crisis.

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The Health Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza disputed that, and said the fuel would have provided less than an hour of electricity. Political Cartoons View All 1240 ImagesFor Palestinians, Shifa evokes the suffering of civilians. Thousands of people displaced by airstrikes that have destroyed entire city blocks have sought shelter in its darkened corridors. A U.N. health official said many displaced families and patients with moderate injuries fled Shifa as Israeli forces encircled the hospital over the weekend. Palestinian militants are holding nearly 240 hostages seized in the raid, including men, women, children and older adults.

Persons: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Shifa, Mohammed Zaqout, Melanie Ward, Christos Christou, ___ Magdy Organizations: Hamas, Health Ministry, Health Organization, Aid, CBS, Health Locations: DEIR, Gaza, Gaza's, Palestinian, Israel, Shifa, U.K, U.S, Lebanon, Cairo, ___, israel

☆ A Tesla owner said he heard a 'hissing' sound from the battery before it caught on fire in his garage
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Tesla vehicle caught fire in Plano, Texas on Friday, local news outlet WFAA reported. The owner told WFAA he heard a hissing sound coming from the battery before it caught alight. He said he had the new battery installed the day before the fire, that took hours to distinguish. AdvertisementAdvertisementA Tesla owner said he heard a hissing sound coming from the battery the day before it caught fire in his garage. The Tesla owner told WFAA he had the new battery installed Thursday at a Tesla dealership in Plano, which is part of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metro area.

Persons: —, Tesla, Daniel Daly, Daly Organizations: WFAA, Service, ABC, Fort, BBC, Rescue Service, Sacramento Metropolitan Fire Department, Plano Locations: Plano , Texas, Plano, Dallas, Fort Worth Metro, Essex County, California, Sacramento

☆ Shani Louk's mother says they can't have a 'real funeral' for her daughter because they don't have her body
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shani Louk's mother told CNN that she can't have a funeral for her daughter because "there is no body." Shani's semi-naked body was paraded by Hamas militants after they attacked Israel on October 7. On Tuesday, her mother, Ricarda Louk, said they can't have a proper funeral for her because they don't have her body. They need to be freed and they need to be freed as soon as possible," Louk told Cooper. Hamas has taken at least 224 hostages since it attacked Israel in October, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

Persons: Shani Louk's, —, Shani Louk, Ricarda Louk, CNN's Anderson Cooper, Louk, Shani, Zaka, Cooper, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu Organizations: CNN, Israel's Foreign Ministry, Service, Nova, Hamas, Israel, Israel Defense Forces Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palestinian

Hamas’ military wing said its militants clashed with Israeli troops who entered the northwest Gaza Strip with small arms and anti-tank missiles. Meanwhile, crowded hospitals in northern Gaza came under growing threat. The U.N. said Monday that strikes hit near Gaza City's Shifa and Al-Quds hospitals and the Indonesian hospital in northern Gaza in recent days. All 10 hospitals still working in northern Gaza have received evacuation orders in recent days, the U.N.'s office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs said. The Israeli military said early Monday that its aircraft hit military infrastructure in Syria after rockets from there fell in open Israeli territory.

Persons: KHAN YOUNIS, Benjamin Netanyahu, ”, Thomas White, “, Juliette Touma, Joe Biden, Netanyahu, Elad Goren, Israel, Robert Mardini, Khan Younis, Mohammed Qandeel, Umm Ahmad, Yoav Gallant, ” Karim Khan, ___ Magdy, Julia Frankel, Amy Teibel Organizations: Hamas, Gaza Health Ministry, Hamas ’, Palestinian, Tel Aviv . Communications, UNRWA, Associated Press, Crescent, International Committee, CBS, Nasser Hospital, Israeli, ICC, West Bank Locations: Gaza, Egypt, Israel, Gaza’s, Tel Aviv, U.S, COGAT, Al, Quds, Shifa, Khan, Palestinian, Lebanese, Jenin, Syria, Lebanon, Cairo, Athens, Jerusalem, israel

☆ Shani Louk, 23-year-old kidnapped from music festival, found dead, Israel says
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Robert Picheta | Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A 23-year-old German-Israeli woman who was kidnapped from the Nova music festival by Hamas militants on October 7 has been found dead, the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said. Louk was attending the festival in southern Israel on October 7 when Hamas breached the border between Gaza and Israel. Shani told her mother she was at the festival with few places to hide. The body of Louk, a dual Israeli-German citizen, was seen on video seemingly unconscious on the back of a Hamas truck after the music festival attack. It was very scary, and we were very worried,” Louk’s mother told CNN in the days after the rampage.

Persons: Israeli Shani, Louk, “, ” “, gunning, Ricarda, she’d, Shani, ” Ricarda, she’s, ”, ” Louk, Daniel Hagari, Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Gonen, Romi Gonen Organizations: CNN, Nova, Hamas, Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Palestinian Prisoners Locations: Israeli, Israel, Gaza, American, Tel Aviv

☆ Israel’s body collectors encounter horrors beyond their worst nightmares
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Weeks on, as the war continues to rage, ZAKA volunteers are still collecting remains. The aftermath of the attack is so gruesome that only the most experienced ZAKA volunteers are allowed to take part in body collection. On Friday, he and other ZAKA volunteers were combing through homes in Be’eri for the second time, finding more victims and collecting remains left behind during their first visit. As ZAKA volunteers worked in Be’eri, several busloads of foreign journalists arrived, escorted by the IDF. Most ZAKA volunteers say that they haven’t begun to process the trauma, and when they can step away, they don’t want to think.

Persons: Ashdod CNN — Yanir Ishay, “, ”, Ishay, –, Israel, Ronaldo Schemidt, Snir, ” Elmalih, God, Moses, Elmalih, Yossi Landau, Landau, Snir Elmalih, Ivana Kottasová, CNN “, Eli Landau, Yossi’s, ” Eli Landau, ZAKA, Eli, Ivana Kottasova, CNN ZAKA, Yanir Ishay, Yitzhak Ben, Shibrit, Aharon, ” Aharon Ben, ” Ishay, ” Yitzhak Ben Organizations: Ashdod CNN —, CNN, Palestinian Ministry of Health, Volunteers, Getty, Israel Defense Forces, Hamas Locations: Israel's, Gaza, Ashdod, Israel, Ramallah, Weeks, Be'eri, AFP, Ashkelon, Be’eri

☆ British Freighter Is Believed Lost in Fatal North Sea Collision
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Christopher F. Schuetze | More About Christopher F. Schuetze | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Two cargo ships collided in the North Sea in the early hours of Tuesday morning, sinking one vessel and leaving at least one mariner dead, the authorities said. Two crew members from British cargo vessel Verity were rescued during an extensive operation that included German Maritime Search and Rescue Service and police vessels, aircraft and a cruise ship. Teams were still searching for four people presumed to have been in the 60-degree water since early Tuesday. The collision occurred at around 5 a.m. 14 miles southwest of Heligoland, a tiny rocky island situated north of Germany and west of Denmark. The site of the incident is one of the busiest stretches of water in the world, according to the German authorities.

Persons: Verity Organizations: Rescue Service Locations: Heligoland, Germany, Denmark, Poland, Bahamas, Europe

BERLIN (AP) — Two cargo ships collided in the North Sea off the coast of Germany on Tuesday and one of them sank, German authorities said. The site of the collision was about 31 kilometers (19 miles) northeast of Langeoog island, which is just off the German mainland. Several rescue ships and aircraft taking part in the search hadn't located the missing crew members by late afternoon. The Verity was 91 meters (299 feet) long and 14 meters (46 feet) wide. The Polesie is 190 meters (623 feet) long and 29 meters (95 feet) wide.

Persons: Verity, Robby Renner, Michael Ippich, couldn't, Renner, Iona Organizations: BERLIN, Germany's, Command, Maritime Emergencies, Rescue Service, Rescuers Locations: North, Germany, Helgoland, Langeoog, Bremen, Immingham, Cuxhaven, Bahamas, Hamburg, Spain, Rotterdam

On Monday, rocket-warning sirens sounded in several towns in southern Israel, the Israeli military said. Authorities in Gaza said at least 2,750 people had so far been killed by the Israeli strikes, a quarter of them children, and nearly 10,000 wounded. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office said in a statement: "There is currently no truce and humanitarian aid in Gaza in exchange for getting foreigners out." Hamas has told people to ignore Israel's message and residents fear Israeli air strikes in southern Gaza too. In southern Gaza, five members a family were killed in Khan Younis refugee camp.

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[1/6] Palestinian rescue worker Ibrahim Hamdan and his colleague wait for an emergency call, amid fear and exhaustion under Israeli air strikes, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip October 12, 2023. Explosions from air strikes echo every few minutes - killing more than 1,500 people in Gaza so far including hundreds of children, local health authorities say. Lacking enough heavy machinery such as mechanical diggers and bulldozers, rescue workers also rely on shovels and other tools they wield by hand to pull away rubble. On Wednesday, four Palestine Red Crescent emergency medical workers were killed when their ambulances were hit in two different incidents. Israel and Hamas have repeatedly clashed during that time, with air strikes hitting targets in Gaza.

Persons: Ibrahim Hamdan, Khan Younis, Abu Mustafa, Hamdan, Ashraf Al, Maisa, Muhannad, Rami Ali, Nidal al, Angus McDowall, Frank Jack Daniel Our Organizations: REUTERS, Palestine Red Crescent, Palestine, Reuters, Crescent, Civil Emergency, Hamas, Thomson Locations: Gaza, GAZA, Israel, Khan, Palestine, Beit Hanoun, Gaza City

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