Ida landed on the Gulf Coast on Sunday at around midday, first hitting Louisiana’s southernmost point of Port Fourchon. The National Hurricane Center reported sustained winds of 150mph (240km/h), and cameras set up on nearby Grand Isle captured the torrential storm surge that followed. The storm surge in some coastal …
Read More »‘Looks like thousands!’ WATCH Protesters clog London in march against vaccine passports
The protest march kicked off at Hyde Park on Saturday afternoon and set off across Vauxhall Bridge and toward Clapham Common. London’s Metropolitan Police reported road blockages and bus delays along the route, and officers remained in close proximity to the marchers at all times. Video footage showed a dense …
Read More »WATCH security escort Connecticut Governor Lamont from angry protesters after he defends school mask mandate
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont had to be escorted away by security after he was surrounded by a group of protesters, fuming at his support for school mask mandates. The heated standoff between the governor and the parents took place outside Highland Elementary School in Cheshire on Wednesday after he emerged …
Read More »WATCH Russian military planes evacuate hundreds from Afghanistan
The Russian Defense Ministry’s military transport Il-76 planes arrived at the Kabul airport on Wednesday to take citizens of Russia and other former Soviet republics home. Videos obtained by RT show people, many of them families with children, getting on board the giant Russian transport aircraft that were turned into …
Read More »WATCH 50+ arrests made after Extinction Rebellion protest shuts down London street
The environmentalist group gathered near London’s Trafalgar Square on Monday, where protesters attempted to shut down a roundabout, some chaining themselves to a pink, 4-meter tall structure carrying the words “Come to the table.” Others were seen crawling under cars in an effort to block the road. The demonstration came …
Read More »WATCH: Crowd protesting against Covid restrictions breaches ITN building
On Monday, dozens of Britons unhappy with the role of the media during the Covid-19 pandemic stormed the foyer of ITN Productions on Gray’s Inn Road, London. The Met Police confirmed that they were responding to the demonstration and said officers were assisting security staff in removing people who unlawfully …
Read More »Iran prepared to send more fuel to Lebanon as Tehran can’t watch Lebanese people ‘suffer’
Speaking on Monday, Iran’s foreign-ministry spokesperson Saeed Khatibzadeh vowed to deliver more Iranian fuel to Lebanon. “We sell our oil and its products based on our own decisions and the needs of our friend. Iran is ready to send fuel again to Lebanon if needed,” Khatibzadeh said, in a weekly …
Read More »WATCH: Furious Medvedev collides with camera in explosive scenes in all-Russian semi-final clash with Rublev in Cincinnati
With the US Open set to start in nine days, the warm-up tournament is in its business end. After world number two Medvedev clinched the first set 6-2, the second was tied 1-1 when he attempted to return a shot from his rival yet went crashing into a camera which he …
Read More »Gunfire, smoke grenades & barbed wire: WATCH Taliban & US troops struggle to ‘protect’ Kabul airport from desperate crowds
With thousands of Afghans still camped around the airfield hoping to catch a flight out of the city, chaotic scenes were captured in videos circulating online early Thursday morning local time, some purporting to show Taliban fighters firing smoke and stun grenades to disperse crowds gathered a short distance outside …
Read More »Watch out, America! A crisis on the Korean peninsula might just be up next…
The world’s eyes are focused on Afghanistan, so much so that the other potential “flashpoints” around the globe have been forgotten. Nowhere is this more relevant than the Korean Peninsula, where North Korea has voiced firm, yet not overwhelming, opposition to a series of joint military drills taking place this week …
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