Seven people were killed when an air-ambulance plane crashed into a resort area near the Philippine capital on Sunday, sparking a fierce blaze and sending terrified locals fleeing, authorities said.
Seven bodies have been found and it is believed all eight people aboard the light aircraft died in the disaster in Calamba City, local emergency official Jeffrey Rodriguez told AFP.
Footage on social media showed the chaotic scene as an ambulance drove towards a building that was engulfed in flames and witnesses shouted for help in the street.
"No one will survive this crash. We assume that all confirmed passengers of this plane are dead," said Rodriguez, confirming seven bodies had been discovered in the smoking ruins.
Police said two people were injured in the crash and rushed to hospital, but have not reported any fatalities from those who were in the resort area when the plane went down.
Philippine aviation authorities said six passengers and two pilots were aboard the craft when it ...

Seven killed in Philippine air-ambulance crash: authorities

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Eva Mendes is getting back in the groove as the actor has started auditioning.
The 45-year-old actor last featured in 2014 movie "Lost River", which was directed by her partner, Hollywood star Ryan Gosling.
"(She's) looking to get back out there... She's auditioning again," a source close to Mendes told Us Weekly.
The actor is best known for starring in films such as "Once Upon a Time in Mexico", "2 Fast 2 Furious", "Hitch" and "The Place Beyond the Pines".
Mendes and Gosling have been together since 2011 after meeting on the set of "A Place Beyond the Pines". The couple have two daughters.

Eva Mendes aiming return to films

The entire Pakistan is united and can protect the country's stability and sovereignty, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said amidst tensions with India after it revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
He has also alleged that India tried in vain to prevent the European Union from accepting Pakistan's request for a discussion on the Kashmir issue on September 2.
Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after India abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to revoke Jammu and Kashmir's special status and bifurcated it into two Union Territories.
Asserting that abrogation of Article 370 was its internal matter, India has strongly criticised Pakistan for making "irresponsible statements" and provocative anti-India rhetoric over issues internal to it.
Qureshi said the world will watch when Prime Minister Imran Khan present the case of Kashmir at the annual meeting of United Nations on September 27.
He also rejected the media reports that Pakistan was ...

Entire Pak united, can protect its sovereignty: Qureshi

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday issued a stark warning to rebels within his own Conservative Party to fall in line with his Brexit plans or risk a government led by Opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
The warning came amid reports of secret government plans to de-select Tory MPs who vote against Johnson in order to block a no-deal Brexit, as Opposition MPs plan urgent legislation to be tabled when the UK Parliament resumes after its summer recess next Tuesday.
The urgency follows Johnson's announcement to suspend Parliament from the week of September 9 until October 14, depriving MPs of crucial sitting days in which to scrutinise Brexit plans and triggering street protests by thousands across the UK on Saturday against what has been branded a "coup" by the British Prime Minister.
"Jeremy Corbyn has made a historic decision to turn his party into the anti-democratic, referendum-cancelling party. That's his decision. I think it's totally wrong," Johnson told 'The ...

Boris Johnson firm on Brexit as thousands protest in UK

Seven people were killed when a air-ambulance plane crashed into a resort area near the Philippine capital on Sunday, sparking a fierce blaze and sending terrified locals fleeing, authorities said.
Seven bodies have been found and it is believed all eight people aboard the light aircraft died in the crash in Calamba City, local emergency official Jeffrey Rodriguez told AFP.

Seven killed in Philippine light aircraft crash: Authorities

An Indian man accused of rape and murder in the UK 10 years ago is set to be extradited from India to face charges in Britain, according to a media report.
Aman Vyas, 34, is believed to be in custody in India before he is flown to London to face trial over the murder of Michelle Samaraweera, a 35-year-old woman found dead in a children's playground in Walthamstow, east London, in 2009, the 'Sunday Mirror' reports. It is believed she was sexually assaulted.
Vyas, described as the son of a wealthy Indian businessman, had been living in the UK on a student visa at the time and is also wanted for questioning over three other alleged sexual attacks, which also occurred in the east London area before the murder of Samaraweera.
He left Britain to live with relatives in India after a warrant was issued for his arrest by Scotland Yard.
He was arrested at Delhi airport in 2011 while trying to board a flight to Thailand and was released on bail. He has since been fighting extradition to the UK ..

Indian murder accused to be extradited to UK: Report

Iran on Sunday unveiled a jet-propelled drone it said is capable of finding and attacking targets far from the country's borders with precision.
Dubbed the "Kian", the unmanned aerial vehicle was designed, produced and tested by experts of the air defence force within about a year, said the head of the force, Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard.
The drone comes in two models capable of "surveillance and reconnaissance missions and continuous flight for precision missions", state news agency IRNA quoted him as saying.
"This drone can undertake any drone missions we entrust it with... it can fly more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) and find its target with precision," he said.
The newly launched UAV can carry different munitions and can climb to an altitude of 5,000 metres (15,000 feet), according to state television.
"This unmanned aircraft is capable of hitting targets far from the country's borders and undertaking air defence from the enemy's territory," said Sabahifard.
The ...

Iran unveils new reconnaissance and attack drone

Singer Billie Eilish has blasted a German magazine over its cover art that featured a bald and shirtless photo of the singer.
The 17-year-old singer posted a lengthy comment on Nylon Germany's official Instagram page after the magazine shared the cover art, designed by Marcel C Wilkens, which depicted her as a "supernatural fembot of the future".
"1. I was never approached by Nylon about this piece whatsoever. I did not know it was happening nor did anyone on my team. 2. This is not even a real picture of me. I had absolutely no creative input.
"3. You're gonna make a picture of me shirtless?? That's not real?? at 17? and make it the cover???? Even if the picture was supposed to look like some robot version of me... I did not consent in any way. 4. And you're gonna remove all my f***in hair? Boo to you," Eilish wrote.
After the uproar from the singer and her fans, the magazine removed the cover art and clarified that their intention was not to hurt anyone.
"We as NYLON Germany value ..

Billie Eilish slams magazine for using her shirtless photo without consent

Neymar is to stay at Paris Saint-Germain after seeing his desire to transfer back to Barcelona fail, according to press reports Sunday.
"Se queda," Spanish for he's staying, read the L'Equipe headline on its front page with a photo of the Brazilian.
"Faces with the impossiblity of completing his transfer to Barcelona, Neymar had informed his entourage he has decided to end the season at PSG," the daily said.
Spanish sports newspaper Mundo Deportivo carried similar news, which comes just ahead of the transfer market deadlines in France and Spain on Monday.
"Neymar's entourage admit it: it's finished," it said.
Neymar, 27, became the world's most expensive player when PSG paid 222 million euros (USD 264 million at the time) for his transfer from Barcelona two years ago.
A scorer of 51 goals in 58 appearances in his two seasons in the French capital, Neymar has not featured at all for his current club this season amid the uncertainty surrounding his future.
He trained with PSG on ...

Neymar to stay at PSG: reports

Pope Francis is urging governments to show the "political will" to take drastic steps to deal with climate change and says it's time to abandon dependence on fossil fuels.
Francis issued the appeal in a message Sunday, the start of several weeks of prayer by Christians to raise political awareness about pollution and exploitation of natural resources.
He also wants people to reflect on "thoughtful and harmful" daily decisions about consumption and "self-centered" attitudes toward Creation.
Francis said that at the UN Climate Action Summit later this month "governments will have the responsibility of showing the political will to take drastic measures" to achieve as quickly as possible zero net greenhouse gas emissions and to limit average the average increase in global temperature in line with the Paris climate accords.

Pope to leaders: take drastic action now on climate change

Pope Francis says he was stuck for 25 minutes in a Vatican elevator and had to be rescued by firefighters.
Francis apologized to faithful in St Peter's Square Sunday for showing up seven minutes late for his traditional noon appointment with the public.
Apparently referring to electric power, Francis said a "drop in tension" caused the elevator to block. He said that Holy See firefighters rescued him and asked the people in the square to applaud them.

Pope gets stuck in Vatican elevator, firefighters rescue him

Train service to Hong Kong's airport was suspended Sunday as pro-democracy demonstrators gathered there, while protesters outside the British Consulate called on London to grant citizenship to people born in the former colony before its return to China.
Hong Kong has been the scene of increasingly tense anti-government protests for nearly three months. They began in response to a proposed extradition law and have expanded to include other grievances and demands for more democracy and the resignation of the territory's leader.
On Saturday, protesters threw gasoline bombs at government headquarters. Police stormed a subway car and hit passengers with clubs and pepper spray.
On Sunday, several hundred protesters gathered at the airport on Chek Lap Kok island in the early afternoon and set up temporary barricades at a bus terminal. A dozen blue-uniformed police officers in riot helmets formed a line across an entrance corridor to keep them out of the terminal.
The operator of the express .

Trains to Hong Kong airport suspended after violent protests

Elisabeth Moss has revealed that she is currently dating somebody and is "happy".
Moss, who split from actor Fred Armisen in September 2010 after just 11 months of marriage, had initially planned to keep her personal life out of the spotlight, but she decided to let the world know about her partner as she does not "care" anymore.
''I now think who cares? His name is John. We've been together for over a year and he's by the pool right now. In a way, you want to preserve your privacy but in another way, I don't care. I love him, I'm playing it by ear, he's lovely and I'm happy," Moss told Sunday Times magazine.
The 37-year-old star also laughed off recent rumours that she was in a relationship with Hollywood star Tom Cruise and the duo is planning to get married.
''Not as far as I know. It would be awful for me and my boyfriend. I'm sure he's perfectly nice, but I've never met him," she said.

Elisabeth Moss says she is in 'love and happy'

Indian golfer Shiv Kapur finished the week with a two-under 70 to sign off Tied-10th at the Bank BRI Indonesia Open here on Sunday.
The Indian ended with a four-day total to nine-under 279. The Tied-10th was Kapur's best finish since December last year, when he was sixth at Indonesian Masters.
At the top, Argentina's Miguel Carballo made one of the biggest comebacks of his career by overturning a six-shot deficit to win the title at the Pondok Indah Golf Course.
Carballo, who topped the Asian Development Tour (ADT) Order of Merit last year, closed with a flawless five-under 67 to clinch his maiden Asian Tour title by three shots over Korea's Yikuen Chang with his winning total of 17-under 271.
Overnight leader by six shots, Naraajie Emerald Ramadhan Putra of Indonesia dropped five shots in last six holes to drop to fourth.
He carded 78 and was fourth at 12-under and finished five shots behind Carballo. Jazz Janewattananond (71) was T-6th at 10-under.
Among other Indians, Rashid Khan ..

Kapur signs off tied 10th at Indonesia Open

Myanmar said its military was conducting a rare court martial following a probe into alleged mass graves in crisis-hit Rakhine state, two years after a bloody crackdown drove some 740,000 Rohingya into Bangladesh.
In February 2018, an Associated Press report alleged at least five mass graves of Rohingya in Rakhine's Gu Dar Pyin village -- a claim denied by the government, which said the bodies were those of "terrorists".
But the military's official website said Saturday that an investigation had found "weakness in following instructions" in Gu Dar Pyin, and that a court martial would "proceed in accordance with the procedures of Military Justice".
Military spokesman Zaw Min Tun confirmed the probe Sunday, and said the report of mass graves "is just an allegation".
But "detailed information cannot be released yet", he told AFP.
The report described grisly violence at the hands of soldiers and Buddhist vigilantes, who allegedly attacked villagers with guns, knives, rocket launchers and .

Myanmar says holding court martial after Rohingya atrocities probe

Several Australian politicians on Sunday urged the government to let a Sri Lankan Tamil family, fighting deportation, stay back, while thousands of people took part in nationwide rallies showing their support to the couple and their two Australian-born toddlers who are caught up in the country's hardline immigration policies.
The couple, Priya and Nadesalingam, along with their two daughters, four-year-old Kopika and two-year-old Tharunicaa, were moved to a detention centre in the remote Christmas Island on Saturday, despite a court order blocking their deportation.
The family is fighting to remain in Australia because they fear persecution in Sri Lanka.
According to a Australian Associated Press (AAP) news agency report, opposition leader Anthony Albanese has raised the issue with Prime Minister Scott Morrison and highlighted the need for the immigration minister to intervene in this case.
"These people should be settled here in Australia. It won't undermine the government's ...

Aus politicians urge govt not to deport Tamil family as public rallies held across country

Pakistan's Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) founder Altaf Hussain, living in exile in the UK, declared the revocation of Article 370 by the Indian government an internal matter of India and a decision which had the overwhelming support of the people of India.
Hussain, 65, requested asylum in the 1990s and later gained UK citizenship. But he maintains a firm grip over the MQM - one of Pakistan's biggest political parties - and its main power base, the financial capital of Karachi.
In a live address broadcast on Saturday and publicised by the so-called MQM Secretariat in London, Hussain is seen challenging Pakistan to "annex" Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) in reaction to the Indian government's decision that withdrew the special status to Jammu and Kashmir.
"It was the decision of the Indian government with the overwhelming support of the people of India. If Pakistan has the courage, they should also annex PoK into Pakistan," said Hussain.
"The revocation of Article 370 by the Indian ...

Article 370 revocation internal matter of India, says MQM leader Altaf Hussain

President Donald Trump has nominated prominent Indian-American attorney Shireen Mathews as a judge of the US District Court for the Southern District of California.
If confirmed, Matthews will be the first Asian Pacific American woman and first Indian-American to serve as an Article III federal judge in the Southern District, National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) said.
Article III judges "hold their office during good behavior", which means they have a lifetime appointment, except under very limited circumstances. Article III judges can be removed from office only through impeachment by the House of Representatives and conviction by the Senate.
Currently, Matthews is a partner at Jones Day, the fifth-largest law firm in the country, in San Diego.
Prior to joining the firm, Matthews served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division of the United States Attorney's Office for the Southern District of California. Before entering government service, .

Trump nominates Indian-American attorney to federal judgeship

Philippine officials say a small plane has crashed into a resort area south of Manila and exploded in flames, but there was no immediate word on casualties as firefighters scrambled to control the fire.
Provincial police chief Eleazar Matta says the light plane crashed in a swimming pool resort in Pansol village in Laguna province Sunday near the foothills of Mount Makiling and authorities were checking possible casualties on board the plane and on the ground.
Eric Apolonio of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines says a light plane on a medical evacuation flight from southern Dipolog city to Manila disappeared from radar for unknown reasons around the time the small plane crashed in mid-afternoon in Laguna, about 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of the capital.

Small plane crashes into resort in Philippines

In a career-best performance, upcoming Indian tennis player Sasi Kumar Mukund ended runner-up in both singles and doubles at the Baotou Challenger, here on Sunday.
The 12th seed Mukund lost the singles title clash 4-6 3-6 to Australian top seed James Duckworth in the USD 54,160 clay-court event.
Reaching the Chennai Open semifinal was Mukund's best singles performance before entering this event.
Mukund earned USD 4240 for his effort and also 48 ranking points that will push him to career-best 235 when the new rankings will be issued after the conclusion of the US Open.
The season has been an average one for the 21-year-old Mukund, who struggled to go beyond the second rounds on the Challenger circuit.
In the doubles, Mukund and Russian Teymuraz Gabashvili lost 6-7 (3) 2-6 to second seed Korean pair of Ji Sung Nam and Min-Kyu Song.
Mukund split USD 1800 with Gabashvili.

Double runner-up finish for Mukund at Baotou Challenger

Actor Terry Chen, best known for playing Pryce Cheng in Marvel's "Jessica Jones', has joined the cast of "DC's Legends of Tomorrow".
According to TV Line, the actor is currently filming for the fifth episode of season five of the show.
He will play genocidal real-life ruler Genghis Khan.
Titled "Mortal Khanbat", this episode "presents Khan as a cool-tempered but ruthless Mongolian ruler, who finds himself alone in 1990s Hong Kong. But he adapts quickly and uses his mastery of military strategy to pursue his single greatest ambition: conquering the globe".
Chen's previous TV credits also include "Van Helsing", "UnREAL" and "House of Cards".
"DC's Legends of Tomorrow" returns with fifth season in early 2020.

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