A MUM-of-two who was killed when a horror blaze tore through a luxury resort had been holidaying with her husband and visiting family. Italian Francesca Valentino, 45, was the sole fatality of the devastating hotel fire in the Dominican Republic. Apocalyptic images from the blaze at the Viva Dominicus Bayahibe resort showed a thick carpet...

A FOUR-year-old British girl has drowned in a hotel swimming pool on a popular Spanish holiday island. The child died after emergency services made several unsuccessful attempts to revive her at the resort in Playa Blanca, Lanzarote. Tragedy struck at around 1.30pm today when authorities received reports of a youngster being pulled from a pool....

THE founder of global gaming giant Ubisoft has died in a horror plane crash in France. Claude Guillemot was killed on Friday evening near La Baule airport on the Atlantic coast, Mayor Franck Louvrier confirmed. The 69-year-old was piloting a twin-engine Cessna 421 under the supervision of a flight instructor when the tragedy struck. The...

THIS is the terrifying moment seven worshippers were killed with at least 25 more injured after a temple roof collapsed in India. Horror footage of the incident shows people gathered in the prayer hall, which was under construction, before the scaffolding suddenly gives way. Debris suddenly comes tumbling down on the unsuspecting group at the...

AN URGENT "danger to life" warning has been issued across parts of Spain as temperatures could soar to 45C. Holidaymakers have been urged to take "extreme precautions" as a major heatwave rolls through the regions of Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa in northern Spain this weekend. The weather warning is in place from 1pm to 9pm on...

A WOMAN has been killed and seven other people are injured after a suspected knifeman slashed victims in a sickening rampage through a shopping centre. The horror scenes unfolded in Krasnodar, southern Russia where the attacker also allegedly detonated a homemade explosive device. The alleged knifeman is said to have detonated a homemade explosive device...

THE bungee-jumper who was thrown to her death last week was reportedly fitted with a GoPro, which mysteriously went missing after her horror fall. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas, 21, was launched off Skeleton bridge in Limeira, Brazil, without a rope, and plummeted more than 130ft to her death. Shocking footage showed the moment she...

DYLAN Canache was just 16-years-old when he was thrown into Nicolas Maduros notorious torture prison. Inside El Helicoide, a huge guard loomed over the teen, demanding: Do you know where you are?  Im the devil, and youre in hell," he barked. Dylan told The Sun how he spent six months being beaten and abused in...

A BRITISH man is flying to Tenerife in a desperate bid to find his missing mum. Gary Myers said his mum was last seen yesterday in the quiet coastal village of Puertito de Guimar. Now the panicked son has launched an appeal to the public to help find his missing mum - who is said...

THIS is the shocking moment bottle-wielding thugs brawl in Ayia Napa, as violence broke out after England's World Cup game. Two Brits were arrested after the huge scrap, which broke out on the same night as a stabbing outside a nearby Cyprus club. Jaw-dropping footage shows a group of men arguing in the street and...

A BRITISH man has been left fighting for his life after a crash between a motorbike and a car in northern Spain. Cops have launched a probe after the 64-year-old motorist smashed "head-on" into a car driven by a Spanish woman on a road in the Pyrenees. The horror accident unfolded at 7:40am on Friday...

FRANTICALLY tapping on a phone screen, I try to clear as many blue candies as possible.  As 30 seconds booms from the announcer, I resist wiping sweat on my forehead from the stage lights.  Then, the phone goes blank and it's an agonising wait to see if I've beaten my nine competitors to snatch the...

FED-UP expats say they are being left out of pocket as gangs in Majorca break into holiday homes and change the locks before moving in squatters. Organised groups are said to leave chalk markings at empty homes on the popular Spanish holiday island and send locations on WhatsApp groups. Shocking pictures shared by eviction company...

THE Kremlin's "number one mission" is to deploy spies on British soil and infiltrated the UK government, a former CIA chief has warned. Britain must accept it is at war with Russia as Putin continues to flood the streets with secret agents, according to former senior operations officer Sean Wiswesser. Fears over Russian spies in...

TWO freight train carriages have plunged off a bridge in Germany, leaving one person with critical injuries. The horror crash took place in the early hours of Saturday morning. Two trains collided, sending part of one train plummeting off the bridge and onto the road beneath. One person was rushed to hospital in critical condition....

THIS is the horror moment an inferno erupts at a popular tourist resort - leaving terrified guests scrambling to safety. Shocking footage shows thick plumes of smoke billowing above the Viva Dominicus Bayahibe resort in in the Dominican Republic. Emergency services rushed to the scene on Friday as the blaze rapidly spread. Authorities said they...

NOBODY bats an eyelid as a sunburnt lad wearing the remnants of a Playboy bunny costume staggers down the beachfront with his rugby pals. In high spirits, the group has just spent the afternoon boozing on an all-inclusive boat trip. As two of them jump into a fountain, an elderly couple whizz by on their...

UKRAINE has unveiled a new high-speed drone to hunt and shoot down Russian warplanes in a fresh blow to Vladimir Putin's bungling military. The SIRENA unmanned trimaran can charge at speeds of 56mph and is fine-tuned for "high-risk missions". The deadly drone can carry up to 300kg of explosives and roam the sea for a...

MULTIMILLIONAIRE Mango boss was standing still and not using his phone moments before he plunged to his death, cops have revealed after his son said he fell while taking pictures. Isak Andic, 71, died in December 2024 after plunging 500ft into a ravine while hiking in the Montserrat mountains near Barcelona. His son, Jonathan Andic, is suspected...

A BRITISH teen tourist has died after diving into water at a red-flagged beach on holiday. The 17-year-old boy was in the sea with a friend when they suddenly started calling for help. Six lifeguards rushed to the scene and managed to pull one of the boys out from the rough waters in Chania. The...

AN 81-YEAR-OLD ptanqueplayer allegedly killed his opponent after smashing him in the face with a metal ball. A "huge rivalry" between the players from competing local clubs turned violent after an argument broke out in Mimizan, France on Wednesday. Horrified witnesses said the argument flared into a brawl with the two older men trading blows....

A BABY has been snatched from his pushchair overnight sparking a huge manhunt with helicopters and drones across Germany. Police have been searching for the missing three-month-old boy since 11:30pm last night - but cops warn that they have "no promising leads". Parents alerted police of their missing son late on Thursday night after he...

THIS is the wild moment two bikini-clad tourists saved a wounded sheep that went swimming in a river after being chased by a dog. A mum and daughter leapt into action after spotting the stricken animal fighting for its life in the Kama River in Russia. Anna and Anastasia Zapevalova were paddle boarding on calm...

AN 11-YEAR-OLD schoolgirl was raped before she was murdered, police have confirmed in a horror case that has sent shock waves through France. An autopsy found the biological profile of Jrme Barella, 41, on "intimate areas" of Lyhanna, according to BFMTV. The grim update, revealed today, has left the young girl's family with "disgust" and...

THIS is the terrifying moment children cling to a ledge after scrambling out of windows as a huge school fire tears through a building. Panic erupted when a fierce blaze broke out in a music room at Takinogawa Daisan Elementary School in Tokyo. Around 300 pupils and staff were forced to flee for their lives...