WITH a constant barrage of Hezbollah rockets flying over his house just yards from the Lebanese border, Gideon Rapaport could be forgiven for packing up and fleeing. But the defiant grandad has lived on his kibbutz for 60 years and refuses to leave. As the valley below echoed to the sound of artillery fire, Gideon,...

A MAYOR in France is believed to have taken his own life just hours after losing his position in local elections. Christian Berats was found dead with a gunshot wound on Monday morning - the day after voters removed him from office. The 62-year-old had been defeated in the first round of the municipal election...

TWO desperate skiers have used ice chunks to spell out SOS after a frozen bay broke under them while asleep. The stricken German couple were camping on the frozen Bothnian Bay when the ice cracked in the middle of the night. The "experienced" pair were trekking about 100miles across the frozen sea between Oulu, Finland,...

THIS is the shocking moment a man was left with a screwdriver sticking out of his head after a horror attack. Terrifying footage shows the victim lying on the pavement with the tool protruding from his left temple. Panicked bystanders - including the victim's heavily pregnant girlfriend - rush over to over some assistance. His...

A FORMER Big Brother star has been arrested for allegedly getting a tourist drunk and stealing his passport and watch. The ex-reality TV star and her manager allegedly hatched the nefarious plan despite purporting herself on the show as "knowing right from wrong". Luciana Martnez rose to fame while competed in the 2024 edition of...

A NEW storm is set to batter Brit holiday hotspot islands just days before thousands flock there for their Easter getaways. Rain and wind will sweep across the Canary Islands from tomorrow. Strong gusts of wind and heavy downpours have been forecast across islands including Tenerife, Fuerteventura, La Palma, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote. The storm...

CHINA has been accused of helping Iran build its suicide drone armada after a video appearing to show a Shahed production line emerged. Footage shared by a factory on Douyin, Beijing's domestic TikTok, shows workers assembling UAVs at a workshop. Other clips show multiple drones - resembling Tehran's lethal Shaheds - lined up in a...

A GLAMOROUS fashion influencer has been tragically found dead after posting a mysterious message to followers saying she had been "raised with violence". Aysegul Eraslan, 27, was discovered unresponsive in her Istanbul apartment in the Kagithane district on Friday. She was found after concerned relatives raised the alarm when she failed to answer her ...

A TEENAGER has died after plummeting 200ft down a cliff - and her boyfriend is fighting for his life. The 18-year-old woman from Brisbane died while hiking in the Glasshouse Mountains, Australia, during "difficult conditions". Emergency services were called to Mount Beerwah, but they arrived to find the teen with life-threatening injuries. She was later...

A BRIT-born publishing heir has died in a horror plane crash alongside his pregnant wife. A doctor and a footballer were also among the victims after a plane went down in Guatemala on Sunday night. Harald Undrum belonged to the Norwegian publishing group Schibsted which owns major Scandinavian newspapers. The 53-year-old had been expecting a...

A LONG lost medieval town nestled in a remote forest has been rediscovered by archaeologists with new evidence revealing what the city looked like before its demise. The remains of Stolzenberg - a medieval town that researchers believe collapsed in the 14th or 15th century. Located in a forest outside the modern-day Polish village of...

THIS is the dramatic moment tourists are forced to flee as a historic castle crashes to the ground at a Brit holiday hotspot. A section of the Escalona Castle in Toledo, central Spain, collapsed on Saturday morning in front of terrified onlookers. Shocking footage shows the moment the 15th-century fortress crumbles after one of its...

THIS is the harrowing moment a cleaner pours toxic chemicals into her new colleague's tea as she is caught on camera in a workplace poison plot. Chilling footage shows the woman browsing a cleaning shelf and picking out a bright green bottle of chemicals. She then sprays the toxic substance into a tea cup, mixing...

A BRITISH murder suspect who allegedly left a kidnap victim with severe burns before dumping them 100 miles away has been caught after a six-year manhunt. Kevin Leon Wooden, 46, is accused of abducting Tomasz Samel, 45, in 2019 - before fleeing the country after a 10,000 bounty was put on his head. Dominican Republic...

A TOURIST has fallen to his death from a cliff in a Brit holiday hotspot. The 28-year-old plunged 30ft to his death in Spain while trying to grab his glasses that had fallen off. The Colombian man was walking with his partner in Pilar de la Horadada, Alicante when tragedy struck. It is thought he...

A BRIT tourist has drowned after being pulled out to sea by a deadly rip current while on holiday in Bali. The 39-year-old was swimming at Nyang-Nyang Beach when he is believed to have been struck by the swell and pulled away by a rip current. He was already lifeless when shocked beachgoers discovered his...

A teacher nicknamed "Major Hands" has been charged with hosting wild "prostitution parties" that he charged guests to attend. Eric Simpson, 66, is accused of moonlighting as a pimp to host raunchy raves in his New York home. The FBI said the technology teacher and retired member of the New York National Guard regularly promoted,...

THIS is the moment a humanoid robot was arrested after harassing an elderly woman forcing cops to intervene. A humanoid robot was taken into custody by Macau police after it appeared to harass an elderly woman on a public street. The video shows the robot being surrounded by people on the street as the nearly...

IRAN'S flailing regime is begging for donations to prop up funding for its reign of terror in the Middle East. Desperate officials have resorted to sharing bank details on social media - hoping to claw in handouts from "benevolent friends". Staff at Iran's embassy in India have even called on "our dear brothers and sisters"...

IRANs new leader has been put on a life support machine and is now unable to breathe unaided, sources in the country told The Sun today. Mojtaba Khamenei anointed Supreme leader of the rogue state just eight days ago was maimed by an airstrike and has now been put on a ventilator in...

VLADIMIR Putin has has massively stepped up security in Moscow with an internet blackout and armed officers flooding the streets. The tyrant, 73, has ordered a security clampdown at the Kremlin amid fears his safety has been compromised in the same way that led to the killing of Irans supreme leader Ali Khamenei. Paranoia has...

THREE survivors of a drone attack on a Dubai skyscraper have been arrested for privately sharing pictures of the blitz with their loved ones, reports say. The "traumatised" victims were inside their high-rise apartments near Dubai Creek Harbour when a drone hit the building on Wednesday - sparking a huge fire. The trio reportedly took...

A MUSICIAN famed for playing the saxophone during a 12-hour operation to remove a brain tumour has tragically died. Tributes have flowed for 38-year-old Carlos Aguilera, whose death was confirmed on Friday. Aguilera made global headlines for his historic musical performance in an operating room of Malaga's Carlos Haya Hospital in October 2015, when he...

FLIGHTS from Dubai airport have been suspended after a terrifying Iranian drone strike sparked a fire. A fuel tank near the airport erupted into flames after a drone attack before the UAE announced the flights would be scrapped. Local authorities said a "drone-related incident" sparked a fire at the airport - one of the world's...

A BRIT couple have been arrested in Mallorca, accused of a kidnap that allegedly took place in broad daylight. The pair are accused of the brazen kidnap of a woman in her sixties in holiday hotspot Palma. A middle-aged couple are accused of attempting to bundle an elderly Spanish woman into their car. The intended...