Video footage of the area around Jeffrey Epstein's prison cell on a day he apparently tried to kill himself was permanently deleted by mistake, US prosecutors have said.

Officials at the Metropolitan Correctional Centre (MCC) in New York believed they had preserved footage of guards finding the convicted sex offender after he appeared to have

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The doomed Ukrainian passenger jet was on fire and exploded into a huge ball of flames as it tumbled from the sky and crashed shortly after take-off in Iran, footage shows.

Tehran's night sky turns an intense orange for an ephemeral moment as the Boeing 737 crashes into a distant field in one clip taken by a car passenger.

The jet appeared to be on

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The owner of the Kangaroo Island Wildlife Park in South Australia has told Sky News he would risk his life defending hundreds of animals as bushfires continue to tear through the bio-diversity rich region.

There was a frantic rush to bolster defences as two large blazes circling the area looked as if they would merge.

Australia bushfires: Wildlife park owner would 'risk his life' to help animals
Image:Sam Mitchell is the owner

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Images of a Russian-made surface-to-air missile circulating online have been at the centre of reports that a Ukraine airliner was shot down.

Experts in verification, however, cannot confirm if the images are genuine or exactly when or where they were taken.

Speculation swirled online that an air defence missile might be to blame, but US officials

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UK, US, Canadian and Australian officials say it is "highly likely" an Iranian missile accidentally shot down a Ukrainian passenger jet, killing 176 people on board near Tehran.

They believe the jet could have been hit by mistakeon Wednesday amid rocket and missile launches throughout the region.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said at a news

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NASA satellite imagery has revealed the devastating impact of the wildfires that have been ravaging Australia's Kangaroo Island.

The US space agency estimates that 155,000 hectares (600,000 sq miles) of the island has been consumed by the rapacious blazes, describing it as "an ecological tragedy".

Kangaroo Island, Australia's third biggest island,

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