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Satellite images capture North Korean soldiers standing in formation to spell 'defend with your life' in rehearsal for huge military parade 'to coincide with Biden inauguration'

A North Korean parade has spelled out the message 'defend with your life' in a Pyongyang square in an apparent rehearsal ahead of a party congress in January.   Satellite imagery showed the propaganda phrase being spelled out in Korean by people standing in formation and holding up red placards in Kim Il-sung Square.  The think-tank 38 North says political messages of this kind are 'common during this kind of event and require practice to perfect timing and accuracy'.   A new structure has also appeared in the square in recent days as North Korea prepares for the ruling party showpiece - which is expected to include at least one parade and take place around the time of Joe Biden's inauguration as US president.  'Defend with your life': Satellite imagery showed this propaganda message being spelled out in Kim Il Sung Square in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a politburo meeting on Wednesday where preparations were made

Pope Francis, 84, is suffering with painful sciatica which has forced him to bow out of holding the Vatican prayer service tonight and New Year's Day Mass

Pope Francis is suffering with painful sciatica which has forced him to skip the Vatican prayer service tonight, a spokesman said. Matteo Bruni said Francis, 84, is suffering from the painful back condition and will not preside at a year-end prayer service on Thursday evening in St Peter's Basilica. The pope, who has suffered from the problem in the past, will also will not celebrate Mass on New Year's Day in the basilica for the same reason.   Pope Francis, 84, pictured, is suffering with painful sciatica which has forced him to skip the Vatican prayer service tonight Sciatica can cause back and leg pain and is due to compression on nerve roots or on the sciatic nerve which runs from the lower spine down the thigh. Despite the back pain, Mr Bruni said Francis will deliver his scheduled New Year's blessing during an appearance at noon on Friday in the library of the Apostolic Palace. To discourage crowds in St Peter's Square during a Covid-19 surge in Italy, Francis lat

Takeaway fan finds strange white specks in their Whopper burger after a trip to Hungry Jack's

A shocked fast food customer has shared a picture online of a burger with an unwanted ingredient she claims she bought from a popular burger franchise in Sydney.  'Hey everyone! Got a Rebel Whopper at Hungry Jack's Bondi Beach and pretty much by the end of my meal I've noticed this,' Elizavita Samoylova posted to the Sydney Vegans Facebook group. The picture, posted on Wednesday afternoon by Ms Samoylova, shows dozens of what look like small white grains of rice on her burger patty. The picture, posted on Wednesday afternoon by Ms Samoylova, shows dozens of what look like small white grains of rice on her burger patty  Ms Samoylova said she purchased the burger from Bondi Hungry Jack's restaurant  She posted the picture to the Sydney Vegans Facebook group on Wednesday  The picture received more than 50 comments an hour after being shared with many viewers saying it had put them off.   The Rebel Whopper features a patty made from plant protein that is said to resembl

Lion cub is forced to have both eyes removed after being smuggled 1,200 miles by bus across Russia in a tiny wooden box without food or water

A lion cub has been forced to have both eyes removed after it was smuggled by bus across Russia in a tiny wooden box. The cub, named Grom, was discovered in a narrow wooden box in the luggage compartment of an inter city bus. It was travelling on a 1,200-mile route from Makhachkala to Moscow, Russia, when the police had found the animal during the summer. The cub, named Grom, pictured, has been forced to have both eyes removed after it was smuggled by bus across Russia in a tiny wooden box The baby, pictuted, who was just a few weeks old, had no food or water and vets believe he was removed from his mother before even suckling her milk The baby, who was just a few weeks old, had no food or water and vets believe he was removed from his mother before even suckling her milk.  Grom, which means thunder, was handed to a circus in Volgograd, but an examination by a vet found cataract in his eyes. Surgery was delayed due to inflammation until September, and believing it was a success, he was

New Yorker, 50, 'cuts off his penis and throws it in the toilet'

A New York City man cut off his penis and part of a testicle and threw it in his apartment toilet, police said.    Police sources told the New York Post that officers were called to the apartment of a 50-year-old man in Tottenville, Staten Island, on Wednesday at about 11.45am, when his roommate said that the man had cut his own arm.  Upon arrival, the 50-year-old man told police that the wound on his right arm had been self-inflicted.  A Staten Island man told EMT workers that he had cut off his penis and thrown it in the toilet. EMTs confirmed his penis and a testicle had been cut off. (Stock image) Police sources said that the man then told EMTs that he had cut off his penis and thrown it in the toilet.   The EMT workers confirmed that the man's penis and one of his testicles had been cut off and was missing.  Officers reportedly found a large quantity of blood in the bathroom on the second floor of the apartment.   It's unclear, however, if police were able to find the man&

'Brilliant' 22-year-old mother of twins is found collapsed dead by her heartbroken boyfriend just two days after Christmas

Silhesha Sunderland, 22, was discovered by her partner Marc Stott on December 27 at their home in Bolton, Gtr Manchester A 'brilliant' young mother of twins was found dead by her heartbroken boyfriend just two days after Christmas.  The body of Silhesha Sunderland, 22, was discovered by her partner Marc Stott on December 27 at their home in Bolton, Gtr Manchester. Marc found her in the morning and her family do not yet know how she died, but they fear she may have got up in the night to go to the toilet and collapsed. Silhesha was described as a 'brilliant mother' to two-and-a-half year old twins Aliyah and Hugo and a 'kind-hearted girl' who was 'one of a kind'. Heartbroken mother Vicky said: 'We don't know how she died yet and we are just waiting on the coroner's report. 'Her boyfriend found her in the morning and tried to resuscitate her. She must have got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and collapsed. 'I am so bro

Coronavirus-stricken pregnant Virgin Atlantic stewardess, 34, is left homeless after fire destroys her house on Christmas Day - three months after she lost job and virus killed her father

A pregnant ex-Virgin Atlantic stewardess who tested positive for Covid-19 has been left homeless after a fire destroyed her house on Christmas Day. Keira Sanded, 34, faces months in temporary accommodation after her partner, who was also unwell at the time, took food out of the oven and fell asleep before the couple woke to find a blaze in their kitchen. The mother-of-two from Newhaven, East Sussex, is 21 weeks pregnant with her third child and was made redundant in September after 13 years in her job. The following week her father died from coronavirus.  Keira Sanded (pictured above), 34, faces months in temporary accommodation after a fire destroyed her house in Newhaven, East Sussex, on Christmas Day Ms Sanded told The Argus: 'It's just been a year of devastation. It's just been one thing after another.'   She contracted the disease herself days before Christmas and on December 25 was self-isolating with her partner Wayne Barrett. This meant she had to spend the holi

EXCLUSIVE: 'No Spain in sight!' Genealogist weighs in on Hilaria Baldwin saga to confirm she has NO Spanish roots - and actually hails from England, Ireland and Germany

Hilaria Baldwin has claimed that she hails from Spain, but a genealogist has weighed in to confirm that Boston-born Hillary Hayward-Thomas is anything but Spanish.   Genealogist Dr. Adina Newman says there is 'no Spain in sight' after tracing Hilaria's lineage back to England, Ireland, Germany, Quebec, modern day Slovakia and finally settling in New England. Nowhere in her family tree does the mother-of-five have any ties to Spain, with the only connection being vacationing in the European country during her childhood and her parents retiring to the island of Majorca in 2011.  Speaking to DailyMail.com, Dr. Adina said 'nothing led me to Spain' after fleshing out a 'dirty tree' going back centuries on her Hilaria's maternal side.   DailyMail.com has discovered Hilaria proudly displayed her given name Hillary Hayward-Thomas on her MySpace page alongside sultry selfies On an old MySpace page unearthed by DailyMail.com, Hilaria used her given name Hillary, w

'We are a nation of overcomers': Scott Morrison thanks Australians for the 'grit' they have shown through the bushfires and the coronavirus pandemic - as he boasts about the nation's COVID-19 response in an emotional end-of-year message

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has lauded the courage, resilience and attentiveness of Australians in 2020 - saying he has never been prouder of his compatriots after a year blighted by bushfires and COVID-19. Australia is set to endure a subdued New Year's Eve, with people in both Sydney and Melbourne urged to stay at home amid fresh virus outbreaks. The Australian leader's message comes after a difficult year in which Australia battled unprecedented bushfires and was forced into a virus-induced lockdown for long stretches of the year. The Prime Minister thanked frontline workers during Covid in particular in his New Year's Eve message on Thursday (pictured: a testing centre at Chadstone Shopping Centre in Melbourne in October)  In his farewell message to 2020, Scott Morrison said a vaccine roll-out would be key to Australia's recovery in the new year  But Mr Morrison on Thursday said Australians had emerged from those challenges with good grace and geniality and wou

Diners at a wine bar are ordered to get tested for coronavirus immediately as a BWS, Coles and a cinema complex across Sydney and Melbourne are put on high alert after being exposed to COVID-19

Diners at a busy tapas and wine bar in Wollongong have been ordered to get tested for coronavirus as a string of other venues across Sydney and Melbourne are put on high alert. Anyone who visited the Swallowed Anchor on Crown St in Wollongong on December 19 has been asked to get tested immediately and to self-isolate until further instructions.  A BWS and a Thai restaurant in Berala in Sydney's west have also been put on alert by health officials on Thursday evening. Anyone who visited the Swallowed Anchor on Crown St in Wollongong on December 19 has been asked to get tested immediately and to self-isolate until further instructions Meanwhile in Melbourne, four new venues have been added to the list including a Coles, a busy shopping centre and a cinema.  Anybody who had visited any of the venues at the specific times have been ordered to get tested immediately and isolate until given a negative result.    Melbourne's Forest Hill Chase Shopping Centre has been put on alert afte

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai is jailed AGAIN - just a week after being released on £1million bail as he fights charges under national security laws imposed by Beijing

Hong Kong's highest court has revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. Lai had been granted bail on December 23 after three weeks in custody on charges of fraud and endangering national security. His appeal hearing is slated for February 1. The court said Thursday that it was 'reasonably arguable' that the previous judge's decision was erroneous and that the order of granting bail was invalid. Lai is among a string of pro-democracy activists and supporters arrested by Hong Kong police in recent months as authorities step up their crackdown on dissent in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Hong Kong's highest court has revoked media tycoon Jimmy Lai's bail after prosecutors succeeded in asking the judges to send him back to detention. Above, Lai pictured on December 31 A supporter of media mogul Jimmy Lai, founder of Apple Daily, holds signs as his prison van leaves the Court of F