Cross with pointed ends

A man slipped and fell while rock hopping across a crocodile-infested river as he lead his family to safety after their car became bogged in the water. Naomi, who did not want to give her surname, was crocodile-spotting with her child when she saw two cars get bogged at Cahills Crossing, in Kakadu National Park in the Northern Territory on Saturday. One car managed to reverse out but the other, a blue Ford, got stuck, forcing a family of four to climb out and walk across rocks to the other side of the East Alligator River, which is notorious for being full of saltwater crocodiles. A Northern Territory man (pictured) was filmed falling and slipping into a crocodile-infested river as he led his family (also pictured) across the notorious Cahills Crossing in Kakadu National Park in the Top End on Saturday Naomi said the whole ordeal 'was intense to watch'. 'You're standing there watching and unable to do anything to help and hoping they make it to the other side,' … [Read more...] about Heart-stopping moment stranded family make a treacherous crossing over a crocodile-infested river before the father slips and falls in

The White House said Thursday that President Joe Biden will end support for Saudi Arabia's controversial war in Yemen - his first major foreign policy reversal. President Barack Obama began support for Saudi Arabia and President Donald Trump ramped it up, but Biden will announce during his visit to the State Department that it's ending. 'Today he will announce an end to American support for offensive operations in Yemen,' said National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan at the White House press briefing. The move would fulfill a campaign pledge by Biden, whose administration plans to pursue diplomacy to end the overall conflict in Yemen. Sullivan also said Biden will freeze Trump's planned withdrawal of some U.S. troops stationed in Germany. President Joe Biden will end support for Saudi Arabia's controversial war in Yemen - his first major foreign policy reversal Saudi Arabia began the offensive in 2015 to counter a Yemeni Houthi faction that had seized … [Read more...] about White House says Joe Biden is ending U.S. support for Saudi Arabia’s controversial war in Yemen which was begun by Obama and ramped up by Trump – in first major foreign policy reversal of his presidency

T heir mission was to bring the America’s Cup home. But after 166 years of hurt, the British challenge for the 35th America’s Cup ultimately went the way of every other British challenge since that first race around the Isle of Wight back in 1851. From Sir Thomas Lipton to Sir Thomas Sopwith, he of the famous Camel, it has been a miserable run. Knowing they had to win at least two of Thursday’s three races against New Zealand to force their play-off semi-final into a deciding day, Sir Ben Ainslie’s Land Rover BAR team could win only one, going down 5-2 in the first-to-five series. As they crossed the line in front of a packed race village at the Royal Naval Dockyard in Bermuda for the final time, 46sec behind their fast-pedalling Kiwi rivals, lungs and arms on fire from three races in the space of little over two hours, heads naturally dropped. “That’s the best we’ve sailed today by a long way,” Ainslie declared defiantly over the radio. It was both a valid point, and an early … [Read more...] about Britain’s America’s Cup dream over as Sir Ben Ainslie’s challenge ends in 5-2 defeat to New Zealand

The first day of arguments at President Donald Trump 's second impeachment trial ended in chaos when Sen. Mike Lee tried to object to evidence that referenced him. Lee took issue with part of Rep. David Cicilline's presentation, which was supposed to show the senators where Trump's mind was at during the deadly January 6 siege. 'Statements were attributed to me moments ago by the House impeachment managers, statements related to the content of conversations between - a phone call involving President Trump and Senator Tuberville, were not made by me, they're not accurate and they're contrary to fact,' Lee said on the heels of primary impeachment manager, Rep. Jamie Raskin, saying they were done for the day. Sen. Mike Lee delayed the close of the first day of arguments at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial by trying to strike evidence from the record. Lee was mentioned because Trump had accidentally tried to call his phone to reach Sen. Tommy Tuberville … [Read more...] about First day of Trump’s impeachment trial ends in chaos as Republican senator Mike Lee angrily demands Democrats withdraw evidence that the ex-president phoned him by mistake to pressure another senator to overturn election

ACCORDING to the singular Wayne Coyne, “being in The Flaming Lips is like a never ending Spinal Tap moment”. The Tap, as aficionados of the cult Eighties movie like to call them, were a mock rock band whose hapless antics were embarrassingly close to reality. ???? Read our coronavirus liv e blog for the latest news & updates It probably comes as no surprise, therefore, that Coyne and co have given us the pandemic’s most absurdly brilliant musical spectacle. At a time when live shows seem like a distant dream, The Flaming Lips are staging a series of concerts in their home town of Oklahoma City with each band member in their own inflatable “space bubble”. The audience comprises a further 100 bubbles, occupied by either one, two or three people, for a fully immersive yet responsible, socially distanced event. Coyne, who became a dad for the first time in 2019 and turned 60 last month, has been using the see-through spheres at Lips gigs since 2004. So why not … [Read more...] about There’s no point being polite about Covid – it’s brutal, says The Flaming Lips’ Wayne Coyne