An employee of the United Nations has contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This is evident from an internal UN announcement that has been viewed by the Reuters news agency. It is known to be the first employee of the international organization who became infected with the deadly virus during the current outbreak.
The twenty-year-old man suspected of the murder of the Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova admitted to the German police that he had attacked her. But the Bulgarian denies having raped, robbed and robbed the thirty-year-old TV presenter.
Six people were killed as a result of hurricane Michael in the southwest of the United States. Most of the deaths have fallen in the state of Florida, namely four. People also died in the states of Georgia and North Carolina. The authorities fear that the death toll can still start running.
The son of the owner of the extended limousine company who died on Saturday in the US state of New York has been arrested. Nauman Hussain is suspected of death by guilt for negligence, reports the police in New York. The police thinks he is responsible that the limo could go on the road despite problems during the inspection.
Hurricane Michael has landed in the American state of Florida. The eye of the hurricane passed the coast near Mexico Beach, some thirty kilometers southeast of Panama City, in the so-called Pannensteel of Florida. The hurricane remains strong above the country and leaves a trail of destruction behind.
Hurricane Michael approaching the east coast of the United States can become a storm of the fourth category when he lands in western Florida or in the Big Bend area of Florida around the city of Tallahassee.
The popular diesel engine is, after Hamburg and Frankfurt, also in the German capital under the spell. A court in Berlin ruled Tuesday that only the air quality in the metropolis will improve. Around two hundred thousand motorists with cars up to the Euro 5 standard are affected.
The official death toll of the earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi has risen to 2010. Rescue workers in Indonesia have carried out their search for victims Tuesday, to be able to recover as many bodies as possible.
In a shooting in a bar in the French city of Toulouse, a 35-year-old man was killed on Monday. Two others, including a 40-year-old man, were injured. That reports La Depeche. The perpetrator would have fled by engine.
The Indonesian authorities have increased the death toll of the earthquake and the tsunami on Sulawesi to 1944. The disaster occurred in the northwest of the island and devastated a large part of the city of Palu. There a neighborhood was swallowed by the earth. Nothing is known about the fate of about five thousand residents.
The death toll as a result of the earthquake and tsunami on Sulawesi has risen from 1558 to 1763. According to the emergency response service there is fear that there are still more than 5000 missing persons.
The police in Mexico arrested a man and a woman suspected of involvement in the murder of at least ten women. The couple is also accused of selling a baby.
The lives of many villagers in Central Sulawesi have been spared because the residents were terrified by a smaller earthquake three hours before the devastating earthquake of over a week ago.
At least fifty people were killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday by a collision of a tanker with a bus. Both vehicles caught fire at the city of Madimba.
The painting Girl with Balloon by the artist Banksy has destroyed herself during an auction of the work at Sotheby's in London. It is clearly a region of the anonymous artist.
The official death toll due to the earthquake and tsunami last Friday on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen from more than 1400 to 1558. This has been reported by the emergency response service.
Catalans marched massively on Monday evening in Barcelona to underline that separatism is still alive in Catalonia. The police estimated the turnout to 180,000 people according to Spanish media. The largest banner read: 'Self-determination is a human right.'
While in the disaster area of Sulawesi the number of victims is increasing by the hour, there is criticism of the warning system for tsunamis of the Indonesian government. That did not work well when last Friday a heavy earthquake unleashed a devastating tidal wave.
The Indonesian authorities supply relief goods and materiel after the earthquake and flood on Sulawesi. The emergency response service says it needs more heavy equipment and manpower to store bodies on the island.
In the event of an uprising in a prison in the Guatemalan city of Fraijanes, at least seven detainees were shot dead on Sunday. There were also four injuries according to the local authorities.
Two days after the tsunami disaster on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, rescue workers rescued a woman from a collapsed hotel in the city of Palu. The woman was taken off the second floor of the hotel Roa Roa on Sunday, according to rescue workers.
Three schoolboys were killed in the east of Ukraine by an explosion of a landmine. It happened in an area where regular battles took place between separatists and Ukrainian troops. The separatist authorities that make up the service reported the deaths on Sunday.
The number of deaths as a result of an earthquake and a tidal wave in the northwest of Sulawesi rose to 1203. This is reported by the Indonesian news site Kumparan, which refers to the national police. The Indonesian authorities have not yet confirmed the number.
A 20-year-old woman from the English city of Manchester ended up in hospital after she ventured into an extremely tough noodle challenge. One day after she threw back the 'Samyang hot chicken noodle soup', she had blood on her stool. In the hospital, the young woman appeared to have Crohn's disease.
The number of victims of the earthquake and the subsequent tsunami that hit the northwest of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi has risen to more than four hundred.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan closed his three-day visit to Germany on Saturday with the official opening of the Central Mosque in Cologne. Elsewhere in the city opponents and supporters of Erdogan were on their feet, but that went without any notable incidents.
A man died on Friday of the consequences of a fight at Oktoberfest in the German city of Munich. In one of the beer tents the victim went after a brief exchange of words, with another man on the fist. He was seriously injured and later collapsed in the hospital.
Two days before the anniversary of the illegal Catalan independence referendum, riots broke out in Barcelona. Separatist demonstrators got into trouble with the Catalan police when they were on their way to a protest march of the national police and Guardia Civil, elsewhere in the city center.
With the tsunami of today, the thoughts automatically return to Boxing Day in 2004, when the Netherlands was startled by the news of the severe seaquake near Indonesia. The resulting tsunami caused one of the biggest natural disasters of the past decades.
A Mexican governor who had two billion euros disappeared from the treasury of the province of Veracruz receives punishment. A fine of, converted, 2,645 euros and nine years in prison.
