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Video hosting giant YouTube says it will take action against a swathe of predatory content uploaded to its platform showing children in a variety of distressing situations.

Jurors have failed to reach a verdict in the trial of British Army sergeant Emile Cilliers, accused of attempting to murder his wife by tampering with her parachute.

Australia's Olympic Stadium will be demolished and rebuilt as part of a mulitibillion overhaul of sports grounds in New South Wales.

Coil-shaped algae robots could allow scientists to fight diseases and diagnose patients without invasive surgical procedures.

Guardiola criticised his players for being lazy after they secured a 17th straight win by beating Feyenoord 1-0.

The European Union has already upgraded its growth forecast for the eurozone this year to 2.2%

Mexican Juan Pedro Franco completes one hour procedure after successful gastric bypass surgery earlier in the year.

Mourinho is seemingly keen for Fellaini to stay and remains hopeful that a deal can be agreed with the Belgian.

Emre Can, whose contract at Liverpool will run down after the end of the 2017/18 season, is wanted by Liverpool, Manchester City and Bayern Munich.

The 22-year-old social media personality was said to have been extracted from the Australian jungle by his "representatives" due to "circumstances outside camp".

Expert tasters at The World Cheese Awards 2017 have revealed Spain's best cheese. A cheese from Cornwall received first place.

Ben Askren does not see the likes of Colby Covington or any other UFC welterweight defeating Tyron Woodley anytime soon.

South Australia is now home to the world's biggest lithium-ion battery after Tesla fulfilled a promise to complete work in 100 days "or its free".

The founder of Sci-Hub – an anti-paywall website often dubbed the 'Pirate Bay for Science' – has refused to back down after losing three major domain names this week.

Behati Prinsloo shared the cheeky photo with her 5.2 million followers, but a backlash soon developed.

The animals were documented over a period of just one month during one of the largest ecological surveys ever conducted in Guyana.

Navy declined to speculate whether "hydro-acoustic anomaly" might have been an explosion, saying experts did not know what it was.

Julian Draxler has been played out of position by manager Unai Emery following the arrivals of Neymar and Kylian Mbappe.

A sugar house in Bristol, Vermont, was broken into and 300 gallons of maple syrup were destroyed. Another 12 gallons were stolen, Vermont State Police said.

Indian minister Himanta Biswa Sarma sparks outrage with comment that cancer is divine justice caused by sins.

Bailiffs who turned up to serve an eviction notice were shocked to find the mummified corpse of a man who had died four years ago.

A 58-year-old man has spoken about his infatuation with a £2,000 ($2,700) sex doll, which he has brought into the family home. His wife doesn't mind that he romps with it.

Real Madrid's Gareth Bale didn't train with the rest of his teammates on Thursday despite Zidane having previously said that the Welshman was going to be back before Malaga clash.

Report found that Manhattan, the White House, the Pentagon and the US territory of Guam were all possible targets.

Victor Wanyama and Toby Alderweireld are Tottenham's only major injury concerns for the visit of West Brom on Saturday.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who will be sworn in on Friday, was accused of leading a violent crackdown on opponents in the 2008 presidential election.

The Weeknd and the roar hitmaker Katy Perry sparked dating rumours with a dinner date at Madeo in West Hollywood.

Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho says he needed the presence of Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the speed of Marcus Rashford when he made changes against Basel.

Company leaks from Samsung may have revealed the new Samsung Galaxy S9 and S9+ will only be getting minor upgrades from the Galaxy S8 range.