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Gaia Guarnotta claims she was saved from being gang-raped by 25 men in Florence by an immigrant rose seller. The photographer says the men insulted and spat on her.

The Met Office had issued a yellow warning for strong winds that have developed over the Atlantic. Storm Brian is due to batter the UK on Saturday (21 October).

On three separate occassions, men reported meeting a woman in a restaurant and returning with her to a hotel room - whereupon they became dizzy and collapsed.

Fortune Aragua, 25, raped the 13-year-old who was wearing her school uniform - but didn't bank on her mother's courage.

Arthur Wenzlaff, 76, is barred from attending open casket funeral services after he was caught stealing from the open casket of his coworker's father's ceremony.

20-year-old male arrested after foul-mouthed racist tirade from Derby supermarket worker goes viral.

Hundreds have been infected by the latest plague outbreak in the island nation with the World Health Organisation ramping up efforts to tackle the deadly disease.

Mustapha Ramid reportedly has referred to journalists as "traitors" and human rights activists as "hateful" in the past.

More photos from 2017 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Brent Stirton's hard-hitting investigation into the crisis caused by a thriving market for rhino horn.

UK Border Force and the National Crime Agency rumbled Andrew McCollin's operation at Manchester Airport.

The costume was described as an outfit that is "guaranteed to cause controversy" at Halloween events.

Robert James Hart went into a fury when his girlfriend refused to feed is drug habit. He threw items at her from the kitchen sink and a knife struck her neck by "accident".

Three suspects still on the run as CCTV footage show men with rifles carjack woman following Houston shoot-out which left one dead.

Oklahoman prisoner Dustin Lance was denied medical care and jeered by guards while suffering a very long erection, according to a suit filed by his lawyers.

A family in North Carolina recently made the shocking discovery that their son's gravestone had been repossessed by the company who had produced it.

A steady stream of Syria-focused rhetoric from Al-Qaeda shows that the organization has not at all given up on Syria, but is rather trying to reestablish itself.

Church of Scientology will open latest "Ideal Org" in Moseley, Birmingham, on Saturday 21 October. Protesters set to greet David Miscavige and his followers at Pitmaston House.

Chilling photos of bunkers, bombs and bodies inside Raqqa after Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighters liberated the city from Islamic State (Isis/Daesh) militants.

Six TX5 cabs arrive in the UK capital with a hybrid electric-petrol build, on-board Wi-Fi and support for ride-hailing apps like MyTaxi and Gett.

Police launch investigation after 20-year-old left with broken teeth from being smashed in the face with a champagne bottle during the attack in Brighton.

One Twitter user questioned whether the White House was using a double for the First Lady - suggestions that have now gone viral.

An "Excalibur" sword used as a tourist attraction at Llangorse Lake, South Wales, was stolen from the stone in which it was embedded, just like in the legend of King Arthur.

Alyona Zaitseva, the 20-year-old daughter of a Russian oligarch, has been detained by police, but critics fear her powerful connections will see her escape justice.

The 23-year-old biomedical student wrote her mother an emotional suicide note before falling 30 metres inside the cathedral.

The attacks come just two days after Taliban gunmen stormed a police training centre in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least 74 people.

Jesus Campos told Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show that he was heading down the hall after calling for a maintenance worker when he heard "rapid fire" gunshots through the nearby doors of Stephen Paddock's suite in the Mandalay Bay.

Opposition leaders are trying to mobilize against efforts to remove an age barrier in the constitution that prevents 73-year-old President Yoweri Museveni from extending his rule when his current term expires in 2021.

The arrest is part of a wider investigation into "alleged sexual offences in the field of education" in the country.

Jesse Salas was charged with one misdemeanour count of simple assault on an aircraft on Monday, 16 October in the US District Court in Seattle.