This is the terrifying moment that a "firenado" sucked a firefighter’s hose 100 ft into the air… before melting it. As crews battled a record number of wildfires in westernmost Canada, they came up against a fire devil – a twisting vortex of orange cloud and flame near Vanderhoof, British Columbia. Footage posted by MC Schidlowsky,…
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Today brings another update to PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds on Xbox One – this one themed around vehicles. In short, it’s now a lot better to be on foot. Weapon damage to vehicles has been increased, and “significantly” increased if you manage to get a shot in on a vehicle’s tyres. Grenade damage to vehicles has also…
The fight against the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at a "critical juncture" after attacks on civilians forced the suspension of control activities, a senior World Health Organization official has warned. Some 21 people, including 17 civilians, were killed in an attack by rebel forces in the city of Beni, where WHO…
A note from the editor: Jelly Deals is a deals site launched by our parent company, Gamer Network, with a mission to find the best bargains out there. Look out for the Jelly Deals roundup of reduced-price games and kit every Saturday on Eurogamer. Those of you who have yet to step into the Lawnmower…
We like the Switch version of the Doom 2016. We respect its remarkable technological achievements and we’re blown away by the fact that a playable version of this game exists at all for Nintendo’s hybrid machine, but the fact is that the game has issues. The drop from 60fps to half-refresh was inevitable, but the…
Christine Blasey Ford, the woman accusing Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her at a party 36 years ago, is willing to testify next week in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, US media reported on Thursday. Dr Ford’s lawyers have told the committee she cannot appear at its hearing scheduled for Monday,…
A 400-year-old merchant ship laden with bronze cannons and cowrie shells, which were used as currency in the African slave trade, has been discovered on the seabed off the coast of Portugal. Archaeologists believe the ship was returning from India on the spice route when it was wrecked off the town of Cascais, west of…
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-Right interior minister, has threatened to close the country’s airports to block the rumoured repatriation of migrants on charter flights from Germany. In a move likely to anger Berlin, Mr Salvini, the head of the anti-immigrant League Party and deputy prime minister, on Sunday said he would shut the airports in the same…
This was the moment when holidaymakers fled from a collapsing cliff on the island of Zakynthos. A section of a cliff fell onto a popular secluded beach on the western Greek island on Thursday, injuring seven people, including a woman who suffered a spinal injury, authorities said. Local media said witnesses reported that a large…