The fearless Cape ground squirrel leaps at the poisonous snake and tries to distract it with its tail in footage shared by Dave Pusey, a safari guide at Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa.

During a bush tucker trial on Wednesday night, something snapped, and the synthetic wool was pulled from my eyes. Holly and Dec doubled up and laughed as animals’ private parts were eaten.

The MOBS model from the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University also estimates that there will be about 89,000 deaths by mid-May if stay-at-home orders remain in place.

On Thursday, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Ervebo, the first vaccine against Ebola to get green lit by American officials. It comes as a Congo outbreak rages on and has killed 4 in Uganda.

Star athlete Oscar Pistorius began serving a five year sentence behind the towering walls of a grim South African prison on Tuesday after a sensational trial for killing his girlfriend.

Grandmother Gerti Pistorious has spoken in defence of her beloved grandson, who is serving a five year sentence in one of South Africa's most notorious jails for shooting his girlfriend dead.

Bolton administrator Paul Appleton says the future of the club 'is still in doubt' but hopes there will be a 'positive outcome' before Tuesday's 5pm deadline set by the English Football League.

Bury are now almost certain to be expelled from the Football League after a takeover by C&N Sporting Risk fell through, just 90 minutes before a league-set deadline for the deal to be completed.

A poll by Harvard Harris shows that Clinton would get 18percent of the vote if she entered the race today, while 19percent of Democrats would vote for Biden.

The Texas jury hearing Eddie Routh's capital murder case on Thursday were shown dashcam footage of the moment he surrendered to police after allegedly shooting dead Chris Kyle.

Appearing on The Late Late Show with James Corden earlier this month, Kendall ranked her siblings in order of who's the best parent - 1. Rob, 2. Khloe, 3. Kim, 4. Kylie, and 5. Kourtney.

CHRIS WHEELER IN FRANKFURT: A hat-trick from former Arsenal player Serge Gnabry sank Northern Ireland as their Group C campaign ended with a heavy defeat in Frankfurt.

STEPHEN GLOVER: The other day I learnt that an old friend had died. But although I can accept this as a matter of fact, I can't really take it in because there has been no shared recognition among those who knew her.

At least 17 families whose loved ones have died during the Covid-19 pandemic are considering legal action, according to support charity Action Against Medical Accidents. (Stock picture from library)

Colin Theaker, 30, was jailed for three years in March after pleading guilty to manslaughter after he accidentally killed Scott Hetherington, 22, when they were on deployment in Iraq in 2017.

Retired Navy SEAL Eddie Gallagher was charged in 2018 with war crimes, including murder, in the stabbing death of an ISIS militant captive in his care during a deployment to Iraq.

Claudia Ochoa Felix, 35, was found dead in a house in Isla Musala in the city of Culiacan, north-west Mexico. The model had consistently denied involvement with drug gangs in the country.

The Shanghai Sports Federation wants the Chinese Grand Prix to be cancelled as the coronavirus death toll continues to rise. The virus has so far killed 500 people.

On Monday, actor Charlie Sheen was asked on live radio if it was true that he was once rushed to hospital for a hernia operation after 36-hour bender.

Jeb Bush may have breathed a sigh of relief last night, having come in fourth place in the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary, but his pocketbook is probably hurting.

Juventus host Inter Milan in the standout fixture of this weekend's Serie A schedule but, as things stand, the top of the table clash will be played out in front of empty stands.

The midfielder's father reportedly found the corpse at his home, which is under construction, in the city of Mahalla Al-Kubra in Egypt on Friday.

Anne Johnson, 61, was found dead on Friday afternoon at a stray dog shelter she ran in Dahab, Egypt, with bite marks to her head and neck while laying next to a bag of food.

Multiple class action lawsuits have been launched in the U.S. for trillions of dollars involving thousands of victims in more than 40 countries, including Australia, but are doomed to fail.

Top-flight clubs will meet on Thursday morning via video conference and the current return date of April 4 is expected to be pushed back with the support of the FA. 

The Scottish Professional Football League's contentious resolution is resting on just one Championship club that failed to vote by Friday's 5pm deadline. The body received 39 responses.

DOMINIC SANDBROOK: We pride ourselves on our supremacy over the natural world and our mastery of science. But as the last week has shown, our modernity has made us weaker than ever.

Emergency services were called to Sunnybank Hills in outer Brisbane about 9pm on Monday following reports a man was pouring fuel over himself and a house.

Emergency services rushed to a home in Sunnybank Hills, in Brisbane's south on Monday night, after receiving reports of a domestic violence incident.

WARNING: Graphic footage has emerged of the horrifying moment a man was shot dead by police after he allegedly doused himself in fuel in a McDonald's car park south of Brisbane.

A mother and son were 'absolutely sickened' to discover two mother kangaroos shot dead next to a dirt road - along with a surviving joey that had been left for dead.

The disease, known as lorikeet paralysis syndrome or clenched-foot syndrom, has left birds immobile on the sidewalks of suburban Brisbane.

The 37-year-old man was found about 4pm on Wednesday, in the laundry of the Woodford Correctional Centre north of Brisbane.

Two prisoners have died in separate incidents 12 hours apart at Woodford Correctional Centre north of Brisbane.

EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier is said to have briefed ministers that the latest plans put forward by the UK are 'not enough'.

Former Tory Chief Whip Mark Harper (pictured) claimed sticking to the October 31 date for Britain to leave the EU would only boost Nigel Farage when it failed to materialise.

Boris Johnson 's hopes of striking a new Brexit deal with the EU were dashed today after a furious early morning phone call with Angela Merkel .

A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after two women were found in Moseley, Birmingham (Belle Walk, pictured), West Midlands Police said.

Woman was found dead in an unmarked police car Friday night after being shot. The victim had been in the car with an off-duty Birmingham police detective at the time.

'They did something that they sure as hell shouldn't have done,' Trump told reporters at the White House. He said he ordered the Pentagon to hit the Taliban 'harder than we've hit them in over ten years.'

It was a 'historically low' number but South American countries have become increasingly violent and are now just as dangerous as those in the Middle East.

The confronting video, aired by the ABC's Four Corners on Monday night, was shot from a dog handler's helmet camera in the Afghanistan village of Deh Jawz-e Hasanza in May, 2012.

Despite having called for an election repeatedly over the past two years, Labour has been in chaos over whether to back Boris Johnson's request for a vote on October 15.

A Redditor said that her son is getting married and will have an open bar at his wedding reception. The event will be just one week after the daughter gets out of rehab.

Yvonne Serrano called police at 5.55am Saturday to say there was a woman in front of her Coral Springs home. She said she did not know Daniela Tabares Maya but later said that she did.

The power of an iron fist in a velvet glove was shown to perfection by Newsnight's Emily Maitlis in her interview with Prince Andrew, writes AMANDA PLATELL.

Team Ineos sporting director Nicolas Portal has tragically passed away at the age of 40. A statement from Team Ineos said that the Frenchman died at his home in Andorra on Tuesday afternoon.

Pension age deadlines are more fluid as older people have gained greater control over retirement dates and finances - but some birthdays are still markers for decisions and action.

The driver of a refrigerated chicken truck that ploughed into four police officers - killing them all - is being interviewed by detectives.

The driver of a refrigerated chicken truck that ploughed into four police officers - killing them all - has whined about his own depression after fronting a Melbourne court.