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A heatwave forecast to sweep across Australia in coming days could escalate conditions for the nation’s bushfires, authorities fear.Temperatures are set to hit over 40C (104F) from Friday in several bushfire-affected states including New South Wales, South Australia and Victoria.There are more than 100 fires burning, with the largest to the west of Sydney. bbcWELCOME EVERYONE: 283,777 MEMBERS, A Quarter of a million members, thank you for the fast growth, participation and continuous encouragement to…

Flamur Beqiri, 36, a Swedish national, was shot and killed in Battersea Church Road in south-west London at about 21:00 GMT in front of his family after a night out. Neighbours described hearing multiple gunshots followed by a woman screaming “desperately” for help.A spokesperson for the Met Police said the killing which “saw a man losing his life in such a horrific way” had left his family “devastated”.The 36-year-old, who had a wife and young…

PASTOR GABRIEL DIYA Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), 52, his daughter Comfort Diya , 9, and his son Praise-Emmanuel Diya, 16, died in the pool at Club La Costa World, near Fuengirola allegedly afterthe young girl got into difficulties and the family members died trying to save her.The church said Mr Diya was also the parish pastor at Open Heavens, a Christian religious group with origins in Nigeria, based in Charlton, south-east London, and…

PHILIPPINES TYPHOON PHANFONE: OVER 58,000 evacuated, at least 13 people killed , trail of devastation across the storm battered islands with gusts of 190km/h (118mph), destroying homes and power lines, countless people missing, 15,000 stranded as they tried to make their way home for Christmas at ports when ferries services were suspended. more news to follow. Sibusiso Ngwenya-bbc.WELCOME EVERYONE: 283,677 MEMBERS, A Quarter of a million members, thank you for the fast growth, participation and…

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (WHO) CONCERNED OVER HUMANITARIAN crisis in Idlib after nearly 130,000 civilians have all in just 30 days, fled Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib torn by the long civil war. Close to 12 million people are in desperate need of medical assistance in Syria as Russian and Syrian regime jets , mercilessly pound civilian settlements. So far, a total of 14 dispensaries along with two hospitals have been closed down while 42 other…

SKYWATCHERS FROM QATAR AND OMAN TO INDIA AND SINGAPORE were treated to a rare “ring of fire” solar eclipse on Thursday. Annular eclipses occur when the moon is not close enough to the earth to completely obscure the sun, leaving a thin ring of the solar disc visible. While these types of eclipses occur every year or two, they are only visible from a narrow band of earth each time and it can be decades…

THE wife and three children of a murdered SA, Zim businessman Bheki Ndlovu (44 yesterday boycotted his burial at his rural home in Phumula, Tsholotsho, Matabeleland North. Bheki Ndlovu (44) was killed in the neighbouring country by a lone gunman on December 14 in a suspected hit.His wife Mrs Nomazwe Ndlovu who the family has partly blamed for his death, did not attend the burial of her husband despite being in the country, together with…

KADOMA Prophet Charles Pintec and leader of the Royal Family International Ministries had an extra marital affair with Grace one of his congregants whom he reportedly dumped after having his child.According to H-Metro, Prophet Charles Pintec had the illicit affair with one Grace whom he then decided to neglect after having his child prompting her to expose the secret affair she had with the man of God.According to a source who spoke to H-Metro, Prophet…

‘Chamisa is in political wilderness and his views on Zimbabwe’s state of affairs cannot supersede those of Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) members,’-Mnangagwa has said.Speaking at the Unity Day commemorations held at his Sherwood Farm in Kwekwe yesterday, Mnangagwa also shut the door on former South African leader Thabo Mbeki, who has been trying to mediate on the Zimbabwean political gridlock by bringing him into bilateral talks with Chamisa.“We cannot allow isolated voices, which have no…