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Police in Australia have seized a record 2.3 tonnes (2,300kg) of cocaine from a motorcycle gang's fishing boat that broke down off the coast of Queensland.The haul, worth around $760m Australian dollars (£388m), was being smuggled by the Comancheros biker gang, Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commander Stephen Jay said. Detectives had been investigating the gang since last month after getting a tip-off that they were planning a multi-tonne smuggling operation. Image: Pic: Australian Federal Police Image: Pic: Australian Federal Police In the past week, the AFP said it worked with the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Australian Border Force (ABF) to...

A stowaway who somehow boarded a flight in New York and made it to Paris was removed from her flight back to the US this weekend.Last Tuesday, a woman was caught onboard a Delta Airlines flight without a ticket, after she bypassed two identity checks in New York plus a full security screening. She was removed from the plane when it landed in Paris and placed in a holding zone until her flight back on Saturday, when she "created a disturbance".Sky News' US partner network NBC News reports she was taken off the plane before departure and held in custody - and it's not clear when she will be flown back.According to CNN, which spoke to a witness across the aisle, she kept saying "I do not want to go back to the USA" and "only a judge can make me go back to the USA". The network added footage f...

A footballer who collapsed on the pitch during a match on Sunday is awake and answering questions after spending the night in hospital, Italian media reports have said.Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove, 22, was taken to hospital after falling to the ground in their Serie A home game against Inter Milan at the Artemio Franchi Stadium. The Italian regained consciousness in the ambulance before being put into a medically induced coma. Image: Players on both sides surrounded the player after he collapsed. Pic: AP Image: An ambulance comes onto the pitch. Pic: AP Various reports in Italy have said Bove's night "went well" and the Fiorentina player was taken of...

Pictures and videos have revealed new, specialised hunting techniques used by killer whales to attack the world's largest fish, according to scientists.On four occasions caught on video, a group of orcas preyed on whale sharks in the Gulf of California. The orcas would work together to hit the whale shark until it turned upside down. Image: A killer whale hits the ventral side of the whale shark. Pic: Kelsey Williamson Image: A killer whale hits the shark with the side of its head. Pic: Kelsey Williamson "In that position the sharks enter a state of tonic immobility and can no longer move voluntarily or escape by going deeper," said Erick Higuera Rivas,...

More than 50 people are feared dead after clashes between fans and a stampede at a football match in southeast Guinea, according to the government.Videos shared online, which have not been verified by Sky News, show several children spotted among the people on the ground, while images show fans scrambling over walls. Guinea's government has said around 56 people have been killed and more injured after violence broke out over a contested goal.Prime Minister Mamadou Oury Bah said the government "deplores the incidents that marred the football match"."During the stampede, victims were recorded," he added, without confirming the number of deaths. A local official has since told Reuters news agency around 50 people are feared to have been killed.The match between Labe and Nzerekore on Sunday wa...

Two people have died and more than 30 others have been injured after their coach crashed on a mountainous road in the Pyrenees in southern France.A total of 47 people including the driver were on board when the collision happened on Sunday at 5pm near the ski resort of Porte-Puymorens, the regional administration said. The vehicle collided with a cliff edge on the twisting N320 road in the Pyrenees-Orientales region, which borders Spain and Andorra.Local authorities said 10 people were critically hurt and another 32 suffered non life-threatening injuries. Image: The coach hit the side of a steep cliff on the N320 route, near Porte-Puymorens. Pic: Anthony Cirera/@SDIS66/X They were evacuated to the hospitals in Perpignan, To...

Actor Ian Smith, known for playing Harold Bishop in Neighbours, has revealed he has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.The 85-year-old first appeared on Ramsay Street in 1987 and has played the beloved character on and off over five decades. After a 15-year break, he returned to the Australian soap just a few months ago. However, he has now revealed he has filmed his last Neighbours scenes after being told he has a rare form of lung cancer called pulmonary pleomorphic carcinoma."I found out a few months back that I have cancer," Smith told Australian news show 10 News First. "I have a very aggressive, non-fixable cancer. They expect me to die." Image: Kylie Minogue as Charlene Mitchell, Craig Mclachlan as Henry, Anne Charleston as Madge Bish...