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The world's largest captive crocodile has died in Australia.He was thought to be more than 110 years old. Cassius, the 5.48m (18ft) reptile, also weighed over a ton. Image: Pic: Reuters He had lived in a wildlife sanctuary on Green Island near the Queensland tourist town of Cairns in Australia for more than 37 years, according to the sanctuary's Facebook post.The Marineland Melanesia Crocodile Habitat said he had been in declining health since 15 October. Sharing a post of Cassius enjoying a meal in his prime, they wrote: "He was very old and believed to be living beyond the years of a wild Croc."Cassius originated in the neighbouring Northern Territory, where crocodiles are a key part of the region's tourist industry, the ...

Up on the roof of the St Therese Hospital, you can see just how close this war has come. Right over the street is Dahieh, a southern suburb of Beirut which is controlled by Hezbollah. About 200 metres away, smoke still rises from an airstrike last Saturday. A block of flats has been levelled. And it was not even the closest place to have been hit recently. Image: A smoking building in Dahieh Image: Hospital director Elie Hachem says St Therese has taken a lot of damage "These are huge bombs," says Elie Hachem, the hospital's director."So, even though the hospital isn't being targeted directly, it's taking a lot of damage." One strike that hit on 3 October ...