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Australian golfer Jeffrey Guan has permanently lost sight in his left eye after a freak playing accident.The 20-year-old said he was hit in the face by a ball last month after taking his second shot on the third hole at a pro-am tournament last month. "As I turned toward the cart to put my club away, that was when I was struck. The instant ringing and pain rushed to my head, and I dropped down the ground," he said on Instagram.The two-time national junior champion said he was given fentanyl for the pain as he was rushed to hospital, before later being airlifted to another facility.Guan had only been a pro for a year and it happened just a week after he made his PGA Tour debut at a tournament in California. While Guan hasn't said where the ball that hit him came from, Golfing Monthly report...

In eastern Lebanon right now, there is a frantic race to create shelter.Schools, universities and sports halls are being transformed into relief centres for those who've been forced from their homes. As night fell in the town of Qob Elias, 25 miles from Baalbek, we found a technical college being cleared out by a group of local volunteers.Desks, tables and chairs were removed; mattresses, medical kits and drinking water were carried in.We came across Iman and her family of five. They are among the tens of thousands who have fled the Baalbek region in the face of Israeli air strikes. The first evacuation order came on Wednesday, and it sparked panic among residents. No one knew how long they had before the missiles would fall, so all Imam and her family have are the clothes on their backs. ...

A British charity is calling on the UK government to facilitate the urgent evacuation of 21 critically ill children from a besieged hospital in northern Gaza.The Kamal Adwan Hospital was recently raided by Israeli soldiers and many of the medical staff detained. Only two doctors remain to care for more than 150 patients, there is a severe lack of medical supplies, and the surgical facilities no longer function.The hospital was hit by another airstrike in the early hours of Thursday morning, destroying much of the third floor.The Israel Defence Forces claims Hamas fighters have been hiding and operating from the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which is in the Jabaliya refugee camp, and released a video showing weapons it says it found in the compound. The hospital denies any Hamas presence. ...

Thousands of North Korean soldiers are now positioned near Ukraine's border and likely to enter combat in the coming days, the US says.Russian troops have been training them in artillery, drones and "basic infantry operations, including trench clearing", said US secretary of state Antony Blinken. He said it strongly indicated they would be used on the front line and would therefore become legitimate targets for Ukraine.Some 10,000 North Korean troops are in Russia, including up to 8,000 in the Kursk border region, Mr Blinken said.The troops are wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian gear, according to US defence secretary Lloyd Austin. Read more: Where have North Korea troops been seen in Russia?"We've not yet seen these troops deploy into combat against Ukrainian forces, but we wou...

In the Spanish town of Algemesi, people are angry.The suburb of Raval was one of the worst hit by flash flooding but residents feel abandoned. At least 158 people have been killed in the disaster in eastern Spain - with the worst of the flooding concentrated around the Valencia region.Spain floods latest: Looting breaks out as flood deaths surpass 150 "When the alert came the water was already two metres high," Carolina shouts from her balcony. "There were no police, firefighters or the mayor. No one came to rescue us." The distress is echoed street after street.Carmen puts her head in her hands and weeps."They have lost everything," she says, pointing at her neighbours' houses.Read more: 'People were crying, they were trapped'Utterly random damage in town where...

Emergency responders are searching for bodies inside stranded cars and buildings following deadly flash floods in Spain that have killed at least 158 people.Scenes of destruction have been left in the wake of the powerful floodwaters which hit the east of the country late on Tuesday and early Wednesday, marking Spain's worst natural disaster this century. Cars have been piled high on top of each other, homes and businesses have been swept away, trees have been uprooted, and roads and bridges have been left unrecognisable.Spain flooding latest: Looting breaks out as flood deaths rise Image: Damaged cars along a road on the outskirts of Valencia. Pic: Reuters At least 92 people have died in the worst-hit region of Valencia, w...

Young people in Shanghai were bracing themselves for a big party on Halloween night, but a police crackdown on costumes has left China's most international city with rain-sodden empty streets.In a four-hour walk around the bar and nightclub area of Shanghai, we saw two people in Halloween costumes. They told us they had registered their outfits with the police. The police were the only ones out in force, with half a dozen officers on every corner ensuring the streets stayed quiet with no raucous revellers.This all kicked off last weekend when Halloween fans started wearing their costumes out, including a couple of Spidermen, a Buddha, and a fake policeman.According to social media footage that appeared on Chinese sites and then X, the real police then bundled the partygoers away and ordere...

To walk through the streets of Paiporta is to see nature at its most vicious. Everywhere, there is chaos in this town. Lives have been ripped apart, turned upside down and ended. Spain floods latest: Looting breaks out as flood deaths surpass 150You can't drive into Paiporta, a suburb about 4 miles to the southwest of Valencia, so we cover the final mile by foot. For most of the walk, we pass past fruit groves. The sun is getting warmer.It could be a normal day. Except then you arrive in the town, and normality has gone. We turn a corner and find a road that has been wholly blocked by a wall of cars, thrown together. To the side, a family is wading through their garage, which is under three feet of water. All around is a bizarre medley of debris. Most of it ...

Climate change caused by humans fuelled all the ten deadliest weather events of the last two decades, analysis has found.The ferocious cyclones, heatwaves, drought and flooding, including in Europe, have killed more than 570,000 people. All were all made more intense and more likely in a hotter atmosphere, the World Weather Attribution (WWA) group at Imperial College London said as it marked its 10th anniversary.Its research shows how scientists can detect the "fingerprint of climate change" in complex weather events - such as the recent deadly flooding in Spain."Climate change isn't a distant threat," said Dr Friederike Otto, co-founder and lead of World Weather Attribution. "This study should be an eye-opener for political leaders hanging on to fossil fuels that heat the planet and destr...

Thirty supercars stolen and illegally exported to Thailand have been returned to the UK after an eight-year investigation.A total of 35 high-end vehicles - including Range Rovers, Porsches, Mercedes, BMWs, and Lamborghinis - were taken, with a combined value of £6.5m, according to the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Service (NaCVIS). They were obtained fraudulently on finance contracts from car dealerships across England in 2016 and 2017 before being shipped to Thailand, the agency said.After an eight-year investigation led by NaCVIS, with the help of the Met Police, National Crime Agency, and the British and Thai embassies, multiple arrest warrants were executed and 30 of the cars were tracked down and seized in Bangkok. Image: Thai autho...