Mail Online • 15th November 2025

Wingsuit jumper miraculously survives smashing into rocks

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 08:48, 15 November 2025 | Updated: 16:47, 15 November 2025 This is the heart-stopping moment a base jumper slammed into a cliff face and spiralled out of control – coming within seconds of death before his parachute miraculously deployed.Footage shows 36-year-old Kirill Blukher leaping from a towering cliff in Brazil in his wingsuit before veering too close to the rock face and being knocked unconscious.'I realised mid-exit I might hav...

Mail Online • 12th November 2025

Man may never hold baby after 'medics mistook stroke for drunkness'

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 20:49, 12 November 2025 | Updated: 22:09, 12 November 2025 A young father-to-be may never hold his baby after bungling paramedics mistook his stroke for drunkenness - and he has been in a coma ever since. Ion Chiperi, 22, was in bed with his partner, Doina, who is eight months pregnant, when he suddenly began to feel unwell.'One night he woke me up saying that he couldn't feel his legs. He could barely speak,' Doina told the Daily Mail...

Mail Online • 10th October 2025

Gaza ceasefire begins as IDF troops start withdrawal

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 11:10, 10 October 2025 | Updated: 11:05, 11 October 2025 A ceasefire in Gaza began today after two years of devastating war - following Israel’s overnight approval of President Donald Trump’s peace plan aimed at halting the bloodshed and securing the release of remaining hostages.At noon local time (10am BST), the guns finally fell silent as Israeli troops began withdrawing to new defensive lines under the fragile truce and thousands o...

Mail Online • 2nd October 2025

Thugs threatened to KILL Brit father following violent brawl in hotel

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 00:58, 2 October 2025 | Updated: 14:26, 4 October 2025 Thugs have threatened to kill a British father after their friend died from a brain injury days after he was caught up in a Maltese hotel brawl. Liam Stacey, 29, was relaxing beside the pool with his three young daughters, aged two, three and eight, when a group of locals began exposing themselves to sunbathers.'The Maltese group were being really rowdy, showing their private parts...

Mail Online • 2nd October 2025

Father facing jail in Malta fears 'will not come out of prison alive'

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

15:03 02 Oct 2025, updated 14:25 04 Oct 2025

A British father facing jail in Malta after a violent hotel brawl fears he won't survive if imprisoned there.Liam Stacey, 29, was on holiday with his family when he confronted a group of rowdy yobs who were allegedly exposing themselves to sunbathers and pulling a woman by the hair.Stacey asked the group to move away from the children's pool but chaos erupted after one of the men, Roder...

Mail Online • 15th September 2025

Wheelchair user travelling to Brussels on Eurostar ends up Rotterdam

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

A British wheelchair user travelling to Brussels on the Eurostar ended up in Rotterdam after staff wouldn't help him off the train.

Orlando Cardozo, 24, had arranged for assistance to disembark at the Belgian capital, but when the train arrived on Friday, no one was there to meet him.

Mr Cardozo says he went in search of a ticket collector to ask for...

Mail Online • 3rd September 2025

Fifteen dead and 23 injured as tram smashes into building in Portugal

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER and TARYN KAUR PEDLER, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER and NATALIA PENZA Published: 19:09, 3 September 2025 | Updated: 01:56, 4 September 2025 At least fifteen people are dead and 18 more injured after Lisbon's famous Gloria Funicular derailed on Wednesday evening.The tragedy occurred after one of the cables came loose along the railway's route, causing it to lose control and career down a steep hill before colliding with a building at around 6pm.Footage f...

Mail Online • 17th August 2025

Influencers sparks backlash 'glamourising' Taliban-run Afghanistan

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 01:13, 17 August 2025 | Updated: 02:16, 17 August 2025 It's been four years since the Taliban returned to power and began erasing women from public life in Afghanistan.But today, female travel influencers are gushing over their trips to Kabul despite Western countries strongly advising against travelling to a nation where the threat of terrorism and kidnapping is extremely high.A small but growing number of content creators have been s...

Mail Online • 14th July 2025

How honour killings are STILL happening to this day

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER Published: 20:45, 14 July 2025 | Updated: 23:06, 14 July 2025 Every year, thousands of women around the world are brutally murdered in so-called 'honour killings' – a horrific crime in which perpetrators attempt to justify their violence by claiming the victim has brought shame upon the family.Seeking a divorce, having sex outside, or defying a dress code can be enough to cost a woman her life in some communities - where the heinous acts are not...

Mail Online • 10th July 2025

My family tried to murder me in an attempted honour killing

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN, FOREIGN NEWS REPORTER

Nina Aouilk was just 21 when she was left for dead, lying in a pool of blood, after her own father tried to murder her in an alleged 'honour killing'.

The horrific attack reportedly followed years of abuse, including a brutal rape, being tied up for days, and having her face forced into her own urine.

Ms Aouilk, who was born in the UK but has Punjabi...

Mail Online • 7th June 2025

Tragic stories behind sea creatures neglected in marine parks

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 08:29, 7 June 2025 | Updated: 15:42, 7 June 2025 They swim in dizzying circles, they go blind and they die slowly. This is the miserable existence endured by many of the sea creatures kept in captivity.Some of the most disturbing cases of animal abuse in living memory have unfolded at marine parks.Behind smiling trainers posing for photos and animals performing tricks for cheering crowds, creatures are suffering in silence.Animal rights activists have spent...

Mail Online • 6th June 2025

Israel issues evacuation warning to Gaza residents

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

The Israeli military has issued an evacuation order for residents of parts of Gaza City ahead of an attack.

'This is a final and urgent warning ahead of an impending strike,' army spokesman Avichay Adraee said today.

The army 'will strike all areas from which rockets are launched', he added.

The evacuation order comes at the beginning of the Eid al-Adha holiday, one of the...

Mail Online • 27th May 2025

I'm the world's smallest football coach ... the hate is never-ending

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 20:50, 27 May 2025 | Updated: 20:52, 27 May 2025 Despite standing at just 3ft 7in tall, Connor Sanderson insists he is just like any other PE teacher.The 21-year-old from Salisbury was born with sacral agenesis - a rare congenital condition which means he has no femurs and an abnormal pelvis.Doctors told Connor's parents he was unlikely to survive for long and would certainly never be able to walk.But the Arsenal fan refuses to let his disability define him...

Mail Online • 21st May 2025

I'm an award-winning skydiver and woke up with my left leg GONE

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

20:45 21 May 2025, updated 21:14 21 May 2025
An award-winning skydiver who recently woke up to find his leg had been amputated has recounted the horrific details of his ordeal - while revealing his plans to take to the skies for a world-record attempt this summer.German sportsman Olav Zipser, who lives in Thailand, visited the doctors after his toe turned blue and he was struck by a 'sudden and i...

Mail Online • 19th April 2025

Animal lover who went viral for punching a man getting death threats

13:39, 19 Apr 2025, updated 15:35, 19 Apr 2025 By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

An animal-loving vigilante who went viral for punching a man who was beating a donkey in Egypt says she would do it again despite receiving death threats.

Dutch expat Joke Van der Post was filmed attacking the animal's handler after she saw him repeatedly lashing it while it stood tethered to a wall on the outskirts of Cairo.

Footage shows the 47-year-old running at the man, striking him several times before chasing him wit...

Mail Online • 18th April 2025

Trump is ready to walk away from Ukraine-Russia peace deal efforts

09:38, 18 Apr 2025, updated 04:10, 19 Apr 2025 By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

Donald Trump is ready to walk away from trying to negotiate a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless progress is made, a top US official has warned.

If the president doesn't see signs that an agreement is on the horizon he will call it a day because he has 'other priorities' to focus on, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday.

'We're not going to continue with this endeavor for weeks and months on end. So we...

Mail Online • 12th April 2025

Six-year-old's question after learning her dad was left brain-dead

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

02:06 12 Apr 2025, updated 09:18 12 Apr 2025
A six-year-old girl begged her mother not to cry after learning that her 'brilliant' father's ear infection had suddenly left him brain-dead - before asking if he’d still have McDonalds in heaven. Brave Ella Barnard will say goodbye to her doting father Lee, 36, today after his family made the agonising decision to turn off his life support.Mr Barnard,...

Mail Online • 12th April 2025

Manchester Arena terrorist 'attacks prison officers with cooking oil'

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 17:25, 12 April 2025 | Updated: 23:27, 12 April 2025 A Manchester Arena terrorist has 'attacked three prison officers with cooking oil and makeshift weapons', according to the Prison Officers' Association (POA).The officers received life-threatening injuries after being assaulted by Hashem Abedi at HMP Frankland, County Durham, on Saturday, the union said.Abedi, 28, is serving life at the high-security prison for helping his brother plot 22 murders in the Ma...

Mail Online • 30th March 2025

I'm a stripper... People think it's easy but it's a dangerous job

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

20:09 30 Mar 2025, updated 20:14 30 Mar 2025
It is common knowledge that the jobs of pilots, miners and soldiers are thought to be among the world's most dangerous.But, there is one line of work where the men claim the risks are severely underestimated.While a pilot could be faced with an engine failure, a miner with a collapsing tunnel and a soldier with rounds of bullets, those in the exotic da...

Mail Online • 16th March 2025

Number of men becoming secondary teachers plummets to record low

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

15:33 16 Mar 2025, updated 15:43 16 Mar 2025
The number of men becoming secondary school teachers in the UK has fallen to a record low - sparking fears boys are turning to toxic male role models in their absence.Shocking figures show the proportion of male secondary school teachers has dropped from 46 per cent in 1994 to just 35 per cent today.Experts are concerned this could leave impressionable...

Mail Online • 19th February 2025

Bargain Hunt star DAVID DICKINSON addresses retirement rumours

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

00:54 19 Feb 2025, updated 01:13 19 Feb 2025
Bargain Hunt legend David Dickinson has revealed the best places to bag an heirloom and the one location he wouldn't bother going to.In an exclusive interview with MailOnline the antiques expert, 83, also addressed rumors about his retirement plans before divulging his tricks of the trade.Mr Dickinson, also known as The Duke, has been a household name...

Mail Online • 14th February 2025

Made in Chelsea star tells of being targeted in paint-throwing scam

By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN Published: 01:09, 14 February 2025 | Updated: 01:44, 14 February 2025 A made in Chelsea star who was targeted in a terrifying new paint-throwing scam has told of the moment she realised something was wrong.Yasmine Zweegers, 25, had £8,000 worth of jewellery and belongings stolen from her while she waited outside London's St Pancras International station, in King's Cross, on Sunday evening.The influencer - who was with her mum at the time - was about to get into an Uber...

Mail Online • 8th February 2025

Tear-jerking moment stolen dog reunited with her owners after 8 years

00:39, 08 Feb 2025, updated 02:01, 08 Feb 2025 By OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

A tear-jerking video captured the emotional moment a stolen dog was reunited with her owners after eight years.

Pensioners Rita and Philip Potter, from Norfolk, had been searching for Labrador, Daisy, since she was 'cruelly' snatched from their garden in 2017.

Despite so many years passing since the couple lost their beloved pet they never gave up hope that one day they would see her again.

And, last weekend, Rita's prayer...

Mail Online • 7th February 2025

Huge trees crushed my farm home causing £50,000 of damage

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OLIVIA ALLHUSEN

A grandmother has been 'living in 'hell on earth' since huge trees crushed her farm after forestry experts failed to cut them down.

Alyson King, 63, was 'devastated' when the spruces fell onto her Dumfries and Galloway property during a storm, causing more than £50,000 worth of damage.

Despite being promised compensation, now, more than ten years later, the 63-year-old hasn...