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China’s rat tribe: Over a million people still live in subterranean tunnels underneath Beijing 50 years after Chairman Mao told them to ‘dig deep’ to survive the Cold War

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  • Low income workers known as the ‘Rat Tribe’ now occupy the tunnels which cover an area of 30 square miles
  • Construction of the underground city, dubbed ‘The Dungeon’, began in 1969 amid the threat of nuclear war 
  • That year, Chairman Mao Zedong ordered his citizens to ‘dig deep tunnels, store food and prepare for war
Over a million people live in subterranean tunnels in China
Over a million people live in subterranean tunnels in China

The underground city, dubbed 'The Dungeon', was constructed in 1969 when the threat of nuclear war was at its peak.
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Queen’s sorrow for Beirut: Monarch sends ‘thoughts and prayers’ to victims of devastating port explosion that killed more than 100 and injured thousands in Lebanese capital

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  • Over 100 killed and thousands injured by explosion at Port of Beirut yesterday
  • Blast the size of a small nuke ripped apart buildings for miles around 
  • Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip said their ‘thoughts and prayers’ are with families affected by the devastation
Queen sends 'thoughts and prayers' to victims of Beirut port explosion
Queen sends 'thoughts and prayers' to victims of Beirut port explosion

In a message of solidarity with the people of Lebanon, Her Majesty wrote 'our thoughts and prayers are with the families and friends of those who have been injured or lost their lives'.
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Beirut explosion – Massive blast rips through Lebanese capital as huge mushroom clouds are seen over the city

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Beirut blast kills 100 after ‘welder ignites 2,700 tons of chemicals'
Beirut blast kills 100 after ‘welder ignites 2,700 tons of chemicals'

THE massive explosion which killed at least 100 people and left 4,000 injured in Lebanon’s capital Beirut is feared to have been started by a reckless welder. Shocking images show flattened b…
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Health / Life

WWII veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100, is ‘delighted’ by ‘truly great honour’ as he is made colonel of Army training college in Harrogate

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  • Captain Sir Tom Moore visited the Army Foundation College in Harrogate today
  • He was appointed honorary colonel for  college to mark his milestone birthday  
  • The war veteran became national hero after raising almost £33 million for NHS 
WWII veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100, is 'delighted'
WWII veteran Captain Sir Tom Moore, 100, is 'delighted'

Captain Sir Tom Moore said he was 'absolutely thrilled' to be made honorary colonel of the Army Foundation College in Harrogate during a visit to the North Yorkshire facility today.
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Frontline nurse snaps incredible images of remote African tribes while travelling and working across a continent she says is home ‘to the most loving people on the planet’

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  • American Cohan Zarnoch, 54, has spent the past 12 years working with non-profit organisations in Africa 
  • She combines her job with her passion for photography by snapping fascinating pictures of rural tribes 
  • The mother-of-four said: ‘The beautiful thing about Africa is that there is always something to shoot’ 
Frontline nurse snaps incredible images of remote African tribes
Frontline nurse snaps incredible images of remote African tribes

American photographer and nurse Cohan Zarnoch, 54, has worked with multiple non-profit organisations over the past 12 years snapping breathtaking pictures of rural tribes.
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Personal assistant of tech entrepreneur, 33, who was found decapitated and dismembered in his $2.2million Manhattan apartment is arrested

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  • Fahim Saleh’s personal assistant Tyrese Devon Haspil, 21, was arrested early Friday over the grisly murder in his $2.2million Manhattan apartment
  • Haspil is expected to be charged with second degree murder, sources told the New York Times
  • Detectives believe Saleh was killed after he found out his assistant had stolen tens of thousands of dollars from him
  • The slaying occurred even after Saleh set up a payment plan for Haspil to repay the money he allegedly stole instead of reporting him to authorities 
  • Police believe Saleh was killed on Monday, a day before his body was found by his sister 
  • The investigators believe the killer returned to Saleh’s apartment on Tuesday to clean up and dismember the tech entrepreneur’s body 
Murdered New York tech entrepreneur's personal assistant is arrested
Murdered New York tech entrepreneur's personal assistant is arrested

The personal assistant of tech entrepreneur Fahim Saleh, 33, who was found decapitated and dismembered in his Manhattan apartment has been charged with second-degree murder.
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Body of millionaire tech entrepreneur, 33, is found decapitated and dismembered next to electrical saw in his luxury Manhattan apartment by his sister – as cops say footage shows professional killer attacking him after sharing elevator

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  • NYPD detectives are hunting for a suspect who beheaded and dismembered a millionaire tech entrepreneur 
  • Body of Fahim Saleh, 33, was discovered by his sister who went to check on him in his luxury NYC apartment 
  • Saleh was last seen Monday afternoon on surveillance cameras getting into the elevator with the suspect
  • The suspect was carrying a bag and wearing a mask and gloves at the time 
  • Footage has led cops to believe that Saleh was attacked as soon as he walked into his apartment
  • Police say an electric saw was found near his body and was still plugged in but there was not much blood
  • Parts of Saleh’s body had been cut up and placed into bags and then distributed about the apartment 
  • Saleh was described by friends as a self-made millionaire who had set up a motorbike hailing app in Nigeria 
Decapitated, dismembered body of man, 33, is found in luxury NYC block
Decapitated, dismembered body of man, 33, is found in luxury NYC block

The victim has been identified as Fahim Saleh, a millionaire tech entrepreneur who moved into his $2 million Lower East Side apartment late last year.
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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Nightclub friend of Prince Harry is left with £35,000 legal costs over hotel venture after he’s given a courtroom caning by James Hewitt’s ex… who played ‘games mistress’ during ‘Headmaster’s Thrash’ evening at college

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Nightclub owner is left with £35k legal costs over hotel venture
Nightclub owner is left with £35k legal costs over hotel venture

SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: He was once as thick as thieves with Guy Pelly, Prince Harry's partner in crime during the royal's carefree bachelor days.
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Living like a Duchess! Victorian-obsessed woman, 25, who works as a caretaker for a 19th century mansion reveals she’s spent $5,000 on period clothing in the last three years and NEVER wears trousers

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  • Jacqueline Brown, of St. Louis City, Missouri is live-in caretaker of a manor house
  • Graphic design graduate always thought she’d take an office job after university
  • Now shows guests around 1853-built Oakland House and tends to its upkeep
  • Hopes to move to the UK to work in a museum devoted to the Victorian era
Victorian-obsessed woman, 25, shuns 9-5 life to live like a duchess
Victorian-obsessed woman, 25, shuns 9-5 life to live like a duchess

Jacqueline Brown, 25, from St. Louis City, Missouri always thought she'd take an office job after university, but decided to pursue her passion for the Victorian era.
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