Human error' may have caused German train crash, media say

German authorities were on Tuesday investigating how two commuter trains collided head-on, leaving at least 10 dead and dozens injured, despite having been fitted with automatic braking systems to prevent such accidents.

German media reports said Wednesday that human error was likely to blame for the high-speed crashnear the southern spa town of Bad Aibling, when one of the trains sliced into the other and ripped a hole in its side.

But German police rejected the reports as "pure speculation". "Discard that, we reject that," a spokesman told local broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk.

Newspaper group RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschand (RND), citing sources close to the investigation, said a signalling station worker had manually disactivated the automatic signalling system to let the first train – which was running late – go past. The second train then forged ahead on the same track in the opposite direction, before the first was able to split off where the line divides into two.

The Bild newspaper reported that manually disabling the signalling would have disactivated the automatic braking systems.

Police said they were no longer looking for a missing person in the train crash that has killed 10 and injured dozens in a rural area in southern Germany. Police spokesman Stefan Sonntag said Wednesday that after contacting all hospitals in the region, authorities concluded that there was nobody missing after Tuesday's crash.

Shocking new ISIS video shows four-year-old British boy dubbed 'Jihadi Junior' blowing up four alleged spies in a car bomb

The four year old British boy dubbed 'Jihadi Junior' has been filmed detonating the bomb which kills four ISIS prisoners in the group's latest execution video.

Isa Dare, the son of Muslim convert Grace 'Khadija' Dare from south east London, pushes the button that blows up four alleged spies sitting in a white car behind him.

Standing triumphantly next to the charred remains of the car, his hand raised to the sky, the boy then yells: 'Allahu Akbar.'

It is the second time the young boy, who was brainwashed after his mother took him to Syria three years ago, has appeared in one of the extremists' propaganda videos.

Isa Dare, the son of Muslim convert Grace 'Khadija' Dare from south east London, pushes the button (pictured) that blows up four alleged spies sitting in a white car behind him

His grandfather told of how the child begged him to save him just days before he was forced to appear in the first video last month.

In what was seen as a 'promotion' of this latest murderous release, Dare was made to declare: 'We are going to kill the kuffar [non-believers] over there' - before pointing to the men killed in today's video.

Today's video, which is believed to be shot in ISIS's de facto capital of Raqqa, was entitled: 'They are the enemy so be aware of them.'

One by one, each man confessed to either spying on, or conspiring against, ISIS. They were later seen handcuffed to the inside of a car - with a look of utter fear in their eyes.

Before they were killed, the senior ISIS commander standing next to the boy threatened British Prime Minister David Cameron for arming the terror group's enemies in Syria.

He said: 'You will never fight us except behind fortified fortresses or behind walls.

'So no David Cameron, you’ve given the whole world more certainty in this [inaudible]. You’ve only done two things. 

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Woman shopper, 60, plummets 60ft off a balcony to the basement in a John Lewis store... but survives after a BED breaks her fall

A woman has survived a 60ft fall from the balcony of a John Lewis store after a bed miraculously broke her fall.

Shoppers watched in horror as the 60-year-old plunged two storeys to the basement of the shop in Cheadle, Manchester.

She only suffered minor injuries to her hip and spine after landing on a display bed, it was reported.

Police and emergency services rushed to the store on Wilmslow Road (pictured) at around before 4pm

Police and emergency services rushed to the store on Wilmslow Road at around before 4pm after several people called 999 to report she had fallen from the upper levels.

She fell over the glass balcony near the shop's escalators, the Manchester Evening News reported.

Witnesses told of hearing screams after she fell. The shop was closed by bosses for the remaining four hours as police began their investigation.

CCTV footage has been handed to officers, who were seen talking to managers behind closed doors today.

Staff at the department store are understood to have been offered support by John Lewis bosses after a handful witnessed the harrowing incident. 

Several ambulances, a helicopter and three hazard response teams, were scrambled to the scene.

The secret of good s3x: Saying 'I love you' during the act is the one thing most likely to leave you and your partner satisfied

Saying ‘I love you’ during sex is the thing that is most likely to make you and your partner feel satisfied.

A study has found that talking about love whilst in bed beats foreplay and wearing sexy lingerie to ensure you have a good time.

Some 75 per cent of satisfied men said ‘I love you’ whilst they had sex and 74 per cent of satisfied women did the same.

The study, one of the largest of its kind to date, involved an online survey which got tens of thousands of responses.

Scientists from Chapman University in the US analyzed the answers of 39,000 married or cohabitating heterosexual men and women who had been with their partner for at least three years.

The average age was 40 years old for women and 46 years old for men.

The results showed that the more a couple communicates during sex, the more satisfied they are going to be.

Things which improved love making included; praising your partner for something they did in bed and asking your partner for something you want.

Talking on the phone or by email during the day about sex also ensured that they had a good time in bed.

Six reasons why you should not do this on Valentine’s day

It’s one day out of year when people are encouraged to go out of their way and be extra romantic.

During Valentine’s Day, so many evils are committed in the name of celebrating love.

Men go all out to spoil their women and some of the women feel they have to pay back in a way by giving him whatever he wants.

Some feel if a guy spoils you with gifts, you owe him, reducing Valentine’s Day to a cleverly orchestrated business transaction: You give me things, I give you S3@.x:’.

For most people, S3@.x:’ is an important part of Valentine’s Day. Whether or not people are in a relationship, S3@.x:’ seems like a big part Valentine’s Day package.

Trailer kills 58-year-old, crushes four

A trailer driver has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly ramming his vehicle into five persons in the Alakara, Mushin area of the state.

Our correspondent learnt that the victims, including a 58-year-old father of four identified as Sunday Ikotun, were sleeping inside two commercial buses when the trailer rammed into them.

3m360 learnt that the incident occurred at about 3am on Sunday at the Alakara, Mushin end of the Agege Motor Road.

Our correspondent gathered that Ikotun was badly injured in the head, while the four other victims, whose names had yet to be ascertained, had fractured legs. They were rushed to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba.

Top veteran Nollywood actor is dead (Photo)

Top Actor, Prince Jide Kosoko confirmed Arakangudu‘s death to GoldmyneTv this morning. He said his association has despatched members to his house.

The fantastic actor died yesterday 8th February 2016 in Kaduna State through heart attack.

His remains according to a source will be moved to his home town in Osogbo, Capital of Osun State for burial this morning.

Some of his other colleagues confirmed this news to us while his photos has now been using as RIP. For several years, the well-built, popular and talented actor who is known for his mastery of the roles of herbalist and armed robber in Arakangudu most Yoruba movies has gone off the scene where nobody could figure out his whereabouts.

Then, series of questions and reports started flying in the media claiming that he has relegated himself from acting finally.

The baritone-voiced actor made his turn back into make-believe industry not long ago. The versatile actor bounced back with his role in a recent movie titled Ayaba Oosa written and produced by Yetunde Abubakry and directed by Okiki Afolayan.

It was released on Monday 2nd June 2015 from the stable of Okiki Films & Music Productions. Arakangudu played the role of one of the chiefs in the palace. The flick also featured the likes of Antar Laniyan, Ojopagogo, Moji Olaiya, Tomiwa Alajogun and many others.

Killer tumble dryers alert as figures reveal a machine bursts into flames almost daily

Tragedy: Doug McTavish and Bernard Hender died in a house fire last year

Millions of households are at risk from potentially dangerous tumble dryers as it emerged one machine bursts into flames almost every day.

Freedom of Information responses from fire brigades across the UK have revealed 926 fires caused by dryers were reported to emergency services between 2011 and 2013 – equal to 309 a year.

It comes after mum-of-two Mishell Moloney died in a house fire believed to have been sparked by a tumble dryer.

Five million Hotpoint, Creda and Indesit dryer models sold between 2004 and 2015 are subject to a product safety alert after being linked to a string of blazes.

The fire fault is caused when excess fluff touches the heating element.

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U.S. intelligence chief warns of increased ISIS attacks around the world as jihadis target global expansion

ISIS is likely to step up 'the pace and lethality' of its attacks in the months ahead as it seeks to intensify its global campaign of violence, warned the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency director.

Marine Corps Lieutenant General Vincent Stewart emphasised the dangers of the jihadi group's 'emerging branches' in Mali, Tunisia, Somalia, Bangladesh and Indonesia.

He also said he would not be surprised if ISIS extended its operations from the Sinai Peninsula in order to strike the heart of Egypt.

JIhadis in Libya train in the province of Tripoli as ISIS continues to expand in the war-torn country

Stewart said that ISIS's presence in Iraq and Syria was only the start, with the group seemingly looking to expand as part of its global plan. 

'Last year, Daesh (ISIS) remained entrenched on Iraqi and Syrian battlefields and expanded globally to Libya, Sinai, Afghanistan, Nigeria, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and the Caucasus,'

'Daesh is likely to increase the pace and lethality of its transnational attacks because it seeks to unleash violent actions and to provoke a harsh reaction from the West, thereby feeding its distorted narrative' of a Western war against Islam, he said.

Uninstalling this one app will boost your iPhone battery by 15%

If you’re desperate to make your iPhone’s battery last longer but don’t want to shell out for one of Apple’s official battery cases – there is another way.

Unfortunately, this particular trick might not go down well with social networking fans.

All you have to do is uninstall Facebook’s app from your phone and use the Safari browser to access the mobile website instead.

The trick has been shown to work on Android phones and testing by the Guardianconfirmed that making this small switch saved up to 15% of battery life on iPhones too.

Late last year, Facebook was confronted by software experts and technology journalists over its mobile app which appeared to run processes in the background that ate away at valuable battery life.

The tech company acknowledged the problem and promised to resolve it by rejigging its mobile app.

Man convicted of stomping 14 year old girl to death after trying to kidnap and rape her

On Monday, a Michigan jury found a 34-year-old man guilty of the 2014 murder, kidnapping and attempted sexual assault of 14-year-old April Millsap, PEOPLE confirms.
James VanCallis will likely be punished to spend the rest of his life behind bars when he is sentenced on March 30, according to court officials.
April's body was found along a hiking trail in Armada, Michigan, on July 24, 2014, and medical examiners were able to determine she died from blunt force trauma and neck compression. Police claim April's bra had been ripped off and that she was found in a wooded area with her pants and underwear around her ankles. 

Tennis Super star Andy Murray celebrates becoming a father after wife Kim gives birth to a baby daughter

Andy Murray has become a father after his wife Kim gave birth to a daughter, the couple's first child.

The tennis star had promised to fly home from the Australian Open if his wife went into labour during the tournament, and after losing in the final he said he would be on 'the first flight home' in an emotional message.

The Murrays' daughter was born on Sunday night, according to reports.

The baby girl, whose name has not yet been revealed, is the youngest member of Britain's foremost tennis family.

Mr Murray's brother Jamie won the Australian Open doubles championship last month, while his mother Judy is a successful coach who captains the British women's tennis team.

The new parents have been together since they were teenagers, and they married last April in Mr Murray's hometown of Dunblane before announcing the pregnancy in the summer.

Among the hundreds of fans congratulating the couple today was Angus Robertson, the SNP's leader in Westminster, who tweeted: 'Congratulations to Andy Murray and Kim Sears on the birth of their daughter.'

Germany train crash: 'several killed' and multiple casualties following head-on collision between two passenger trains

Four have died and 100 injured following a head-on collision between two local trains 

in southern Germany.

Among the casualties, 15 are "seriously injured" according to police.

Eyewitness reports indicate that the trains are “wedged together”.

It is understood that the rescue efforts could last all day.

We’ll be bringing you the latest at 11pm GMT, when police are set to hold a press conference.

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Local carnival cancelled following 'tragic event'

A planned carnival in Rosenheim has been cancelled.

City management chief Sabrina Obermoser has just made the announcement.