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At least 10 people have reportedly died after Japan was hit by its strongest typhoon in 25 years. More than one million people have been urged to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Jebi brought winds of up to 135mph to parts of the country. Image: High waves hit breakwaters at a port of Aki, western Japan Tens of thousands of buildings have been left without power, with more than 700 flights cancelled along with scores of train and ferry services. Image: Containers turned over in Kobe Japan’s weather agency warned of possible landslides, flooding, high tides, lightning and tornadoes across…

More than one million people in Japan have been urged to evacuate their homes as the country was hit by its strongest typhoon in 25 years. Typhoon Jebi brought winds of up to 135mph in areas still recovering from devastating record rains that killed at least 200 people over the summer. 0:52 Video: Tanker blown into bridge in typhoon Tens of thousands of buildings have been left without power, with more than 700 flights cancelled along with scores of train and ferry services.Japan’s weather agency warned of possible landslides, flooding, high tides, lightning and tornadoes in a swathe of the…

The chief executive of TSB is to step down from his position following the bank’s enduring tech troubles.  TSB announced the departure of Paul Pester less than a day after the bank was again beset by IT problems – with customers complaining they were denied access to their accounts via its website and mobile apps.In his resignation statement, Mr Pester said: “The last few months have been challenging for everyone at TSB.”However, I want to thank all my colleagues across TSB for their dedication and commitment during this period and for their focus on putting things right for TSB customers.”It has been a…

About 80 firefighters are tackling a blaze at a primary school in east London after it was engulfed by an inferno overnight. London Fire Brigade (LFB) said 12 fire engines were called to Roding Primary School in Dagenham at 4.50am on Tuesday. Image: The blaze in Dagenham broke out overnight It is not clear what started the fire, with about half of the single-storey building said to be ablaze.Photos posted to social media show the raging fire and a large plume of smoke rising up into the air. According to the school’s website, children had been due to return for…

The Treasury and Bank of England are in talks over whether Governor Mark Carney is prepared to stay beyond his official tenure at the bank. Sky News has learned that talks are ongoing among the three parties as to whether Mr Carney would consider continuing in his role beyond his planned departure date of June 30 next year.At his appointment in 2013, Mr Carney originally planned to serve just five years of a maximum eight-year term as governor.But in October 2016 he agreed to stay for an extra year, until mid-2019, to see Britain past its expected departure from the…

A British woman has died after a banana boat accident while on a family holiday in Hurghada, Egypt. The woman, who has not been named, was in the same resort town as John and Susan Cooper, who died in strange circumstances in their hotel room, and had also travelled with Thomas Cook.The holiday company has since stopped selling the boat excursion. Image: John and Susan Cooper died at a resort in Hurghada, Egypt A Thomas Cook spokesman said: “We can confirm that one of our customers sadly died last week while on an excursion in Egypt.”We would like to offer…

Two Malaysian women convicted under Islamic law of attempting to have sex have been caned in public. The couple, aged 22 and 32, were given six strokes of a light rattan cane on their backs on Monday by female prison officers at the Sharia High Court in northeast Terengganu state, a Muslim lawyer said.The caning is believed to be the first punishment of its kind for the state, and it drew widespread condemnation from human rights groups.Abdul Rahim Sinwan, deputy president of the Muslim Lawyers’ Association, said the caning was “not harsh” and was intended to educate the women in…

Peer-to-peer lender Funding Circle has announced plans to raise £300m through a stock market flotation. Launched in 2010 by three former Oxford University students, Funding Circle works by matching lenders to tens of thousands of small business borrowers, currently in the UK, US, Germany and the Netherlands.Funding Circle said that the money raised will be used to bankroll expansion into new markets.The lender has now made loans to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in excess of £5bn since being established eight years ago, with £1bn in the first half of this year alone.The cash injection will also “enhance” the balance sheet…

“You’re going to edify yourself, build yourself up,” Pastor Chris charges global audience concerning the month. The Global Communion Service with Pastor Chris came to a crescendo with the declaration of the word of the Spirit concerning the month, as the man of God announced September 2018 to be ‘the Month of Auto-Edification’! In this special month, believers around the world will pray specially in tongues of the Spirit, building up themselves as the Word of God says. Reading 1 Corinthians 14, verses 2 through 4, Pastor Chris highlighted the importance of praying in tongues just as the Apostle Paul…

Two Reuters journalists have been jailed for seven years after being found guilty of breaking state secrets laws while investigating the massacre of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, were arrested last December while carrying official documents given to them by police.The pair had been gathering evidence about the execution of 10 men in the village of Inn Din in Myanmar’s northern Rakhine State.The deaths happened during a widespread campaign of violence which started last August and saw more than 700,000 Rohingya flee to neighbouring Bangladesh.The military crackdown followed attacks on police posts by…