Nearly 1500 people evacuated from Paris homes as River Seine
continues to rise
Nearly 1,500 people have been evacuated from homes in the
Paris region, with authorities on alert for any major flood risk after the
levels of the swollen River Seine rose further on Sunday.
Michel Delpuech, head of the Paris police body, told
reporters that around 1,500 people had been moved out of homes in the Ile de
France region comprising the French capital and its suburbs.
The Seine’s waters were set to peak later on Sunday or early
on Monday close to levels which led to similar flooding in 2016, authorities
said.
The overflowing waters have already engulfed riverside
walkways in Paris and led the world-famous Louvre museum to close a basement
display of Islamic art.
Paris’s “Bateaux Mouches” tourist boats have been shut down
due to the high waters while swans have been seen swimming where there are
usually pavements and rats forced up onto the streets.
Flooding caused destruction in Paris in 1910 when the Seine
rose by 8.65 meters, although no deaths were recorded there.
Will Ferrell stars as George W. Bush in SNL skit, reminds
Americans he was a ‘really bad’ president
Over the last year, Saturday Night Live viewers will have
grown accustomed to the show’s cold opens being dominated by skits mocking the
president of the United States, and this week’s show continued that theme —
albeit with one minor difference.
Rather than ride on Alec Baldwin‘s bluster-filled Donald
Trump impersonations, this week’s SNL featured Will Ferrell reprising his role
as former president George W. Bush.
Much of the skit revolved around President Bush reminding
Americans that his presidency was disastrous, even if it seems to compare
favourably to the Trump presidency in hindsight.
The skit begins with Bush seated in what appears to be the
Oval Office, although he clarifies that it’s actually a replica that he had
constructed in the basement of his Texas home.
After showing off an oil painting of a dog in a hot air
balloon — Bush has become an avid painter post-presidency in real life —
Ferrell’s version of the former president touts his approval rating, which he
boasts is at an all-time high.
“At this point, I might even end up on Mount Rushmore right
next to Washington, Lincoln and I wanna say… Kensington?” Bush says. “I dunno,
but the point is I’m suddenly popular AF and a lot of people are saying, ‘man I
wish George W. Bush was still our president right about now!’
Girl, 16, starved and left to die on floor by adoptive
mother
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| Natalie Finn was starved to death by her own adoptive mother |
A teenage girl who was starved to death by her adoptive
mother weighed just six stone when she died in October 2016.
Heartbreaking images of tragic Natalie Finn show the
emaciated 16-year-old covered with blood and scratches after being starved and
left to die on the floor by Nicole Finn.
A court heard 43-year-old Finn, of West Des Moines, Iowa,
kept Natalie and siblings Mikayla and Jaden locked in a filthy bedroom without
furniture.
They were not allowed regular access to food or a bathroom
for months and would often climb out a window of their home and seek food from
neighbours.
Experts said Mikayla and Jaden were at risk of starving to
death as well and spent months recovering after Natalie suffered cardiac
arrest.
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| Natalie Finn weighed just six stone when she died |
Prosecutors described mother-of-five Finn as more concerned
about her animals than her children.
Local media said Mikayla testified in court that she would
drink from a toilet because she was so thirsty and that Natalie had almost no
fat or muscle on her when she died.
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