HEIDENAU, Germany (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel was met with jeers Wednesday as she traveled to a German town at the center of a recent wave of far-right anti-foreigner violence, delivering a message of support for refugees as many look to her for leadership in handling the European migrant crisis.
A staff member of a private security company walks past the facade of a burnt residential building with the writing on it 'We say no!' in Leipzig, Germany, Wednesday Aug. 26, 2015. An unknown person committed an arson attack on the building, the location of a planned accommodation for refugees, during the night, (Sebastian Willnow/dpa via AP)
"It's shameful and repulsive what we experienced here," Merkel told reporters in Heidenau, a town near the Saxony capital Dresden in eastern Germany where a far-right mob over the weekend hurled bottles and fireworks at police protecting a temporary shelter being set up for 600 refugees.
The violence in Heidenau and a series of recent arson attacks against asylum shelters elsewhere have catapulted the migrant crisis to the top of the political agenda in Germany. While most Germans have been welcoming — with many volunteering their time to help refugees and some even opening their homes — a vocal minority has protested the arrival of so many foreigners in such a short time.
Demonstrating this trenchant opposition more than 100 far-right protesters jeered and sounded car horns as Merkel spoke in Heidenau. Some protesters shouted "Lying press!" while at least one woman held a placard denouncing the chancellor as a "race traitor" — a phrase used by the Nazis to refer to people who dealt with or had relationships with Jews.
Authorities expect the number of refugees coming to Germany will reach 800,000 this year — a fourfold increase on last year. Worryingly, the number of attacks against refugees and asylum shelters has also surged. Authorities registered 202 such attacks — including eight cases of arson— in the first half of the year, roughly twice as many as during the same period in 2014.
Despite strong condemnation, the attacks have continued in the second half of the year. Police arrested two intruders with knives entering a refugee home in Parchim in eastern Germany late Tuesday. The same night, a man threw a burning object at a planned home for 56 refugees in Leipzig. A mattress caught fire, but it was quickly extinguished, the German news agency dpa reported.
While attacks have taken place across the country, they have been particularly prevalent in former East Germany, where people's experiences of foreigners have been more limited than in the west of the country. Federal rules mean refugees are distributed more or less equally across the country, including to regions where anti-foreigner sentiment is strong, such as Heidenau.
The town is situated south of Dresden, where a group calling itself Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the West drew up to 25,000 people to its weekly marches at the start of the year. While their numbers have declined again, experts have warned that far-right extremists including members of the National Democratic Party, or NPD, are using the refugee issue to stir up fear and resentment among locals. Friday's riots began hours after an NPD-organized protest against the asylum shelter, though the party has since distanced itself from the violence.
Speaking to reporters after meeting aid workers, local officials and refugees Wednesday, Merkel thanked those "who have to endure hatred." "We need to use all our strength to make clear that we won't tolerate those who call the dignity of others into question. There will be no tolerance toward those who aren't prepared to help where help is needed," she said, urging Germans to speak out against anti-foreigner sentiment in conversations with their families, friends and church groups.
Merkel's decision to travel to Heidenau followed calls in German media for her to show greater leadership in tackling the refugee crisis. This week, she declared that her office would take charge of coordinating the issue across government departments.
But she also reiterated her call for European countries to finally decide on common rules for refugees, drawing a comparison to the bloc's hard-won agreement on the bailout for Greece. "These questions will occupy us a lot more than Greece and the stability of the euro," Merkel said in a recent television interview. "The asylum topic could be the next big European project where we can show whether we're really able to act together."
A 10-point plan put forward by Germany to solve the refugee crisis includes declaring countries in the western Balkans safe states, meaning that people from there, who make up about 40 percent of those coming to Germany, wouldn't be able to apply for asylum in most cases.
"We need to send those who are highly unlikely to get asylum back home. That's tough, but Serbia, Albania, Kosovo are all countries where there's no civil war at the moment," Merkel said at a town hall meeting Tuesday.
Berlin also wants to set up reception centers for migrants crossing the Mediterranean, so that their asylum requests can be processed in Italy and Greece. It also wants them better distributed around the European Union; Germany in the first half of 2015 has seen 43 percent of asylum applications made in the bloc.
"Germany, which is economically stronger than others, needs to bear a greater burden," Merkel said. "But three or four countries out of 28 can't carry all the load, that's not the European Union we want."
Sigmar Gabriel, the country's economy minister and Merkel's deputy, said the fact that up to three-quarters of the 800,000 refugees may end up staying should be seen as an opportunity, not a problem. "We're a country that's losing a lot of workers in the coming years because we're thankfully living longer but sadly having fewer children. So many of those who are now staying are a chance for us to make the country younger and more attractive," he said.
ANTIBES, France (AP) — Flash flooding around the French Riviera has killed at least 16 people, some drowned in a retirement home and others trapped in cars and campsites. Torrents of muddy water inundated buildings, roads and railway tracks, disrupting movement along the Mediterranean coast Sunday.
A man walks past damaged cars in Biot, near Cannes, southeastern France, Sunday Oct.4, 2015. Sudden heavy rains around the French Riviera have killed at least 10 people, including some trapped in cars, a campsite and a retirement home, and left six missing. Car and train traffic was disrupted along the Mediterranean coast.
Residents of the picturesque and touristy region, stunned by the ferocity of the brief downpour Saturday night, described it as the worst flooding they'd ever seen. It was so dramatic that it prompted President Francois Hollande to pay an emergency visit Sunday to promise government aid for victims.
Helicopters patrolled the area and 27,000 homes were without electricity Sunday after rivers and streams overflowed their banks and fierce thunderstorms poured more than 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) of rain on the Cannes region in two hours Saturday night. That is the equivalent of two months of rainfall for the region, local radio France Bleu-Azur reported.
Hollande said the overall death toll by midday Sunday was 16, with three still missing. Government officials had given conflicting reports about casualty figures earlier in the day. "It's not over," Hollande said, visiting the flood-stricken retirement home in the town of Biot and meeting with emergency workers.
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He expressed condolences to families of victims and urged residents to remain cautious, especially on the region's roads, many of which remained impassable Sunday. He promised aid for residents hit by the flooding and lamented serious damage to local stores and other businesses.
Some residents criticized authorities for not doing more to prevent flood damage in the region. Local firefighters and meteorologists said the amount of rain was unusual for the region this time of year, but were especially shocked by the intensity and speed of Saturday's storm.
People were found dead in the towns of Cannes, Biot, Golfe-Juan and Mandelieu-la-Napoule in the southeast, the president's office said. Three elderly people were killed in the retirement home, Hollande said. Three others were found dead in their car after entering a flooded tunnel, authorities in Golfe-Juan said. Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said the dead included victims who had been trapped in a parking lot and campsites as well.
Winds and rain whipped palm trees along the famed Croisette seaside promenade in Cannes in images shown on BFM television. Some cars parked near Cannes shore were swept away and overturned by high waves.
In nearby Antibes, campsites along the Brague River were suddenly inundated with muddy water. Cars overturned and roads were slick with mud. Several trains were stopped because of flooded tracks, and traffic remained stopped along the Mediterranean coast between Nice and Toulon on Sunday morning, according to the SNCF rail authority. Several roads in the region were closed, including those reaching Cannes, which was particularly hard hit.
The flooding also disrupted a French league soccer match in Nice, forcing the stadium to shut down in the middle of play. Hundreds of emergency workers were involved in rescue efforts, helped by clear skies around the region Sunday.
Pope Francis offered his prayers for the victims during his weekly Sunday blessing from St. Peter's Square. "We express our nearness to the hard-hit populations, including with concrete forms of solidarity," he said.
The ANSA news agency said that several trains that were halted by the floods were carrying hundreds of Italian pilgrims to or from the shrine at Lourdes. The Italian group Unitalsi, which transports the sick to the shrine, said all the pilgrims on board were fine.
Charlton contributed from Paris. Nicole Winfield at the Vatican, contributed to this report.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany marks a quarter-century as a reunited nation on Saturday, with two leaders from the formerly communist east heading a country that increasingly asserts itself as Europe's political heavyweight — and now faces a new challenge in a refugee influx that will demand deep reserves of resourcefulness and patience.
German President Joachim Gauck delivers a speech during a ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the German Unification in the 'Alte Oper' in Frankfurt, Germany, Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. (Ralph Orlowski/Pool Photo via AP)
West and East Germany united on Oct. 3, 1990, capping a process that started less than 11 months earlier when the east's communist leadership opened the Berlin Wall under pressure from massive demonstrations. Evening out the differences between east and west has been a far slower process, and some inequalities persist even now.
On the whole, however, "things worked out well — so many people pitched in, showed verve, began to learn new jobs," Chancellor Angela Merkel, who grew up in the east and entered politics as communism fell, said in a video message ahead of the anniversary.
Joachim Gauck, Germany's president since 2012, is another easterner, former pastor and pro-democracy activist. In a speech at this year's unification celebrations in Frankfurt, Gauck compared the integration of hundreds of thousands of newly arrived refugees to the task of reuniting East and West Germany 25 years ago.
"Like in 1990, a challenge awaits us that will keep future generations busy," he said. "But contrary from before, what did not belong together up to now, should now grow together." Gauck's quote came in reference to a famous expression by former German Chancellor Willy Brandt who in 1989, after the fall of the Berlin Wall, said of divided Germany that "now what belongs together, will grow together."
Since reunification, some 1.5 trillion to 2 trillion euros ($1.7 trillion to $2.2 trillion dollars) have been funneled into the east to help bring the region up to speed after its outmoded industry collapsed. A steady post-1990 drain of people from east to west appears finally to have been stemmed, with more people moving east than the other way for the first time in 2013.
Even though unemployment remains higher in the east than the west — at 8.7 percent (an enviable figure for many European countries) compared with 5.6 percent — the gap has narrowed. Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl's promise to easterners that they would live in "blooming landscapes" no longer looks far-fetched.
"This is true for many parts of former East Germany," said prominent German historian Heinrich August Winkler. "The beautiful countryside of the Mecklenburg lake district, and the Baltic Coast, as well as the cleanup of the polluted industrial areas in Saxony and elsewhere, a lot has happened there."
"The economic disparity between east and west is also a lot lower than it used to be," he added. "But that's no reason to be smug. The absence of large, productive companies in eastern Germany shows that a lot more could be done."
Those concerns apart, Germany has cemented its place as Europe's biggest economy and, in the past few years, has shown increasing ambition as a political and diplomatic heavyweight. Merkel has been a leading advocate of the reforms and spending cuts demanded of countries such as Greece in exchange for aid in Europe's debt crisis. On the diplomatic front, she and her government also have played a leading part in tackling the crisis over Russia's actions in Ukraine — after years being perceived as balking at a front-row role.
Gauck last year said that Germany should make an earlier and more decisive contribution to preventing conflicts and "must also be ready to do more to guarantee the security that others have provided it with for decades."
This year, Germany has sought to take the lead — so far with little success — in persuading Europe to embrace the task of taking in refugees from Syria and elsewhere and share the burden. The flow of people to Germany, a favored destination, gathered pace last month when Merkel decided to allow in migrants who had piled up in Hungary.
Merkel is sticking to a confident message that Germany will cope as authorities struggle to keep tabs on the newcomers and house them. Officials expect at least 800,000 to arrive this year, though not all will be allowed to stay.
The job of integrating them into society and the workforce lies ahead, and Merkel says memories of reunification could help. "The experiences of German unification give us the feeling and the confidence that we can deal successfully with the tasks that face us — however big they are," Merkel said Thursday.
"That also goes for the Herculean task that moves us at the moment and demands a national effort of us: the many, many people who are seeking shelter with us in Europe and Germany."
This story has been amended to show the correct spelling of Brandt's first name is Willy, not Willi.
The actress, who is born of a Nigerian father and an American mother, in a recent interview with Ladun, disclosed why she lived with her baby daddy without walking down the knot and why she is still a single mum.
 
Adunni Ade said: “I have said this, it’s not something I want to hide, it’s a part of me and I don’t think there’s any need to lie, or make myself look good or whatever, but I have never been married. I was with my ex, Michael Boyd, who is my children’s father for eight years, and things did not work out and I just let it go and that has been three years ago.”
The light-skinned actress further disclosed that she is a sucker of love and that is why it takes her time before she gets into any relationship.
Adunni’s children

Adunni continued: “I’m a sucker for love, I love hard, that is why I take my time before diving into any relationship with the person I will love. I will do whatever I can in a relationship to make it work because I just don’t get involved with people anyhow. If the chemistry or connection is not there, then you would never find me there. But in my heart, if I feel like I have a connection with that person, I’d try and take it as far as I can and if I know it’s not going to work, I’d end it quick. But I am a big fan of love, Love is good. There is still some love out there even though people try to deny and say there is no more love; there is still love.”
On her source of motivation, Adunni disclosed that her two children inspire a lot. She added that there is nothing shameful about being a single mother and ready to face whatever music the society attaches to it.
Twitter user @chimaokoro63
The bombings were suspected to have been perpetuated by the Boko Haram terrorist group, although the sect is yet to claim responsibility for the attacks.
According to @chimaokoro63, the Boko Haram sect is also going to attack the commercial hub of the country – Lagos state – as well as security operatives from the police, army and navy.
See the tweet below:
 October 1.
UPDATE: Meanwhile, as at 12:00, October 3, it was discovered that the twitter handle was deleted. This is as a result of reactions of several users of the same social media platform. Nigerians were furious and suspicious about the said tweet, calling on the security services to arrest him.


However, this is not the first time Nyanya is being attacked: on April 14, 2014, almost hundred of people lost their lives in what is recorded as the most devastating tragedy caused by the Boko Haram terror group in the capital of Nigeria. Another bomb exploded on May 1, 2014, at the same bus terminal.


Christina Milian | Christina Milian
Good luck keeping up with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter-actress-fashion entrepreneur and reality TV star Christina Milian.
Since the release of her 2001 self-titled Def Jam breakthrough album, which featured the hits "AM to PM" and "When You Look at Me," this New Jersey-born whirlwind has toured with Usher, recorded with Kanye, starred opposite John Travolta and Uma Thurman in "Be Cool," founded her own casual clothing line and tangoed with Mark Ballas on "Dancing With the Stars."
Along the way, she even managed to add to the family, giving birth to daughter Violet with then-husband The-Dream in 2010.
This year, Milian launched her own E! reality TV show, "Christina Milian Turned Up," sharing her search for love and happiness "docu-soap" style with her Cuban-American mother and sisters.
Find out what Milian has to say about life and money.
As a successful young hyphenate, which of your endeavors shows the real you?
I have a serious love for both music and fashion, so I wouldn't choose just one. With my clothing line "We Are Pop Culture," I get to really show my fashionable side and my personality with the way that I design.
I'm kind of a tomboy. I like casualwear and streetwear, but I like to do it with a feminine twist. I feel like fashion is a great way to express yourself. As far as music goes, writing my music and performing, it's very personal for me, and I love to be vulnerable and get myself to my fans because that's what music is all about.
What's guaranteed to make you laugh?
I love looking at memes on social media. They always make me laugh. My family and I share a lot of them between each other in our group chats.
When it comes to money, are you a tightwad, a free spender or somewhere in between?
I am between tightwad and free spender. But I like to spend wisely, mostly on investments that I feel will make the money in the long run.
I believe when I spend my money that it's going to come back to me double. Or, I just have faith that whatever I'm spending on is what's going to make me money in the future. I don't want to overspend, and I do pay attention to my funds. I've learned to keep a better grasp on giving out money for things or people that might not be appreciative.
What influences helped define your creative approach?
I think just looking up to people like P. Diddy, Dr. Dre, JLo, Jessica Simpson, and reading their interviews about how they became the moguls they are today has inspired me. I take my own approach on things based on that and have become my own entrepreneur, and I'm having fun doing what I love.
What will you teach your daughter, Violet, about money and the pursuit of happiness?
I will teach my daughter to save her money and to invest her money, especially in things that she is passionate about.
I teach her that money doesn't grow on trees so you have to work hard. But money shouldn't be your only incentive. I think the true label of success is happiness, so find what makes you happy, smile, laugh. Make that your focus and the money will follow.

The Inaugural Tinsel Charity Ball went down last night, Thursday 1st October, at the Oriental Hotel, Lagos.
The event was attended by stars such as: Waje, Timi Dakolo, Iyabo Ojo, Emmanuel Ikubese, Uti Nwachukwu, Tomi Odunsi, Helen Paul, Ik Osakioduwa, Hauwa Mukan, Michelle Dede, Ivie Okujaye, Daniella Okeke, Isio Wanogho, Beverly Naya, Ruth Kadiri, Ono Bello, Kiki Omeili, Wale Ojo, Wole Ojo, Meg Otanwa, Gideon Okeke, Makida Moka, Bolanle Olukanni, Toni Tones, Deyemi Okanlawon, Audu Maikori, Vimbai Mutinhiri, Rukky Sanda, Ireti Doyle and many more.
See first photos below.
IK Osakioduwa and wife
As the nation marks her 55th Independence anniversary, spoke to on a number of issues concerning the sociopolitical situation as well as his desire for Nigeria to be the actual giant of Africa more than just in words.
Raoul John Njeng-Njeng more popularly known as Skales.
What do you make of Nigeria at the moment in terms of political and socioeconomic growth and development?
“Nigeria as a country is heading in the right direction – We just saw an incumbent president losing in the elections – which would have caused outrage before, but he democratically conceded defeat and saved the country months of bloodshed.
 
“Economically, seeing as we are a country that’s very dependent on oil, the drop in oil prices has greatly affected the country, but I feel the President is the right person to tackle this. With the right cabinet members, Nigeria will be great again. We have already taken that first step.”
What are your suggestions for the authorities in terms of how to better the polity?
 “Well, we keep hoping for the best. I read somewhere [about] the Senate President [saying] this is a new era, not one where elected persons just come in, bow their heads and go [at the end of the day without contributing to change] … Nigerians now follow politics keenly and that is good for the country.”
Raoul John Njeng-Njeng more popularly known as Skales.
Where do you see Nigeria in a few years from now?
“We already pride ourselves as being the giant of Africa, but I see Nigeria actually becoming the giant Of Africa [not just in words]. Taking China as an example, until two years ago the country used to be the largest importer and exporter [of goods] in the world, but now they have stopped importing seeing as everything they need can be made internally. They took a 30-year climb out of poverty and now when China sneezes the world gets a cold. That’s where I see Nigeria in Africa first.”
If you were to be in charge of a state or the nation, what are the top five sectors you will prioritize/ the top five projects you will execute?

“I’m not a politician, never have thought to be. But I will tackle our Education, Power and Health systems first [if I were to be in charge
Popular Nigerian transgender, Stephanie Rose, is in the news once again for her hate speeches towards God.
Dapo, Now Stephanie Rose after the plastic surgery
This time Stephanie accused God of being behind the death of hundreds of pilgrims in the now famous Mina, Saudi Arabia stampede when Muslim pilgrims gathered to carry out one of the tenets of Islam which is the symbolic stoning of the Devil.
 
She wrote: “The same God is the devil that they had gone to stone in Mecca. What else can you expect from the blood-thirsty Abrahamic God that delights in killing and destruction?
He stoned them back with death … They did not go to Heaven or Hell fire, their Souls are reincarnated after many years.
God worshippers are shit worshippers. The idiot called God that they worship is nothing but a sadistic wicked Angel of darkness, a cursed evil doer and satanic embodiment! GOD A UNIVERSAL IDIOT AND FAILED FOOL!
Yes … The Abrahamic God is the God and devil of this wicked World! Jesus Christ can not be found in this callous and indifferent God. I know the Abrahamic God so well … He has plotted many evil against me from inception instigating violence, instigating rejection, instigating humiliation, instigating hostilities amongst many other evil plotting.
The Abrahamic God instigated grave violence and bloodshed against me ( to destroy me ) as he had instigated violence and bloodshed on Sodom and Gomorrah. The Abrahamic God is very wicked and callous.

He functions as the devil to Mankind, plotting evil and destruction against those he does not like. A God of double standard, a God of partiality, a God of unjust and unfair standards. See …
In the Old testament before the mythological birth of Jesus Christ, people did not go to Heaven or Hell fire because there was no ‘born Saviour’ in the mythical image of Jesus Christ.
When people died, their Souls were reincarnated till today. Heaven and Hell were never highlighted in the Old testament because such places never existed! The mythological birth of Jesus brought about the mythology of Heaven and Hell.
It was only Jesus that spoke about Heaven and Hell fire in scriptures. Which means before Jesus, there was no Heaven or Hell fire because there was no salvation. Look at this very well, where do you really think those Old testament folks that existed before (Salvation) went to?
 
According to the mythical Jesus, they will not enter Heaven because they did not become born again. But in reality, all Souls were born again in the literal context in those days till now. People reincarnated in the Abrahamic times till now.
Heaven and Hell fire do not exist in reality. CHRISTAINITY IS A FRAUD and the Abrahamic God is a tyrant, a very wicked tyrant for that matter.”
Recall that Stephanie, who was born a man named Dapo Adaralegbe, was expelled from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, where she was studying law. She had crisis issues and was expelled from the school. She later underwent surgery abroad to become a woman.
Controversial Cameroonian singer, Dencia is known for her outrageous sense of style.
She recently attended the Manish Arora Spring/Summer 2016 fashion show in Paris where she wore an outfit she designed herself. She wore a pink exaggerated boot-legged jumpsuit with big bold flowers.
The jumpsuit also has a transparent cut down the middle of her chest which reveals a little cleavage. She finished the look with a Chanel Boy bag and Christian Dior sunglasses.
 
According to Dencia: “My jumpsuits usually take four hours, but it took 3 days to make this one.
“The flowers are everything in real life.” she said.
See more pictures below

A man who went to catch fun with some prostitutes in a brothel has reportedly killed youths who came to ask him for money.
According to The Nation, the incident after a fight ensued at a brothel located along Old road, off College road, Aduwawa in Ikpoba-Okha local government area of Edo state.
File Photo of some prostitutes
 
Reports say shops and houses were locked after the incident and residents fled to avoid arrest by police officers in the state as blood stains were seen on the ground, and the brothel, subsequently locked up.
Some youths had reportedly stormed the brothel to forcefully collect money from the man (name withheld) who had appeared at the brothel to have fun, but three of them were stabbed.
Eyewitnesses disclosed that two people died instantly.
The Edo state Police spokesman, DSP Stephen Onwochei, when contacted, said he was yet to be briefed on the incident.
The lawsuit by Paul Walker’s daughter against Porsche over its role in the actor’s 2013 death was the latest in a decades-long battle between the German sports car maker and U.S. lawyers claiming its vehicles can be too dangerous for many drivers—and who’ve had some success in getting American juries to agree.
In 1980, Cynthia Files borrowed her husband’s Porsche 930 Turbo. Driving home after work, with her boss Donald Fresh in the passenger seat, she hit the gas at a stoplight—perhaps to showcase the machine’s notorious power. The speed limit was 25 mph on this particular street in La Jolla, Calif., but within seconds, Files was approaching 60 mph. 
Caught off guard by how violently the turbos kicked in, Files panicked and touched the brakes, just as she was entering a bend. The heavy tail of the rear-engined 930, a car known for its unruly behavior, swung around like a pendulum, sending her and her boss into oncoming traffic. Files, who had been drinking, survived mostly unharmed. Fresh, however, did not.
This, according to Craig McClellan, a personal injury lawyer out of San Diego, was the case that birthed a successful career representing individuals against automakers. McClellan and his clients, Fresh’s widow and two children, sued Porsche for wrongful death, contending the car was inherently dangerous for the average, untrained driver. Despite Files driving intoxicated and recklessly, McClellan won the case, with the jury ordering Porsche to pay $2.5 million in damages. The verdict was later appealed, but once again upheld. And despite Files’ wrongdoings, and the fact Fresh’s family sued her too, the jury decided she was not to blame.
A few years later, McClellan won another wrongful death claim against Porsche and its 911 Turbo. 
“If an automaker knowingly does not use the technology it has available — something that may be standard on many other cars, especially when it relates to high performance vehicles — then that automaker should be liable in any injuries or deaths that occur due to this oversight,” says McClellan.
Meadow Walker, the 16-year-old daughter of Paul Walker, mirrors those claims in her lawsuit alleging her father would still be alive if the Porsche Carrera GT he was riding passenger in — when amateur race car driver Roger Rodas crashed heavily into a light pole and tree, splitting the machine in half before it burst into flames — was equipped with better safety features, such as stability control.
An investigation after the incident by law enforcement determined that the cause of the accident was reckless driving and excessive speed, noting that the 605-horsepower Carrera GT was traveling between 80 and 93 mph on a street in Los Angeles that was given a 45 mph speed limit. According to the report, the car suffered no mechanical failures and adhered to all safety rules applicable for a 2005 model year vehicle.
But that hasn’t stopped Walker’s lawyer, Jeff Milam, from alleging a different version of what occurred:
Meadow Walker with her late father
A wrongful-death lawsuit in a car crash has two fundamental parts: the cause of the crash—not just the driver but the vehicle, and any potential defects or missing equipment. The second part is crashworthiness: is the vehicle able to protect its occupants in a way that can withstand a foreseeable accident

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The latest developments in the hundreds of thousands of refugees and other migrants passing through Europe on their way west. All times local.
A refugee holding her daughter falls into the water after arriving on a dinghy from the Turkish coast to the northeastern Greek island of Lesbos, Friday, Oct. 2 , 2015. The International Organization for Migration says a record number of people have crossed the Mediterranean into Europe this year.
The international Red Cross says vulnerable migrants in the Balkans are facing increasingly difficult conditions with the arrival of heavy rains and cold weather.
It said Friday the deteriorating weather brings with it "severe health and safety risks to people who have already traveled thousands of miles, often with limited access to food, basic necessities, shelter or health care."
Serbia is in the center of the Balkan corridor for migrants who cross from Greece to Macedonia and then via Serbia to Croatia or Hungary. Some 250,000 migrants are estimated to have passed through Serbia since the beginning of this year.
Vesna Milenovic, an official for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, says "Our main concern is what will happen in the next few weeks and months. Autumn and winter weather can be severe in the region."
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Croatian police say the number of migrants who have entered the country since mid-September could reach 100,000 on Friday.
Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic said more than 97,000 people have crossed so far and more are expected by the end of the day and overnight.
Croatia has been transporting the migrants coming to the country from Serbia toward the border with Hungary.
Migrants fleeing war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia want to reach the rich countries of Western Europe such as Germany and Sweden.
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The number of people seeking asylum in Hungary almost doubled in August as the government was building a razor-wire fence to stop migrants from entering the country from Serbia.
Figures from the European Union's statistical agency Friday show that 92,265 people applied for asylum in August compared to 49,250 in July.
That brings the total number of people seeking international protection there so far this year to around 207,000, according to Eurostat figures.
Most people arriving in Hungary travel overland from Greece and many try to move deeper into the EU bound for countries like Germany or Sweden.
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The U.N. refugee agency is reporting a "noticeable drop" this week in arrivals of refugees by sea into Greece — as the total figure for the year nears the 400,000 mark.
Citing cooler, windier weather that makes the crossing from Turkey more dangerous, UNHCR said Friday that 1,500 people crossed the Aegean Sea a day earlier — down from an average of 5,000 per day in recent weeks.
UNHCR spokesman Adrian Edwards said "any improvement in the weather is likely to bring another surge in arrivals." The agency anticipates 700,000 arrivals total by year end.
Overall, the UNHCR estimates 396,500 people have entered Greece via the Mediterranean this year. Seventy percent of them are from Syria.
The International Organization for Migration has a higher figure of inflows to Greece.
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Hungary's prime minister says his Croatian counterpart is an envoy of a global left-wing organization whose job is to attack Hungary.
Orban said Friday on state radio that the parties in the Socialist International, which includes Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic's Social Democratic Party, think the wave of migrants reaching Europe is a "good thing" and their leaders "are following the orders not so much of their people as of the Socialist International."
Orban said Hungary does not consider "what the Croatian prime minister says to be the opinion of the Croatian people."
Politicians from the two countries have been trading barbs since Hungary's decision on Sept. 15 to close its border with Serbia with a high fence protected by razor wire, police and soldiers.
Now, thousands of migrants a day are streaming into Hungary from neighboring Croatia in search of clear routes toward Germany and other destinations in the European Union.
Hungarian officials say they are close to completing a fence on the Croatian border, as well.
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Hungary's prime minister says the refugees and migrants arriving in Europe are mostly young men who "look more like an army than asylum seekers."
Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Friday on state radio that while he did not reject the right of any country to try to solve its demographic problems "with young men from the Arab world who look like warriors," it was unacceptable "to have this forced upon Hungary."
Orban, who is advocating for global quotas for receiving migrants, says it is unfair for countries like the United States, the rich Arab states, Israel and Australia to expect Europe to take in the migrants while accepting few or none themselves.
He said that if Europe tried to solve the migration crisis and other global problems on its own, "we will crush the lifestyle ... values and strengths we have developed in the past several hundreds of years.

By the time Disney rolls out the fifth Avengers movie, likely in 2021 or 2022, we could see a roster that includes superheroes who have yet to debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Imagine a team of Black Panther, Doctor Strange, Nova, and Captain Marvel all under the leadership of Sam Wilson’s new-look Captain America. Thor could be a woman. And Squirrel Girl has a real shot to make the squad.
Not exactly your idea of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Believe me, it’s not that far-fetched. This week, while promoting the arrival of Avengers: Age of Ultron on Blu-ray/DVD, the Marvel brain trust confirmed what we’ve long suspected: The epic Avengers: Infinity War, airing in two parts in 2018 and 2019 and combining characters from the entire MCU, will be the last hurrah for the lineup of Cap, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, et al., and close out “Phase Three” of the Marvel films.
“I think it definitely is an end to some version of the team that we’ve come to know as the Avengers,” explained executive producer Jeremy Latcham. “Who knows exactly what’s going to happen yet in that film, but I think this version of that team — and I think we start to hint at that at the end of Age of Ultron — the team will be evolving. One of the things that we love from the comics is the roster’s always changing, that new people are coming onto the team and that you can pick up an Avengers book 10 years later and you don’t recognize the people on the cover, but the ideas and the ideals that make the Avengers the Avengers still exist.”
To recap, Age of Ultron finds the Avengers disassembled. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Hulk (Mark Ruffalo), and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) are off on solo projects, leaving Captain America (Chris Evans) and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) overseeing a B-team of Falcon (Anthony Mackie), War Machine (Don Cheadle), Vision (Paul Bettany), and Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen).
As Latcham notes, the shakeup is a nod to the Avengers comic roots. The team’s membership has been fluid since the 1960s, with myriad heroes coming and going. Hulk only lasted two issues before he quit. And while Iron Man, Thor, and Cap have been mainstays, Marvel Comics has reconceived the latter two in recent years, perhaps with an eye to the MCU and increasingly costly contracts. Steve Rogers has hung up his shield; the mantle of Captain America is now borne by Sam Wilson, who was formerly the Falcon. Mackie could easily segue into that role in a few years.
Australian diver Rick Trippe happened upon the most deadly double hickey ever given. Pucker up!
Australian spearfishing champion Rick Trippe was exploring a WWII wreck in in Darwin Harbour when he happened upon two venomous sea creatures engaged in the deadliest makeout session ever recorded.
In a sign that doesn't point to sanity, Trippe told the BBC  that he grabbed the snake at the back of the head and pulled the poisonous pair from the water to get this super-dangerous selfie.
Rick Trippe
"I could hear the fish croaking so I let them both go, but the snake made a beeline back to the fish," he explained to the BBC.
So it sounds like the snake was victorious, at least for a little while. There is a good chance that it died later from the stonefish bite. The BBC reports that a stonefish's venom can kill a human in two hours if not treated. And we're pretty certain the snake didn't have immediate access to harbour healthcare. No pockets to hold its ID card.





Donald Trump’s model calls Pope Francis a ‘false prophet’
Alexandra Tomlinson (left) of Trump Model Management took to Facebook to bash Pope Francis and his visit to the United States.

Ghanaian sexy and talented actress, Nadia Buhari is in the news again. This time, it is no longer between herself and the Nollywood bad boy, Jim Iyke but now, she’s playing hide and seek game with Wizkid.
nadiaBarely one week when a picture of the actress pecking the Pakurumo crooner was posted on the internet, reactions have been coming from all quarters  pointing to  the picture. Already, tongues have started wagging seriously as to the reason for the posture.
Questions that fans have been asking is whether Nadia has dumped Jim Iyke for Star boy? or better still, whether Jim has seen this picture? Matinee gathered that, the picture serves as a dream come true for Wizkid.
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