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Huge explosions create mushroom cloud above Putin-annexed Crimea 'after Ukrainian attack': One dead and five injured as smoke billows up from Russian military airbase 130 miles from frontline after 'multiple' blasts

As many as 15 distinct explosions (left) were reported by eyewitnesses, according to various sources, which resulted in large plumes of smoke (pictured right) snaking from the base in Novofedorivka in Western Crimea. Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 and has occupied the territory ever since despite widespread condemnation from much of the international community. Ukraine has not yet officially claimed responsibility, but a Ukrainian military official speaking on condition of anonymity told the New York Times that the nation's armed forces launched the attack. The head of Crimea's health department said five people, including one child, were injured in the explosions, while the Russian governor of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, announced one person had died in the incident at the airbase (top)

And they're off! Moment 'sad' holidaymakers make 9am dash to lay their towels on sunloungers at hotel pool in Majorca

Footage shared on TikTok shows the horde decked out in their hats and towels ready for a day of basking in the Majorcan heat. As soon as 9am struck, the competing holidaymakers started to run beside the pool adjacent to the hotel to lay their towels down and reserve their loungers. Some appeared to be sprinting at full speed as they overtook others in the mad rush for the limited seats. It is no surprise that tourists are making an early morning dash for the sunspots with Europe in the grips of another sweltering heatwave.

Zelensky calls on the West to BAN all Russians from travelling to their countries and says they should be forced to 'live in their own world until they change their philosophy'

The embattled president urged world leaders to close their borders to all citizens of the invading nation in a bid to further punish the Kremlin for its savagery.

Pictured: Speed boat skipper, 22, accused of causing the death of British mother-of-three, 44, by reckless driving in horror Turkey motorboat crash - as manager says 'he did not mean to kill or hurt anyone'

Tamer Altindag, 22, was led into court in handcuffs on Friday morning to be interviewed by Turkish prosecutors about the death of the 44-year-old mother-of-three and injuries to her partner.

British woman, 72, found murdered in her St Lucia home was burglary victim, cops suspect - as it's revealed man who 'occasionally sleeps' at the property found her body and raised the alarm

Diana Theodore, 72, was found in a pool of blood bound and gagged with a cloth tied around her head in the early hours of Saturday morning, near her dead dog.

Putin loses his 100th colonel as US says 80,000 Russian troops have been either killed or wounded during invasion of Ukraine

Lieutenant-Colonel Vitaly Tsikul, 36 and a tank commander, died fighting in Ukraine last month but his demise has been confirmed in recent days after footage of his funeral emerged.

'There won't be any more talk': Ranting pro-Kremlin TV guest says Putin should be ready to strike London and Washington with nukes if 'disaster' happens at Ukrainian nuclear plant held by Russian troops

The biggest nuclear site in Europe has been in Russian-occupied territory since March, but it continues to be operated by Ukrainian technicians working under the barrels of Putin's troops.

Le belly flop! Moment daredevil leaps onto a slide and is catapulted 30ft into the air before slamming face down into a pool in front of crowd at French waterpark

This is the moment a man known only as 'The Mascot' is filmed leaping from a roof onto a waterslide and is launched metres high before he belly-flopped dramatically into a swimming pool.

Horrifying moment reveller, 37, is gored in the neck and trampled in Spanish bullring leaving him fighting for life

WARNING: Contains graphic footage. The 37-year-old, named locally as Jose Ramon Bronte Les, was left haemorrhaging blood and appeared to be virtually lifeless as he dropped to his knees in his blood-stained clothes before being pulled to safety as the animal (pictured) briefly paused its attack. He was saved by an Italian cardiovascular surgeon who was on holiday and happened to be among the spectators watching the event. The specialist medic reportedly offered to perform an emergency operation at the scene and was able to stem the haemorrhaging with other emergency responders before the injured man was rushed to hospital. The drama happened on Sunday evening at a bullring in the town of Arguedas an hour's drive south of Pamplona in northern Spain.

Did underworld gang murder Vatican schoolgirl, 15, who vanished 40 years ago? Transcript reveals gang member CONFESSED to kidnapping teen 'in exchange for a Suzuki motorcycle'

Emanuela Orlandi: New evidence suggests gang member confessed to 1983 kidnap of Italian

Emanuela Orlandi (pictured left and top-right in a missing poster) was on her way home from a flute lesson in Rome when she disappeared near the city's Piazza Navonaon on June 22, 1983 - at the age of just 15. The vanishing of Orlandi, the daughter of a Vatican employee, has horrified and intrigued Italians for decades - with some convinced the Holy See knows more about the case than it has revealed. Theories around her disappearance have run rife. Now, 39 years after Orlandi vanished, a new theory has emerged in testimony given in 2008 by a former mobster named Salvatore Sarnataro, who pointed the finger at his own son when speaking to police at the time.

Devout Shiite Muslims are left covered in blood as they flagellate themselves and gash their heads with swords to mark holy day of Ashura in Iraq and India

In major cities across the region, believers commemorated the seventh century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson Hussein by drawing blood from their own bodies.

Taiwan retaliates: Taipei begins its OWN live-fire military drills as it accuses China of using exercises after U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit as a 'game-plan' for invasion

Beijing launched its largest-ever air and sea exercises around Taiwan last week in a furious response to a visit by Pelosi, the highest-ranking American official to visit the island in decades.

Japanese designer who dressed stars from Doja Cat to Celine Dion and created Steve Job's signature black turtleneck dies of liver cancer aged 84

Japanese designer Issey Miyake, who was born in Hiroshima, began his fashion career in the late 1960s working with Givenchy and Guy Laroche.

German woman, 57, falls to her death from 26ft rollercoaster ride 'after slipping out of her seat'

Police have been trying to establish whether her death was due to 'fault of a third party', but an update from public prosecutors on Monday suggested there was 'no suspicion' of criminal conduct

Original Pingu voice actor Carlo Bonomi dies aged 85: Tributes are paid to Italian star who gifted the world with the iconic 'noot, noot' phrase

Carlo Bonomi, from Milan, lent his voice to the South Pole emperor penguin from its creation in 1990 until 2000.

The TikTok 'summer sale' for migrants: Smuggler gangs launch 'closing down sale' and slash price of Channel crossings by £1,500 per person as traffickers target Albanians on social media

'Never been cheaper' prices are being offered on social media with experts finding that at least a third of the 3,000 migrants who crossed from France in the past six weeks used one of the offers.

Chile sinkhole DOUBLES in size to 160ft wide and more than 650ft deep - large enough to engulf France's Arc de Triomphe - days after it appeared near small town

The sinkhole, which emerged on July 30, now stretches 160 feet across - large enough to swallow France's Arc de Triomphe - and is a whopping 656ft deep. Seattle's Space Needle would comfortably fit in the black pit, as would six of Rio De Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statues stacked head-to-toe. Chile's National Service of Geology and Mining (Sernageomin) said at the weekend it is still investigating the gaping hole near the Alcaparrosa mine about 413 miles north of the capital Santiago, and had ordered all work at the site to stop. The hole near the small town of Tierra Amarilla first sprang up overnight on July 30 and measured about 82 feet across, with water visible at the bottom. Local officials have expressed worry that the Alcaparrosa mine could have flooded below ground, destabilising the surrounding land

That's a jumbo task! Hundreds of elephants pack their trunks as they are rehomed in new national park in Malawi - with some airlifted upside down

The mammoth effort saw 263 of the animals and 431 other wildlife including impala, buffalo, warthog, sable, and waterbuck transported from the Liwonde National Park in Malawi to the Kasungu National Park, 250 miles away. The elephants were seen hanging upside down as they were gently lowered into their new home as part of the environmental project. It was carried out to maintain healthy habitats in Malawi's national parks, establish viable elephant populations and ensure the prosperity of local communities around the park. The operation took a month in total and was completed last week.

A city submerged in water: Seoul is hit by heaviest rainfall in 80 years leaving at least eight people dead including three family members who drowned after basement flooded 'like a scene from Parasite'

The southern part of the national capital received more than 100mm (3.9 inches) of rain per hour on late Monday, with some parts of the city hit with 141.5mm, the heaviest rainfall in decades

Noisy cockerel is taken to COURT: German couple sick of neighbour's rooster crowing 'up to 200 times a day' say it's 'like torture' as they take legal action to have him removed

The pair want the bird removed from their next-door neighbour's home in Bad Salzuflen in western Germany, and in preparation for court made daily logs recording each time Magda crowed