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A North Korean parade has spelled out the message 'defend with your life' in a Pyongyang square in an apparent rehearsal ahead of a party congress in January.   Satellite imagery showed the propaganda phrase being spelled out in Korean by people standing in formation and holding up red placards in Kim Il-sung Square.  The think-tank 38 North says political messages of this kind are 'common during this kind of event and require practice to perfect timing and accuracy'.   A new structure has also appeared in the square in recent days as North Korea prepares for the ruling party showpiece - which is expected to include at least one parade and take place around the time of Joe Biden's inauguration as US president.  'Defend with your life': Satellite imagery showed this propaganda message being spelled out in Kim Il Sung Square in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang  North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at a politburo meeting on Wednesday where preparations were made

Pope Francis is suffering with painful sciatica which has forced him to skip the Vatican prayer service tonight, a spokesman said. Matteo Bruni said Francis, 84, is suffering from the painful back condition and will not preside at a year-end prayer service on Thursday evening in St Peter's Basilica. The pope, who has suffered from the problem in the past, will also will not celebrate Mass on New Year's Day in the basilica for the same reason.   Pope Francis, 84, pictured, is suffering with painful sciatica which has forced him to skip the Vatican prayer service tonight Sciatica can cause back and leg pain and is due to compression on nerve roots or on the sciatic nerve which runs from the lower spine down the thigh. Despite the back pain, Mr Bruni said Francis will deliver his scheduled New Year's blessing during an appearance at noon on Friday in the library of the Apostolic Palace. To discourage crowds in St Peter's Square during a Covid-19 surge in Italy, Francis lat

A shocked fast food customer has shared a picture online of a burger with an unwanted ingredient she claims she bought from a popular burger franchise in Sydney.  'Hey everyone! Got a Rebel Whopper at Hungry Jack's Bondi Beach and pretty much by the end of my meal I've noticed this,' Elizavita Samoylova posted to the Sydney Vegans Facebook group. The picture, posted on Wednesday afternoon by Ms Samoylova, shows dozens of what look like small white grains of rice on her burger patty. The picture, posted on Wednesday afternoon by Ms Samoylova, shows dozens of what look like small white grains of rice on her burger patty  Ms Samoylova said she purchased the burger from Bondi Hungry Jack's restaurant  She posted the picture to the Sydney Vegans Facebook group on Wednesday  The picture received more than 50 comments an hour after being shared with many viewers saying it had put them off.   The Rebel Whopper features a patty made from plant protein that is said to resembl

A lion cub has been forced to have both eyes removed after it was smuggled by bus across Russia in a tiny wooden box. The cub, named Grom, was discovered in a narrow wooden box in the luggage compartment of an inter city bus. It was travelling on a 1,200-mile route from Makhachkala to Moscow, Russia, when the police had found the animal during the summer. The cub, named Grom, pictured, has been forced to have both eyes removed after it was smuggled by bus across Russia in a tiny wooden box The baby, pictuted, who was just a few weeks old, had no food or water and vets believe he was removed from his mother before even suckling her milk The baby, who was just a few weeks old, had no food or water and vets believe he was removed from his mother before even suckling her milk.  Grom, which means thunder, was handed to a circus in Volgograd, but an examination by a vet found cataract in his eyes. Surgery was delayed due to inflammation until September, and believing it was a success, he was

A New York City man cut off his penis and part of a testicle and threw it in his apartment toilet, police said.    Police sources told the New York Post that officers were called to the apartment of a 50-year-old man in Tottenville, Staten Island, on Wednesday at about 11.45am, when his roommate said that the man had cut his own arm.  Upon arrival, the 50-year-old man told police that the wound on his right arm had been self-inflicted.  A Staten Island man told EMT workers that he had cut off his penis and thrown it in the toilet. EMTs confirmed his penis and a testicle had been cut off. (Stock image) Police sources said that the man then told EMTs that he had cut off his penis and thrown it in the toilet.   The EMT workers confirmed that the man's penis and one of his testicles had been cut off and was missing.  Officers reportedly found a large quantity of blood in the bathroom on the second floor of the apartment.   It's unclear, however, if police were able to find the man&

Silhesha Sunderland, 22, was discovered by her partner Marc Stott on December 27 at their home in Bolton, Gtr Manchester A 'brilliant' young mother of twins was found dead by her heartbroken boyfriend just two days after Christmas.  The body of Silhesha Sunderland, 22, was discovered by her partner Marc Stott on December 27 at their home in Bolton, Gtr Manchester. Marc found her in the morning and her family do not yet know how she died, but they fear she may have got up in the night to go to the toilet and collapsed. Silhesha was described as a 'brilliant mother' to two-and-a-half year old twins Aliyah and Hugo and a 'kind-hearted girl' who was 'one of a kind'. Heartbroken mother Vicky said: 'We don't know how she died yet and we are just waiting on the coroner's report. 'Her boyfriend found her in the morning and tried to resuscitate her. She must have got up in the middle of the night to go to the toilet and collapsed. 'I am so bro

A pregnant ex-Virgin Atlantic stewardess who tested positive for Covid-19 has been left homeless after a fire destroyed her house on Christmas Day. Keira Sanded, 34, faces months in temporary accommodation after her partner, who was also unwell at the time, took food out of the oven and fell asleep before the couple woke to find a blaze in their kitchen. The mother-of-two from Newhaven, East Sussex, is 21 weeks pregnant with her third child and was made redundant in September after 13 years in her job. The following week her father died from coronavirus.  Keira Sanded (pictured above), 34, faces months in temporary accommodation after a fire destroyed her house in Newhaven, East Sussex, on Christmas Day Ms Sanded told The Argus: 'It's just been a year of devastation. It's just been one thing after another.'   She contracted the disease herself days before Christmas and on December 25 was self-isolating with her partner Wayne Barrett. This meant she had to spend the holi