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A hilarious video has revealed the moment a robot fell down the stairs after getting distracted by a crowd of cheerleaders. The clip was filmed at the 2026 World Humanoid Robot Games, which are taking place in Beijing, China.  At the start of the video, five humanoid robots can be seen performing a cheerleading routine – complete with colourful wigs, short skirts and pom–poms. A silver robot then climbs up to a podium at the side of the stage, before glancing over at the dancers. Unfortunately, the distraction becomes too much, and as the bot tries to climb down the other side, it falls…

More than 40,000 people died in England due to extreme heat between 1988 and 2025, new figures have revealed.Those deaths were especially concentrated in London, where 7,675 extra people died on the hottest days over the last four decades.These figures, provided by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), do not include this year’s summer, which is likely to see the highest ever number of heat–related deaths.In what experts are calling a ‘shocking national scandal’, this presents the very real possibility that summer heat deaths will soon outstrip deaths on the coldest days.In the past, it has been argued that climate…

An island popular with holidaymakers has been rocked by the discovery of four dead bodies belonging to missing persons – after police lied to relatives that they were alive.On the tiny Jeju Island in South Korea, known for its mountains, white sand beaches and peaceful volcanic landscape, the bodies turned up in just three days.Last week the body of a missing man in his 60s was found after he was reported missing 51 days earlier. The next day, a man in his 70s was found in the water off the northern coast of the island. Just two days later a further…

A millionaire has lost a High Court legal battle with her half-sister over their late father’s £2.7million mansion. Lindsay Bisiker, 50, sued her half-sister Judith Bisiker, 63, over ownership of Moonhills, a £2.7million six-bedroom house with stables, a tennis court and four acres near Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire.It was bought in 1984 by their father Jim Bisiker, a former Royal Marine turned oil tycoon.Lindsay, who said Judith acted as her ‘surrogate mum’ while she was growing up, claimed the property was always intended to be ‘held on trust’ for the whole family, despite being registered solely in Judith’s name.She…

Horrifying footage has emerged from Nepal after devastating floods and landslides swept away buildings and bridges, leaving at least 95 people dead and hundreds missing.One video, captured by a CCTV camera, shows a massive mudslide crashing into Gyirong Port on the China-Nepal border as people desperately flee the area.Within seconds, the scene is engulfed by mud and water, sending vehicles and buses flying and tearing through infrastructure as floodwater surges across the area.Another video, filmed from inside a bus, shows people running as a wall of water comes rushing towards them. Passengers can be heard screaming and crying as the bus…

Luka Doncic and Los Angeles Lakers teammates were spotted partying in the same nightclub as a former Playboy model as they enjoy the NBA offseason.The Lakers roster took a four-day trip to Doncic’s home country, being spotted doing plenty of sightseeing in Ljubljana. And local media reports have now shared more details on their weekend excursion, with a Friday night trip to a swanky restaurant that also serves as a nightclub.The exclusive party featured strict rules including no photos or videos inside and phone cameras having to be covered with stickers.But according to Slovenian news outlet Nedeljski dnevnik, Doncic and other…

Fears are mounting that Vladimir Putin could be preparing to attack Europe, including potential drone strikes.It comes after CIA director John Ratcliffe made a surprise trip to Moscow on Tuesday. It has been reported that the spy chief issued a warning to the Kremlin not to escalate the conflict in Ukraine, either by using a nuclear weapon or targeting Kyiv’s Western allies.The ‘just don’t do it’ advice was based on US intelligence that Russia is primed to act after its campaign on the battlefield in Ukraine stalled again.Following the visit, the Kremlin hinted it was not looking for peace with…

Dawson’s Creek star Busy Philipps has revealed she has been diagnosed with a rare brain tumour.The actress, 47, was diagnosed in February after undergoing a full-body MRI scan the day after her co-star James Van Der Beek’s death from colon cancer at the age of 48. She underwent surgery in early March just weeks before she started filming her new  show Cupertino, admitting: ‘I’m grateful that I’m alive,’ and adding it has been ‘the weirdest six months of my life’.Busy said she had no symptoms of the grade 2 oligodendroglioma, a rare slow-growing tumor that is found in just 1,100 to 1,300 people per…

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