On board a ghost ship: Inside the eerie wreckage of the Costa Concordia four years after the luxury cruise liner sank killing 32 people

Inside the eerie wreckage of the Costa Concordia four years after it sank

Rusted and rotting, these ghostly photographs show the brittle and battered remains (pictured) of the Costa Concordia - the once grandiose cruise liner that sank off the coast of Italy in 2012, killing 32 people (inset). Inside the ship's theatre, only the metal supports of what were once comfortable seats remain, while the stage is in pieces and speakers are covered with rust.

Germany reveals it will keep border controls 'indefinitely' as Merkel faces backlash over open door policy 

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2015 file picture German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens to the speech of Bavarian Prime Minister Horst Seehofer , left, at the CSU Party Congress in Munich, southern Germany. The Christian Social Union , CSU, is the Bavarian-only sister party of Merkel's Christian Democrats.   Chancellor Angela Merkelís migrant troubles have reignited in the new year, with an outcry over assaults in Cologne blamed largely on foreigners and Bavarian allies renewing a push for a cap on asylum-seekers. Yet Merkel is sticking to her guns, insisting that Germany will manage the challenge and that diplomacy can bring solutions. (Sven Hoppe/dpa via AP,file)

More than 200 migrants in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia have launched a lawsuit because they have been waiting over a year for a decision on whether they can stay in Germany.

SECOND Ebola case confirmed in Sierra Leone days after WHO declared an end to the epidemic

Another case of Ebola has been found in west Africa after the region last week declared itself free of the virus ©Carl De Souza (AFP/File)

The aunt of the 22-year-old student who died of ebola on January 12 has been diagnosed with the diseased and has been named as the seonc confirmed case in Sierra Leone.

Female jihadi in Paris attacks died of 'asphyxiation', say prosecutors - as her family sue French police claiming she was murdered by police

Hasna Aitboulahcen died in a shootout with police five days after the November 13 Islamic State terror attacks in Paris, in which 130 innocent people were killed.

Scars of war: Bleak drone footage reveals shocking extent of the destruction wrought by fierce fighting in the Syrian city of Homs

A drone has recorded shocking footage showing the full extent of the damage caused to the Syrian city of Homs by three years of bombing and shelling during the civil war.

Taliban warns Afghan media not to promote 'immoral culture, U.S. propaganda and nudity' after suicide bomber kills seven journalists in attack on TV company bus

The suicide car bomb attack in Kabul rush hour traffic on Wednesday was condemned by governments, human rights groups and rival news organisations as an assault on press freedom.

Kony's cannibals: Commander 'ordered his men to cook and eat captured civilians and use rape to train child fighters in Uganda'

Dominic Ongwen, himself a former child soldier who rose through the ranks of Joseph Kony's rebel group in Uganda, is also accused of killing civilians and even ordering cannibalism.

Pakistan remembers its dead: Vigils held on day of national mourning for the 21 victims of Taliban university massacre

Pakistani students pray for the victims of the Bacha Khan University, at a local school in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2016. Pakistan observed a day of mourning Thursday after a deadly attack by Islamic militants who stormed a northwestern university the day before, gunning down students and teachers and spreading terror before the four gunmen were slain by the military. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Armed police, some perched on the roofs of buildings, were still deployed this morning at the Bacha Khan university campus in Charsadda, where students and teachers were targeted.

Whipped for drinking alcohol and executed for stealing: The horrific moment three men are shot dead in front of a mob by ISIS barbarians in Libya

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT ISIS militants in the Libyan town of Sirte have executed at least three men and whipped others for drinking alcohol, and published the pictures in a 'photo report'.

Tajikistan removes headscarves from 1,700 women and shaves beards off 13,000 men to tackle jihadism

Police in the central Asian state of Tajikistan have forcibly shaved nearly 13,000 men and 'convinced' 1,700 women to remove their headscarves in a bid to combat radical Islam.

1,200 rhinos were slaughtered for ivory in South Africa last year - an increase of 1200% since 2008

Demand for rhinoceros horn -- made of keratin, which is also found in hair and nails -- has boomed in Vietnam and China, where it is valued for its supposed medicinal properties ©Tony Karumba (AFP/File)

Nearly 1,200 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa last year, officials said Thursday, compared to just 100 in 2008, ad demand for horns in Asian countries fuel illegal killing.

Dramatic moment giant Russian bomber crashes in ball of flames after engine explodes during take off

Shocking footage has emerged of a Russian bomber exploding shortly before take-off at a Ukrainian airfield after one of its engines blew up while it was on the runway.

Burned alive for fighting back against her rapists: The faces of India's brave rape victims who were treated as if THEY were the criminals

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Photographer Smita Shama charted the tales of India's rape victims including a 20-year-old woman doused in kerosene and set on fire

Thousands of babies born with unusually small heads in Brazil linked to terrifying outbreak of mosquito-borne Zika virus

Researchers in Brazil remain perplexed as to how the Zika virus, first discovered in Africa in 1947, has struck the Americas so quickly after its first case was registered only one year ago.

Shocking video shows overweight Spanish farmworker CRUSHING dozens of piglets by throwing himself on top of them while his friend just laughs

Pic shows: The man killing the pics.\n\nPolice are investigating two farm workers in southern Spain for killing dozens of piglets by using them as a living mattress and filming the sick act.\n\nThe two young farm workers are being investigated by cops on animal cruelty as a result of a complaint by the pig farm owner.\n\nHe raised the alarm after being made aware of a video that showed one of the pair jumping on the animals while the other filmed. Local media said 72 of the piglets died as a result.\n\nThe pair were working on the farm in the southeastern town of Huercal Overa. There were not named but one of them was reportedly aged 19 and the other 22, and their activities were exposed after they sent the video to contact via WhatsApp.\n\nThe local Guardia Civil police force told AFP that one of the workers was Spanish and the other Lithuanian.\n\nThe incident was apparently happened while piglets were being moved in a special corridor from one place to the other, and the men had se

The farmworker is filmed as he hurls himself on top of dozens of piglets at a farm in Huercal-Overa near Almeria in south east Spain, killing 19 instantly, with 53 later dying from crush injuries.

At least seven dead as suicide bombers drive car packed with explosives into TV company minibus near Russian embassy in Afghanistan

At least 25 people, including women and children, were injured in the blast, which happened in the Afghan capital Kabul close to the national parliament and government ministries.

Death of the Protector: How hero chemistry professor took on the Taliban single-handedly to let his students escape Pakistan university massacre that left 30 dead

GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING: Fanatics stormed the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, around 30 miles from the city of Peshawar, in the latest outrage to hit the militant-infested region.

Russian airstrikes in Syria have killed MORE civilians than ISIS jihadis, report claims as Moscow boasts of 6,000 bombing runs since September

Since Russia's bombing campaign in Syria began, it has been plagued by accusations Russian warplanes are targeting moderate opposition forces and inadvertently killing civilians.

Russia showcases its military might at Syrian airbase as it claims to have struck 579 targets in past four days ahead of crunch peace talks

Boasting of striking 579 targets in the past four days alone, the airbase in Latakia, Syria, is home to a highly-advanced arsenal of anti-aircraft weapons, warplanes and helicopter gunships.

Macedonia closes border with Greece: Hundreds of refugees left stranded in freezing conditions

Migrants walk through a frozen field after crossing the border from Macedonia, near the village of Miratovac, Serbia, January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Marko Djurica - RTX22WOI

Macedonia has closed its border with Greece to migrants, police in Skopje said Wednesday, leaving about 650 refugees stranded at the frontier as temperatures dropped to -8C overnight.

FOUR MILLION migrants expected to reach Europe by the end of 2017, as IMF increases forecasts amid mounting refugee crisis

New forecasts show the International Monetary Fund expects 1.3million people from the Middle East could move to Europe every year between 2015 - 2017.

The charred remains of the Paris Ritz: Inside the iconic hotel after it was ravaged by devastating fire

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It is feared the massive blaze at the Paris Ritz may have at least in part a £200million refurbishment of the iconic French hotel, which is owned by billionaire businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed.

More than a dozen sexual assaults 'carried out by asylum seekers' in Helsinki on New Year's Eve

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One rape, two attempted rapes and 12 sexual assaults all allegedly involved '10-20 men with foreign backgrounds' who roamed Helsinki city centre on New Year's Eve, Finnish police said.

Denmark in 'meatball war' as town votes for ALL public buildings to serve pork in backlash against Muslim-friendly menus

A Danish town has made it mandatory for pork to always be found on the menu at municipal canteens in the latest round in the country's debate over multiculturalism.

Burning the black flag of ISIS: Christian militia calling themselves Red God's Defenders take up arms to stop spread of jihadism in the Philippines

The militia, who call themselves Red God's Defenders, formed in the mountains in the restive south of the Philippines where the terror group is taking a stranglehold.

Norway offers 'rape prevention courses' teaching asylum seekers about consent following Cologne sex attacks

Linda Hagen (L) and a translator address Syrian and Sudanese asylum seekers during a courses to prevent violence against women in Ha, near Stavanger, Norway, on January 18, 2016. On the board a photo features a man menacing a woman with a text reading "What is sexual violence and rape?". 
The course, organised by Hero, a private company that runs 40 percent of Norway's reception centres, aimes at preventing rapes, and teaching migrants how to interpret customs in a country that may seem surprisingly liberal to them. The courses were introduced several years ago, but they have become particularly topical after the hundreds of New Year's Eve sexual assaults reported in Cologne, western Germany.  / AFP / Pierre-Henry DESHAYESPIERRE-HENRY DESHAYES/AFP/Getty Images

The aim of the course, which is held all over Norway, is to teach asylum seekers about Norwegian customs and laws, and what is acceptable behaviour towards Western women.

Sick ISIS video features Oliver Reed fighting Libyans in 1981 war movie Lion of the Desert to threaten Italy in latest propaganda film

The ISIS propaganda video is used to illustrate the jihadis' account of the history of western North Africa, in particular Libya and the colonial Italian army which occupied it.

There will be more plastic in the ocean than FISH by 2050 as rubbish is being dumped at a rate of one truckload a minute, report warns

Eight million tonnes of plastics are currently finding their way into the ocean every year, researchers at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland have warned.

Iraq's oldest Christian monastery that has stood for 1,400 years is destroyed in seconds: Satellite image reveals how ISIS reduced sacred site to rubble

This combination of two satellite images provided by DigitalGlobe, taken on March 31, 2011, top, and Sept. 28, 2014, shows the site of the 1,400-year-old Christian monastery known as St. Elijah¿s, or Dair Mar Elia, on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq.  These satellite photos obtained by The Associated Press in January 2016 confirm what church leaders and Middle East preservationists had feared: The monastery has been reduced to a field of rubble, yet another victim of the Islamic State's relentless destruction. (DigitalGlobe via AP)

Satellite photos confirm the worst fears of church authorities and preservationists - St. Elijah's Monastery, south of Mosul, northern Iraq, has been completely wiped out by ISIS

German transport minister demands Merkel close the borders in 'Plan B' to stem the flow of migrants 

Chancellor Angela Merkel has come under pressure to close Germany's borders to stem an influx of asylum seekers after a desperate plea from the minister for transport.

Death threats, rampant sexism and cheating: German woman reveals what it is really like working in a registration centre for migrants

In a searing indictment of the behaviour of the refugees, the unnamed woman from Hamburg. Germany, said her idealism has been eroded and virtually destroyed.

Cheers Kim! North Korea claims to have invented an alcoholic drink that doesn't give you a hangover

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiles during a visit to inspect the Pyongyang Children's Foodstuff Factory, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on November 14, 2015.

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Koryo Liquor, is distilled from rice wine and fermented ginseng root, and despite an ABV of 43 per cent, is supposedly hangover free, according to scientists from Pyongyang, North Korea.

'My friend was beheaded for sorcery - but he was just doing acupuncture': Libyans fear being executed by ISIS in staged 'witchcraft trials'

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ISIS has become notorious for its chilling executions in Iraq, Syria and now Libya of anyone performing what it believes to be 'black magic', an art condemned as questioning the existence of Allah.

The problem with the French is that they are 'never happy, says Hollande's spokesman

French Agriculture minister Stephane Le Foll gestures during a session of Questions to the Government, on January 13, 2016 at the French National Assembly in Paris.  AFP PHOTO / DOMINIQUE FAGETDOMINIQUE FAGET/AFP/Getty Images

President Francois Hollande's spokesman Stephane Le Foll has been attacked by hordes of angry countrymen after saying the problem with French people is that they are 'never happy'.

Return of Baader-Meinhof: German police blame three ageing militants from the far left Red Army Faction for botched armed robbery on a supermarket 

German police are hunting for three veteran far-left militants for attacking money vans with machine guns and a grenade-launcher, apparently seeking to pay for their retirements on the run.

Pakistan lifts three-year ban on YouTube after launch of local version that allows the government to block material it considers offensive

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Pakistan banned access to YouTube in September 2012 after anti-Islam film Innocence Of Muslims was uploaded to the site, sparking violent protests across major cities in the
Muslim-majority country.

IMF slashes global growth forecast after China posts its worst economic growth figures for 25 YEARS - fuelling fears we are on the verge of another financial meltdown

The sharp slowdown in China over the past two years has sent shock waves through stock markets from Asia to the Americas, in a rout that has wiped trillions off valuations.

Indian boy, seven, is forced to marry a DOG to ward off evil spirits after his horoscope suggests his first wife will die young

Mukesh Kerayi, 7, had also grown a tooth in the upper part of his mouth - which, according to traditional tribal beliefs in Jharkhand, India - is considered very bad luck.

Embarrassment for Germany as it emerges the Tornado jets it sent to Syria for spying missions can't fly at night... because the lights in the cockpit are too bright

(FILES) This file photo taken on December 10, 2015 shows a Tornado aircraft taking off from the German army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel, northern Germany.
German Tornado jets deployed to Syria for reconnaissance missions can't fly at night, Bild daily reported on January 19, 2016, in a new embarrassment for the defence ministry which has been battling equipment problems. / AFP / CARMEN JASPERSENCARMEN JASPERSEN/AFP/Getty Images

The six aircraft sent to Syria are fitted with surveillance technology and had been touted as being capable of taking high-resolution photos and infrared images, even at night and in bad weather.

The Christian girl, 11, whose singing on 'The Voice Kids' made her an internet star fled Iraq when ISIS vowed to kidnap and kill her

The girl's 'The Voice Kids' audition in Beirut, Lebanon, was seen by 10.5million people as the judges were wowed by her singing. Mirna Hana, 11, and family fled Baghdad eight months ago.

The dramatic moment RAF drone wipes out multiple jihadis as it destroys a key ISIS military building in Iraq

The US-led coalition has delivered another devastating blow against ISIS's grip in Iraq with a RAF drone killing several jihadis in a pinpoint strike on a key building.

Chaos erupts on the streets of Haiti as protesters vowing to derail presidential election burn cars and try to torch a petrol station 

Demonstrators threw stones, burned cars and tried to torch a petrol pump as several thousand gathered to march through Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince.

Busted! Bolivian civil servant is caught on CCTV having sex all over government office

Pic shows: civil servant having intimate relations in not such an intimate location ø a government building.\n\nThese are the scandalous photos of a civil servant having intimate relations in not such an intimate location ø a government building.\n\nThe images show the man, identified as the chief systems engineer, Miguel Medina and a woman referred to simply as an ex-government employee, in the throes of passion at the office where he works.\n\nAccording to local media the photos were taken of the footage from CCTV cameras in a council building in the central west city of Oruro in Bolivia.\n\nAngry citizens have reported the act to the governor VÌctor Hugo V·squez, but until now no official statement has been made.\n\nThey were then leaked on Facebook, where they have since gone viral, prompting angry comments from Oruro residents who have taken advantage of the situation to criticise the government administration.\n\nOne user wrote: "I bet 99 per cent of all government workers do th

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The couple were filmed in the throes of passion in several locations at the offices of the local council in the central west city of Oruro, in Bolivia.

3,500 Yazidi women and children held as slaves, 18,800 murdered and 3.2 million displaced: UN report warns of staggering catalogue of violence wrought by ISIS in Iraq 

The violent impact of ISIS's murderous campaign in Iraq has been revealed today with a new UN report claiming that up to 18,800 people have died and a further 3.2 million have been displaced.

Pictured: Belgian terror suspect 'with direct links' to Paris attackers who trained with Bataclan mastermind in Syria is arrested in Morocco

Paris terror attack suspect Gelel Attar

Gelel Attar, a 26-year-old Belgian of Moroccan descent, had travelled to Syria with at least one of the Paris suicide bombers to link up with ISIS, the Interior Ministry said.

German man 'with Hitler moustache' battered two Afghan refugees with swastika helmet - then did a Nazi salute

The man verbally abused the pair before attacking them with a Nazi helmet while they were sledding in the mountains of Altenberg, near the German border with the Czech Republic.

Demolition of The Jungle finally begins: Bulldozers move in to tear down Calais' notorious tent city despite protests from migrants

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French authorities have finally begun the demolition of a third the notorious Jungle camp in Calais, where several thousand migrants and refugees live.

Leonardo DiCaprio uses French privacy law to prevent pictures of him kissing Rihanna in a nightclub from being published

The 27-year-old singer and the 40-year-old actor appeared to be kissing when they were pictured together in a nightclub in Paris, France, on Sunday night.

Five Foreign Legionnaires killed in an avalanche while undergoing mountain combat training exercise in the French Alps

A rescue official confirmed the deaths today, saying the soldiers were among a group of several dozen training off-piste in Valfrejus in the Savoie region (pictured).

Hollande declares France is in a 'state of economic emergency' and throws £1.5 BILLION at reducing unemployment

French president Francois Hollande today pledged huge spending on a package of measures to fight the stubbornly high unemployment that has dogged his four years in power.

Come on in, the water's FREEZING! Hardy Orthodox Christians take a dip in holes cut in icy rivers across Europe to cleanse themselves for Epiphany

Clever life hack shows how you SHOULD be using ziplock bags

In Ukraine, a group of young men and women could be seen taking the plunge in the Dnipro River dressed in bikinis and bathing shorts, despite the freezing temperatures in the air and the water.

'Sweden's Fritzl' appears in court charged with drugging and kidnapping woman who he 'locked in sex slave bunker on their second date'

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 Doctor is accused of kidnapping woman and keeping her inside 'sex dungeon', Stockholm, Sweden - 18 Jan 2016
 A doctor who has been dubbed the 'Swedish Fritzl' is accused of raping and kidnapping a woman he planned to hold captive in an underground 'sex' dungeon. According to reports, the unnamed man used strawberries laced with Rohypnol to drug his 38-year-old and rape her at her home. He then put her in a wheelchair and drove her back to his home where, over the course of several years, he had created a secret underground bunker. He allegedly imprisoned the woman here for a week while raping and sexually abusing her. The man allegedly panicked after learning his victim had been reported missing. After threatening her with a gun he drove her to a police station so she could tell them she was fine. However, officers became suspicious and pulled the woman aside. The man has

Martin Trenneborg, 38, and his victim, who is in her 30s, had met in her Stockholm flat in September last year for a 'date', when he gave her strawberries laced with Rohypnol.

The migrant village made from shipping containers: Workers from Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos are housed in metal commune while they build a block of flats on the outskirts of Bangkok

The village was set up by a construction company to house employed migrant workers for the estimated three years it will take to build a block of flats in Samut Prakan on the outskirts of Bangkok.

'Child' asylum seeker facing rape charge 'duped AC Milan into signing him for youth team by knocking NINE YEARS off his real age'

Yusupha Yaffa is alleged to have said he lost his identity papers during the asylum registration process in Italy in 2009, and put his birth date at 1996 when it was actually 1987.

Colombian mother keeps daughters chained in basement where they were so hungry they tried to eat bricks

An anonymous call alerted the authorities that the women were being held captive at a house in the town of Pacora in the north-western Colombian department of Caldas.

Head of Russian Orthodox Church: 'Rise of ISIS is because 'godless' world has accepted homosexuality'

Patriarch Kirill claimed Muslims may be fleeing to join the terror group in Syria and Iraq to avoid being part of a civilization that holds events like Gay Pride.

Pregnant Israeli woman is stabbed by Palestinian just one day after mother-of-six was murdered in front of her children in the West Bank

An Israeli woman, who was injured in what the Israeli military said was a stabbing attack in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Tekoa, is evacuated to a hospital in Jerusalem January 18, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

The attacker, an unnamed Palestinian man, entered the settlement in Tekoa, Gush Etzion, West Bank, and stabbed the 30-year-old pregnant woman, before he was shot by Israeli security.