Brazillian police have released footage of Ryan Lochte and three US swimmers at the Rio gas station where they claimed to have been robbed in the early hours of Sunday. The men can be seen running to and from the bathroom and at one point sitting off behind the establishment, spending over 10 minutes at the gas station a little after 6am in the morning. Officials in Brazil are now furiously denying Lochte's robbery claims, with one individual saying of the group: 'The only truth they told was they were drunk.' Sources have confirmed to DailyMail.com that Lochte and the group destroyed a gas station toilet and refused to pay for the damage until a security guard demanded they hand over money. An official says the guard was armed with a pistol, but he never took it out or pointed it at the swimmers.

Two of the four US swimmer's caught up in the Ryan Lochte robbery row have been cleared to leave Rio and have arrived at the airport to board a flight back to the U.S. Gunnar Bentz, 20, and Jack Conger, 21, were pictured inside the international airport going through security and checking into their flight. The pair of athletes still had on the clothes they were photographed in when leaving Rio's special tourist police station after being questioned about the robbery claims they fabricated. The duo appeared to be in somber mood at the airport, possibly embarrassed by the scandal. Bentz and Conger faced a gauntlet of hate when they were confronted by an angry mob as they left the station. They were cleared by police to go home after admitting that the robbery story - in which Lochte, 32, said they were held at gunpoint - was made up. Lochte returned home to the United States on Tuesday, while teammate Feigen, 26, remains in Brazil and has yet to speak with police. At a press conference on Thursday, officials said that the men were never robbed - and that it was the swimmers who had caused damage on Sunday.

The State Department has dramatically admitted that $400 million handed over to Iran in cash was 'contingent' on the release of four American prisoners. The cash - in dollars, euros and other denominations, was sent on a plane (left) to Tehran on 17 January, as the four Americans, including Saeed Abedini (bottom right) were freed. Now State Department spokesman John Kriby (top right) has said the delivery of the cash hinged on the prisoners being freed - blowing a hole in months of denials that the U.S. had paid a ransom to the Islamic regime as part of a nuclear deal. The Obama administration had consistently claimed there were no ransoms paid but has faced mounting questions over the cash. His admission is the first time the Obama administration has conceded there is an explicit link between the two events, and will hand Donald Trump significant political capital.

A contrite-sounding Donald Trump kicked off a rally in North Carolina with expressions of regret and a blunt admission that 'sometimes you don't choose the right words.' The blunt-speaking mogul even admitted having caused 'personal pain' - a turnaround for a someone who has said he rarely apologizes because he's rarely wrong. 'Sometimes, in the heat of debate and speaking on a multitude of issues, you don't choose the right words or you say the wrong thing,' Trump told a crowd of several hundred who applauded and chuckled at the unexpected contrition. Although Trump did not mention any specific examples, his feud with Khan family, inset, has proved one of the most controversial episodes of his campaign so far

A spokesman for Josh Kushner (second left, with girlfriend karlie Kloss, left) says he will not be voting for Donald Trump (left) in the presidential election, as he is a lifelong Democrat. Josh is the younger brother of Jared Kushner (right), husband of Trump's daughter Ivanka (second right). Jared's support for Trump has been controversial for some members of the Kushner family, descendants of Holocaust survivors. Some of the brothers' cousins believe Jared is shaming their grandparents' legacy by campaigning for a candidate who would discriminate against immigrants based on religion.

Ivanka (right), 34, ordered an $84 gold Helix Ear Cuff from Lady Grey Jewelry (inset). After her online purchase, the brand's co-founders and designers, Jill Martinelli and Sabine Le Guyader, sent her a handwritten note revealing that they donated the proceeds from the sale to various organizations, including Hillary Clinton's campaign (left). And while some fans admired their moxie, others accused them of being 'unprofessional' and 'tactless'.

In one of the strangest sights ever seen on an Olympic race track, the U.S. women's 4x100 relay team were given a second shot at qualifying after dropping their baton in their earlier qualifying heat on Thursday. Allyson Felix claimed that she was elbowed by a Brazilian sprinter, and the team filed a protest. IAAF officials then disqualified the Brazilian team and allowed the U.S. team to re-run the race at 7:30pm. Their only goal was to beat the time set by the the Chinese who were the slowest to qualify with 42.70. The team retook their places in lane 2 of the track, the exact same lane they were places earlier in the day. In the end, the team won comfortably with a time of 41.77, despite a difficult final changeover.

Viewers have been left confused and amazed by the incredible feats of the synchronised swimmers as they put on spellbinding displays of uniformity under and above the water today. It's a sport that few understand, yet the mystery seems to have added to the spectacle as millions tuned in to watch the swimmers in the Rio pool. Many have taken to Twitter to marvel at the stunning athletes, while admitting they have little idea what the competition actually entails. The Japanese drew on ancient traditions and the Brazilians burst forward with an edgy rock-and-roll routine, but no synchronised swimming team came close to preventing Russia from taking the lead in technical routines.

Simone, 19, and Laurie, 16, were spotted strolling on the Copacabana Beach after speaking with NBC's Natalie Morales and Al Roker. Aly, 22, and Simone visited the McDonald's in the Olympic village in Rio Wednesday, where they treated themselves to french fries and ice cream.

It looks like the most violent game of Twister ever. But it's just Olympic wrestling, where athletes grab each other in headlocks and piledrives,  contorting into impossible shapes as they fight for Olympic gold. In Rio, Japan took the best of all countries, amassing five medals - three gold and two silvers. But the real show comes from still shots of athlets as they went go toe-to-toe for wrestling gold.

Arnold Pinilla, 34, was stabbed to death in Texas after he and his girlfriend accepted a ride from suspect Donaldo Velasquez, 44, who they mistakenly thought was their Lyft driver, police said. Velasquez was arrested on Wednesday night and charged with murder in the July 31 stabbing death of Pinilla, a Colombian native who is the father of a young son. Pinilla and his girlfriend had entered a white sedan they believed was their Lyft driver that night before the driver later got into a verbal altercation with Pinilla who he then fatally stabbed, according to police.

Sources close to the family told Daily Mail Online that Dennis Cullen, left, who was known as 'Dyson', he had a history of drug problems before he allegedly dragged 63-year-old mother-of-five Elizabeth Cullen to the back of their Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island, home and held her under the water until she died. The 23-year-old was arrested and charged with her brutal death after telling police he was surprised his mother struggled so much when he walked her from the shallow to the deep end of their pool in a headlock. Police have said the former varsity lacrosse player at Cold Springs High School flipped when she 'poked' him during a row over his anti-psychotic medication. Prosecutors say Cullen made a 'chilling' confession to detectives, but pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder and was held on $8million bail. Daily Mail Online has exclusively obtained Mrs Cullen's yearbook photo from her when she was a student in 1975 at The College of Sacred Heart in Newton, Massachusetts, which has since merged with Boston College, right.

Bert Franklin, 35, (inset, right) was arrested last month on a first-degree murder charge in the death of his lover's 19-month-old son Lincoln Van Henry Lewis (inset, left). The toddler's mother found him unresponsive at home and took him to Mercy Hospital, where he was diagnosed with skull fractures. Now new video has been released which gives a clue to the horrific last moments of baby Lincoln's life (left and right).

Natalie Morales has completed her move to the West Coast after buying a $6.8million Brentwood mansion that is more than twice the size of the New Jersey home she sold for $3.1million last month. The new pad features six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a swimming pool, spa, huge walk-in closets and a wine wall. Morales will join banker husband Joe Rhodes in California, where he works, along with their two children Josh, 12, and eight-year-old Luke.

New photos have emerged concerning a well-loved theme, situations which are so delightfully contrary it's hard to believe they weren't staged. Pictured, clockwise from top left: a gamble that didn't pay off, a very stubborn label, a gaggle of not particularly unique men, an epic sign fail, a defiant stone tablet and a beaver with a blatant disregard for the rules.

They are the kind of teasingly cryptic riddles that can leave you chomping your fist with despair.  A new raft of questions which appear to defy logic but are actually astoundingly simple are baffling internet users.  The dozen questions appeared on quiz site Playbuzz and have left plenty of those who've tried to tackle them scratching their heads.  

The latest in the 100 years video series by Mode.com takes viewers through a century of wedding confections. Starting with understated cakes at the beginning of the 1900s, they become more and more ornate, including a ridiculous blue and white monstrosity in the 1980s (bottom left) and a modern-day non-traditional, hand-painted cake for the final reveal (bottom right).

Lindy Goodson, from Illinois, and Abby Bozeman, from Mississippi, pictured top right and bottom left, moved into their shared room on Monday but have been planning its decoration before they got to work, since December. The 18-year-old students' completed room, pictured, features custom-made pillows, bed-skirts and headboard and matching beige pouffes. They have attracted a range of responses online from envy to disdain. Pictured inset: The room before the makeover.

The short clip sees members of the Alpha Delta Pi sorority at The University of Texas at Austin screaming and clapping in a doorway. Twitter users are comparing the entrance to the sorority house to the 'gates of hell' while claiming the footage will give them nightmares. The school's University Co-op Twitter account shared the video on Wednesday, but it has since been deleted. However, the video has been re-posted by other Twitters users, leading thousands to share and comment on the footage.

The U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been in Hollywood to enlist its star power in the United Nation's ambitious campaign to end poverty, tackle climate change and promote a fairer more humane world. The U.N. chief rubbed shoulders with Stevie Wonder, Mariah Carey, Courtney Love, Sharon Stone and several studio chiefs at the launch of new UN mini-series called In Harms Way. The show focuses on different aspects of the the UN and the various crises the organization has had to deal deal with. The program aims to examine a different issue each year the show is aired.

Lil Poopy, whose real name Luis Rivera Jr., has signed a four-year deal with Sony-Epic label which boasts big name artists such as Outkast, Timbaland, P. Diddy and Jennifer Lopez. The young rap sensation, who featured on Lifetime's The Rap Game earlier this year, gained notoriety aged nine when he appeared in a music video where he called himself a 'cocaine cowboy' as he rapped about money, hoes and kissed fistfuls of cash. It also showed the youngster spanking a grown woman's behind, as he sang about being a 'bad boy' and a 'coke boy' and plans to 'make a girl my groupie.' The video shocked parents across the country and even prompted a child abuse investigation.