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Scientists have found what they believe are the oldest pair of sandals ever found in Europe, dating them at over 6,000 years old, among dozens of other items that were discovered in a bat cave system in southern Spain. Researchers with the Universidad de Alcalá and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona said that the discoveries were the first direct evidence of basketry among hunter-gatherer societies and early farmers in Southern Europe . The objects were discovered in Cueva de los Murciélagos de Albuñol in Granada, Spain. Among the discoveries were baskets, sandals and organic tools once associated with early Neolithic farming communities. By studying the raw materials and using technology, the researchers believe that the items from the cave were from the early and middle Holocene period, between 9,500 and 6,200 year ago. Francisco Martínez Sevilla, a researcher in the Prehistory Department of the University of Alcalá, said in a press release that the discovered objects "ma

A breaching whale Saturday capsized a nearly 15-foot boat off the coast of Australia, leaving one man dead and another in the hospital, officials said.  "At 6 this morning, police responded to reports of two people in the water," New South Wales Water Police Acting Superintendent Siobhan Munro said at a press conference of the incident that happened off the coast of La Perouse, about nine miles southeast of Sydney. She said the two men who had been fishing were rescued, but one was unresponsive and was confirmed dead after attempts to revive him failed.  VIDEO CAPTURES BREACHING HUMPBACK WHALE NEARLY LAND ON FISHING BOAT OFF JERSEY SHORE   "Early reports are that a whale may have breached near the boat, or on to the boat" when it capsized , she added, saying the boat has been recovered and will undergo forensic testing "and then we’ll have more details" on what happened.  SHARK BITES SOUTH CAROLINA SURFER'S FACE AT POPULAR FLORIDA BEACH, OFFICIA

U.K. Home Secretary Suella Braverman said this week multiculturalism has "failed" as she faced Europe’s migrant crisis head-on and called for a change to what she described as outdated asylum and refugee rules. Braverman, the U.K.’s top immigration minister, spoke in Washington at the American Enterprise Institute, where she challenged multiculturalism as a "misguided dogma" that had failed to integrate foreign nationals in their new countries.  She said uncontrolled immigration, "inadequate" integration and multiculturalism had been a "toxic combination" for Europe. "Multiculturalism makes no demands of the incomer to integrate," Braverman said. UK MOVES ASYLUM SEEKERS TO A BARGE TO CUT COSTS OF SHELTERING MIGRANTS "It has failed because it allowed people to come to our society and live parallel lives in it," she said. "They could be in a society, but not of society and, in extreme cases, they could pursue lives ai

Russian athletes competing at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris will not be allowed to use their nation's flag.  The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) voted Friday on the eligibility of Russian athletes, allowing individuals to compete under neutral banners.  Russia has been banned from the Olympic and Paralympic communities since the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.  The specific parameters for athletes from Russian ally Belarus are also yet to be decided.  RUSSIA, BELARUS NOT OFFICIALLY INVITED TO 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS, IOC SAYS The IPC voted Friday not to fully ban Belorussian athletes but has not yet decided if they can compete representing their country. The Russian Olympic Committee is not boycotting the Paris games and has voiced support for athletes wishing to compete as neutral individuals. INTERNATIONAL PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE OVERTURNS SUSPENSION OF RUSSIA, BELARUS MEMBERSHIPS, ATHLETES STILL BARRED "Boycotting the Games leads to nowhere," said Russian Ol

A British Airways pilot was suspended and eventually fired after he was reported for drinking and using cocaine the night before a return flight to London. Mike Beaton, a pilot with British Airways, had a night off after a flight to Johannesburg last month that he used to indulge in large amounts of alcohol and snort cocaine off the chest of a topless woman, according to a report from the New York Post. Beaton, a married father of one, according to the report, revealed his night of antics to a fellow crew member before a return flight to London, telling her that he had been a "very naughty boy" during an exchange of text messages. BRITISH AIRWAYS INVESTIGATING REPORTS STEWARDESS IS OFFERING SEXUAL SERVICES BETWEEN FLIGHTS The pilot reportedly told the flight attendant in the text exchange that he had met two local men, a Welsh woman and a "young Spanish bird" at a Johannesburg nightclub the night before, when they engaged in hours of drinking and eventually fou

A Libyan coast guard boat rammed into a dingy carrying some 50 migrants just off Libya's coast on Friday, partially sinking the vessel. Many of those onboard were thrown into the Mediterranean Sea and had to swim to another Libyan ship nearby for safety, a rescue group said. It appeared to be the latest reckless sea interception of migrants by the Libyan coast guard, which is trained and financed by the European Union to stem the influx of migrants to Europe. Libya has in recent years emerged as the dominant transit point for migrants seeking a better life in Europe . The German sea rescue group Sea-Watch released a video appearing to show the Libyan coast guard boat nearing the dinghy, after which most of those on the vessel fall into the water. Sea-Watch said the Libyan coast guard then took the migrants aboard another ship, a coast guard frigate. EUROPE-BOUND MIGRANT BOAT SINKS OFF THE COAST OF LIBYA, LEADING TO AT LEAST 55 DEATHS There were no immediate reports of any fatal

Spain’s acting center-left Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez lost July’s national election but now has a shot at returning to power after the leader of the country’s conservatives failed for a second time Friday to get parliament’s support for a new government. In a vote in the Congress of Deputies in Madrid, the Spanish parliament’s lower chamber, Popular Party leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo collected 172 lawmakers’ votes in his favor to 177 against him, with one vote declared null and void. That was roughly the same tally that he received two days earlier, in the first round of voting, and the defeat exhausted his chances of taking power, bar an exceptional turn of events. SPANISH CONSERVATIVES GET FIRST CHANCE AT FORMING GOVERNMENT FOLLOWING INCONCLUSIVE ELECTIONS The Popular Party holds 137 seats in the Congress of Deputies, the most of any party, following the election. But even with backing from the far-right Vox party’s 33 lawmakers and two from small conservative rivals, it was no

The small southern African nation of Eswatini held elections Friday to decide part of the makeup of its Parliament, even as its extremely wealthy king retains absolute power, political parties are banned and elected representatives can merely advise a monarch whose family has reigned supreme for 55 years. Eswatini, wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, is the last absolute monarchy in Africa and one of the few remaining in the world. King Mswati III, 55, has been the monarch since 1986, when he became ruler days after his 18th birthday. His father was king for 82 years before him, although Eswatini only gained independence from Britain in 1968. It was formerly known as Swaziland. ZIMBABWE'S OPPOSITION CALLS FOR INTERNATIONALLY-SUPERVISED REDO OF CONTROVERSIAL ELECTION Parliamentary elections are held every five years. Candidates for the lower chamber, the House of Assembly, and for the Senate cannot belong to political parties, which were banned in 1973, and are nominat

A nighttime shooting attack on a hospital in northern Mexico has left four people dead, including a doctor, authorities said Friday. The attack happened near midnight Thursday in the Sinaloa state capital of Culiacan. The state is home to the drug cartel of the same name. State police said at least three gunmen tried to storm into the hospital, but two were killed in a gunbattle with security personnel. The doctor was apparently caught in the crossfire. A third assailant was wounded, but scuffled with a police officer as he was being taken to another hospital. The wounded assailant grabbed the officer’s gun and shot himself with it, police said. MASSACHUSETTS PARTY DESCENDS INTO DEADLY CHAOS WHEN SUSPECT OPENS FIRE IN 'TARGETED' ATTACK Local media reported that the gunmen stormed the hospital in order to finish off a patient who had been wounded in an earlier gunbattle. However, the state prosecutors' office said it couldn't yet confirm that. Sinaloa has been th

India’s External Affairs Ministry is examining a letter from the Afghan Embassy that says it plans to cease all operations in the Indian capital by Saturday, an official said Friday. India has not recognized the Taliban government which seized power in Afghanistan in August 2021. It evacuated its own staff from Kabul ahead of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan two years ago and no longer has a diplomatic presence there. To date, the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi has been run by staff appointed by the previous government of ousted Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, with permission from the Indian authorities. INDIA CHAFES AGAINST UN SECURITY COUNCIL IN FINAL DAY AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY However, the Afghan ambassador has been out of India for several months and a steady stream of diplomats has departed for third countries, reportedly after receiving asylum, a ministry official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to talk to reporters. India has said it will follow the

A bus carrying dozens of schoolchildren overturned on a highway near the English city of Liverpool on Friday, killing the driver and a 14-year-old girl, police said. HUNDREDS ATTEND FUNERAL OF LONG ISLAND BAND DIRECTOR KILLED IN BUS CRASH The bus was transporting students from Calday Grange Grammar School and West Kirby Grammar School on the Wirral Peninsula, across the River Mersey from Liverpool. Traffic on the M53 highway was blocked as police and other emergency services responded to the incident, which was reported shortly after 8 a.m. Two other occupants of the bus were taken to Alder Hey Children’s Hospital in Liverpool with serious injuries, while a number of other patients were taken to surrounding hospitals for treatment to minor injuries, North West Ambulance Service said. A total of 50 children were transported to a casualty clearing center. Thirty-nine of them were discharged while the others were taken to hospitals for further treatment. from Latest World News o

With the Paris Olympics less than a year away, French authorities want to make sure the bedbugs don't bite during the games and have started a drive to exterminate the pests. Social media users have been publishing footage of the insects crawling around in high-speed trains and the Paris metro, alongside a rash of online articles about bedbugs in cinemas and even Charles de Gaulle airport. The reports have reached the highest levels of government. "The state urgently needs to put an action plan in place against this scourge as France is preparing to welcome the Olympic and Paralympic games in 2024," the capital's deputy mayor, Emmanuel Gregoire, said in a letter to Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne this week. Transport Minister Clement Beaune said on Friday he will discuss the issue with transport operators next week. DESPITE FBI TAKEDOWN, INFAMOUS RACCOON STEALER MALWARE RETURNS At the Paris Gare de Lyon train station, travellers said they doubted whether author

South Africa's RCL Foods said on Thursday its poultry unit Rainbow has culled 410,000 chickens due to the country's worst outbreak of avian flu, heightening fears of chicken meat and egg shortages. The outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), a bird flu which spreads rapidly in an infected flock causing a high death rate, has already impacted table egg supplies in the country and producers have warned of chicken meat shortages in the coming weeks. Rainbow is one of South Africa's largest chicken producers, supplying retailers and fast food businesses. "The outbreak has moved at a rapid pace , and the Situation is constantly evolving. To date an estimated 410,000 GLOBAL RISE IN BIRD FLU OUTBREAKS RAISES CONCERN OVER VIRUS' ABILITY TO ADAPT Birds have been culled, which has resulted in an estimated Financial impact of $5.99 million," RCL Foods said in an update. The company said it was taking steps to avert supply disruptions, but "the

Six female migrants trapped inside a refrigerated food truck were rescued by French police after one of the women made a distress call to a reporter, the BBC and French authorities said Thursday. The women — four Vietnamese and two Iraqis — hid for hours in a truck loaded with boxes of bananas in northern France, believing the vehicle was on its way to the U.K. or Ireland. When they realized that the truck was going the opposite way, they started to panic in the cold and cramped, dark space. One of them managed to reach a BBC reporter in London, who then helped the women alert French police Wednesday. French prosecutor Laetitia Francart said the truck driver, who was in fact heading for Italy, was not at fault. The women told investigators that the driver wasn’t involved, "saying that they climbed abord the truck thinking they were going to England because of the Irish registration plates," Francart said in a statement. "After several hours on the road without a st

An Australian court is ordering a man who staged his own kidnapping to compensate police for the hassle of investigating the fake crime. Paul Iera, 35, messaged his girlfriend on New Year's Eve 2022 from his own phone, pretending to be a group of Middle Eastern kidnappers.  The man from Wollongong, New South Wales, was found to be lying in order to spend the night with another woman. KIDNAPPING OF AMERICAN NURSE, HER DAUGHTER IN HAITI DEALS BLOW TO AID EFFORTS IN IMPOVERISHED NATION Posing as the fictional abductors, Iera reportedly told his girlfriend that he would be held captive until morning – prompting her to call Lake Illawarra district police to investigate. Iera contacted his father the next day, telling him he was being dropped off by kidnappers back at his car in Wollongong.  Police pulled over Iera's van the same day, finding only him inside – Iera continued to play along with the false report, leading authorities on a wild goose chase for over 200 hours. O

Mankombu Sambasivan Swaminathan, a renowned agricultural scientist who revolutionized India’s farming and was a key architect of the country’s "Green Revolution" died Thursday . He was 98. Swaminathan died at his home in southern Chennai city after an age-related illness, news agency Press Trust of India reported. In the late 1960s and 1970s, the agriculturalist was instrumental in bringing industrial farming to India, making the country self-sufficient in food and reducing widespread hunger. India’s "Green Revolution," as it was known, turned the northern states of Punjab and Haryana into breadbaskets for wheat and rice production, helping low-income farmers. INDIA RACING TO CONTAIN DEADLY NIPAH VIRUS OUTBREAK   The initiative, now dubbed as a transformational era in Indian agriculture, introduced high-yielding cereal varieties and expanded use of irrigation and fertilizers. Grain production increased exponentially, at a time when India was beset with widespre

The North Korean government has added the policy of growing its nuclear capabilities into the national constitution.  The 14th Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral legislative body of the country, made the constitutional change on Wednesday. "The DPRK's nuclear force-building policy has been made permanent as the basic law of the state, which no one is allowed to flout with anything," Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un said during the legislative session. US OFFICIALS SAY TRAVIS KING IS IN AMERICAN CUSTODY AFTER MONTHS OF DETAINMENT IN NORTH KOREA He added, "This is a historic event that provided a powerful political lever for remarkably strengthening the national defense capabilities." The Supreme People''s Assembly is, on paper, the highest governing body in North and the government's strongest political organ. In actuality, the parliament has served as a mere formality — rubber-stamping the policies decided by the Kim family dynasty — for

A shooting incident early Thursday in the Slovak capital left one person dead and four others injured, officials said. A 32-year-old man died and four other people were transported to hospitals with injuries, the rescue service in Bratislava said. The incident occurred in the Dubravka neighborhood after midnight on Thursday, police said . Police spokesman Michal Szeiff told the local TASR news agency that officers arrived at the scene after receiving calls from people who reported gunshots and an explosion. NJ SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PAY $9.1M SETTLEMENT TO FAMILY OF BULLIED GIRL, 12, WHO TOOK HER OWN LIFE Police fired shots at one person, Szeiff said. According to the news website aktuality.sk, a man opened fire from the window of an apartment building and was shot dead by police when he attacked them with a knife. Police didn't immediately give more details about the incident but said they were investigating. from Latest World News on Fox News https://ift.tt/8gXkqHC https:

A Spanish man has died from his injuries after a bull gored him in the street during a festival in eastern Spain, authorities said. The 61-year-old man died at a hospital after a bull called "Cocinero" gored him during a running festival in the town of Pobla de Farnals in Valencia region on Saturday, officials there said. The man suffered four wounds from the bull’s horns, one of them to his lung and liver, Spanish newspaper Levante-EMV reported. Video posted to social media shows the bull being released into a crowded street and charging at two men standing near a gate. TRUDEAU TORCHED AS ‘EMBARRASSMENT,’ CANADA'S HOUSE SPEAKER FACES GROWING CALLS TO RESIGN FOR HONORING NAZI Bystanders on the other side of the fence can be seen trying to pull the men through the gate and away from the bull. The other man was gored in the leg and listed in stable condition at a hospital, officials said. 2 POWERFUL EXPOLOSIONS RIP THROUGH SWEDEN, INJURING AT LEAST 3 The tradition

A Russian military leader declared dead by Ukrainian officials appeared to be seen in a video call on Tuesday, throwing into question reports of his demise. The Russian Defense Ministry released footage of a military conference on Tuesday purportedly showing Black Sea Fleet Commander Viktor Sokolov in attendance. Ukrainian officials claimed Monday that Sokolov was killed alongside dozens of other officers in a missile strike that bombarded the Black Sea Fleet headquarters in Sevastopol, Crimea.  The video, which Russian state media claims was filmed on Tuesday, appears to show Sokolov virtually attending a conference chaired by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu . RUSSIA PUTS INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PRESIDENT ON WANTED LIST: REPORTS Throughout the footage, Sokolov is not heard or seen speaking.  "As it is known, 34 officers were killed as a result of a missile attack on the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation," Ukrainian officials sa

Matteo Messina Denaro, a convicted mastermind of some of the Sicilian Mafia’s most heinous slayings, died on Monday in a hospital prison ward, several months after being captured as Italy’s No. 1 fugitive and following decades on the run, Italian prosecutors said. Rai state radio, reporting from L'Aquila hospital in central Italy , said the heavy police detail that had been guarding his hospital room moved to the hospital morgue, following the death of Messina Denaro at about 2 a.m. Doctors had said he had been in a coma since Friday. The brief statement about his death from the L'Aquila prosecutors office didn't cite the time of death, but said both the office and that of prosecutors in Palermo, Sicily, were requesting an autopsy, even though it was well known that Messina Denaro had been "afflicted with a very serious illness." ITALIAN AUTHORITIES ARREST MAFIA BOSS AFTER 30 YEARS ON THE RUN Burial was expected to take place later in the week in Sicily, Itali

The chairman of Hong Kong’s leading journalist group was found guilty of obstructing a police officer on Monday in a court case that sparked concerns about the city's declining press freedom. Ronson Chan, chairman of the Hong Kong Journalists Association and a journalist of online news outlet Channel C, was arrested last September while he was on his way to a reporting assignment. He was accused of refusing to show the plainclothes officer his identity card upon request. Chan's arrest fuelled concerns about the erosion of media freedom in Hong Kong after Beijing imposed a national security law to crush dissent following the city's massive pro-democracy protests in 2019. The former British colony was promised to keep its Western-style civil liberties for 50 years when it returned to Chinese rule in 1997. HONG KONG NEWSPAPER WILL STOP PUBLISHING WORK BY POLITICAL CARTOONIST AFTER ANTI-GOVERNMENT DRAWINGS Magistrate Leung Ka-kie on Monday ruled that Chan had deliberately

Thousands of Armenians streamed out of Nagorno-Karabakh after the Azerbaijani military reclaimed full control of the breakaway region while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Azerbaijan Monday in a show of support to its ally. The Azerbaijani military routed Armenian forces in a 24-hour blitz last week, forcing the separatist authorities to agree to lay down weapons and start talks on Nagorno-Karabakh's "reintegration" into Azerbaijan after three decades of separatist rule. A second round of talks between Azerbaijani officials and separatist representatives began in Khojaly Tuesday following the opening meeting last week. RUSSIA ACCUSES WEST OF FUELING CONFLICT, AVOIDS DISCUSSING UKRAINE IN SPEECH ON DAY 5 AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY While Azerbaijan pledged to respect the rights of ethnic Armenians in the region and restore supplies after a 10-month blockade, many local residents feared reprisals and said they were planning to leave for Armenia. The Armenian

Top Thai officials welcomed hundreds of Chinese tourists at Bangkok’s international airport on Monday, the first day of a new visa-free entry program that officials say will boost the country's tourism industry that was badly damaged by the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin handed out gifts and posed for pictures as his tourism minister and other VIPs greeted about 300 travelers from Shanghai. The surprised tourists were entertained by Thai traditional dancers and drummers inside the arrivals area at Suvarnabhumi Airport. "We are confident that this policy will greatly boost the economy," Srettha told reporters. He said that the government plans to promote Thailand’s smaller cities as destinations for Chinese tourists to encourage them to stay longer and spend more. US TEACHER, TIKTOK CELEBRITY ARRESTED IN THAILAND FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING SEX WITH TEENAGE FAN Addressing safety concerns among tourists, Srettha said it was the top priority of the autho

Workers installing new gas lines outside Lima, Peru uncovered eight mummies and objects dating back to pre-Inca times last week. Like an onion with several layers, the capital region of Peru has layers of history that sometimes get peeled when installing new infrastructure. Last week, gas line workers on the installation of new lines uncovered eight pre-Inca funeral bales. ARCHEOLOGISTS IN NORTHERN PERU UNEARTH 3,000-YEAR-OLD TOMB BELIEVED TO HONOR PRIEST "We are recovering those leaves of the lost history of Lima that is just hidden under the tracks and streets," Jesus Bahamonde, an archaeologist at Calidda, the company that distributes natural gas in the city of 10 million people, told the Associated Press on Friday. Over the last 19 years, the company has been conducting excavations to upgrade and expand its gas line systems. In the process, crews uncovered over 1,900 archaeological finds, including textiles, pottery and mummies, which have mostly been connected to

A daredevil skydiver in the UK made an incredible landing on an inflatable unicorn pool toy, video shows.  Jan Zackl was among a handful of skydivers who participated in an event in Langar, Nottinghamshire, who tried to land on the inflatable unicorn, which looks like it would normally be floating on a pool  "It is safe and it's just a more slippery landing. It was only open to people who had done at least 200 jumps previously - they were the requirements," Hannah Parker of Skydive Langar said of the scene, according to the BBC.  WINGSUIT SKYDIVER IN FRANCE DECAPITATED BY AIRCRAFT'S WING MOMENTS AFTER JUMPING FROM PLANE: REPORTS "It goes very fast and takes a lot of accuracy." The floatie was positioned on a slip-and-slide styled platform, and the video showed Zackl coming in at a high speed before making a turn and lining up with the makeshift landing strip.  TENNESSEE SKYDIVER DIES AFTER ACCIDENT AT HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL'S MUSKET BOWL GAME Zack

Canadian Jewish organizations and social media critics are slamming the Canadian Parliament for giving a man who fought for the Nazis a standing ovation during an event featuring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to the country.  "FSWC is appalled that Canada’s Parliament gave a standing ovation to a Ukrainian veteran who served in a Nazi military unit during the Second World War implicated in the mass murder of Jews and others. An apology and explanation is owed," the Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Canadian nonprofit dedicated to educating people on the Holocaust, wrote on X, previously known as Twitter .  Video and photos show the Canadian Parliament erupted into cheers on Friday during Zelenskyy’s visit to the country’s capital of Ottawa, when Canadian lawmakers also honored Yaroslav Hunka, a 98-year-old Ukrainian immigrant who fought for the First Ukrainian Division, according to the Toronto Star. That division was also known as the Waffen-SS Galic

Major retail chains in the United Kingdom have grown so concerned about increased shoplifting they have provided employees with body cameras to deter crime.  "Recently, we’ve had a massive increase in the cases of shoplifting ," Benedict Selvaratnam, owner of the Fresh Market in Court in London's Croydon, told Fox News Digital. "Where it used to be three to five incidents in the week, now we’re suffering from anywhere to three to 10 a day. It’s very much out of control." Fashion chain Primark joined supermarket chains Tesco and Sainsbury’s in supplying employees with body cameras and adding security guards and CCTV cameras and systems.  The increased measures occur as businesses like Target, Foot Locker and Dick’s Sporting Goods all warned that their profits have been under pressure from loss of inventory due to thefts. Department store chain John Lewis said earlier this month shoplifting had reached "epidemic" levels in Britain. LONDON POLICE FOR

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused the United States and the West of continuing to "fuel conflicts" that "divide humanity" while conspicuously staying quiet on the country's war in Ukraine in a fiery speech Saturday on the fifth day of the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City.  "The U.S. and its subordinate Western collective are continuing to fuel conflicts which artificially divide humanity into hostile blocks and hamper the achievement of overall aims," Lavrov said. "They’re doing everything they can to prevent the formation of a genuine multipolar world order." "They are trying to force the world to play according to their own self-centered rules," he said. This is developing coverage of the UNGA. from Latest World News on Fox News https://ift.tt/LEWyfgv https://ift.tt/LsqG762

Ukrainian forces followed up their attack on the Russian Black Sea Fleet headquarters in occupied Crimea with a second attack in as many days in the region as Kyiv seeks to frustrate Russia’s forces ahead of the coming winter.  Video captured the aftermath of Friday's devastating strike, showing vast columns of black smoke rising from the Black Sea Fleet HQ. According to Reuters, Ukraine took credit for the attack on Saturday ahead of a second strike that Russian officials have also attributed to Ukrainian forces.  Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol , claimed that the city activated its air defenses on Saturday to combat an incoming rocket attack. No Ukrainian official has yet taken credit for the second attack. Razvozhayev said that debris from a rocket fell into the nearby Sukharnaya Bay, disrupting passenger ship traffic for the day, but emergency services have left the scene, according to Russian news agency TASS. He did not reveal whether the