Head of shelter alleges 'arson', while fire chiefs claim bad wiring was to blame. 

Aged 71, she shuns civilisation and accepts a helicopter ride back to her home in remote Siberia, without a gun to protect her from bears.

Ecology groups warn that the extent of fires in forests and taiga has been misreported by up to 159 times compared with satellite evidence of the grim facts.

Tornado - first since 1954 - signals freak downpour, opening craters in roads which swallow up cars.

For quarter of a century he waited for police to come for him, convinced - wrongly - he had murdered girlfriend and her daughter in knife attack.

Most fires will not be extinguished, with major cities polluted by fumes.

Barack Obama is planning a private show for his wife, and British royal Zara Philips is releasing a video performing the cult South Korean dance.

Yury Movshin 'driving at 130 kph on highway with 80 kph limit'.