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This is the moment two sea lions live up to their land-based counterparts as they scare sunbathers on a San Diego beach. A TikTok video showing dozens of beachgoers running and jumping out of the way of the two fast-moving sea lions has generated nearly 10 million views. The footage sparked conversations about whether the mammals were going after people and reclaiming picturesque La Jolla Cove's narrow strip of sand - but sea lion expert Eric Otjen said it was normal behavior as males spar when breeding season gets underway. Otjen said the male flopping along at a rapid-fire pace as he darted around people was fleeing from the other male closer to the water's edge that was chasing him because they were likely fighting over which females they could get. Both sea lions had ample opportunities to attack people but instead barreled past them, he said. 'He's got swimmers all around him on his way back out, but they don't bother him. 'What this is all about is his right to mate' Otjen said, adding: 'This behavior is not uncommon at all. The reason why the video has gotten like 10 millions views is because everybody is running like Godzilla is chasing them.' And with good reason, he added. You don't want to be caught in the crossfire,' Otjen said. 'Even if they don't bite, it's not a great feeling to have 200 to 300 pounds roll over you.' According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's guidelines, people should stay at least 50 feet (15 meters) away from sea lions, seals and other species protected by the Marine Mammal Protection Act. Male sea lions are polygamous and establish breeding territories which can include up to 14 females. Vocalisation and aggressive physical displays are used to establish dominance over these territories and this appears to be what the pair in the video are trying during mating season. The U.S. population of California sea lions is currently estimated at up to 300,000 animals, all on the Pacific coast according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. California sea lions are managed under the Mammal Protection Act of 1972 but are not specifically protected due to their strong numbers. The Endangered Species Act was amended in 1994 to allow lethal removal of the sea lions as they can threaten the recovery of salmon and steelhead stocks which are endangered themselves.

Patricia Castillo, 48, is accused of setting the man on fire on Thrusday night in Sanger, near Fresno, about 9pm She was arrested together with her 43-year-old accomplice, Leonard Hawkins, who is accused of providing her with the gasoline Surveillance footage shows Castillowalking up to the victim and throwing gasoline on him before sparking a lighter and setting the man alight Hawkins is accused by police of supplying Castillo with the gasoline Pair were arrested and booked for attempted murder, arson and conspiracy This is the shocking moment a California woman douses a man with gasoline as he sits in a park, and sets him on fire. Patricia Castillo, 48, is accused of setting the man on fire on Thrusday night in Sanger, near Fresno, about 9pm. She was arrested together with her 43-year-old accomplice, Leonard Hawkins, who is accused of providing her with the gasoline. Officers from the Sanger Police Department were called to the park and found the man with severe burns to the upper half of his body. In surveillance video of the attack, Castillo can we seen walking up to the man as he sits on the grass, and then throwing a cup-ful of gasoline over him. The pair are then seen arguing, at which point Castillo is seen taking a lighter out of her pocket. The man is seen backing away from her, but moments later Castillo places her lighter close to his shirt and he is instantly engulfed in flames. It's unclear whether Castillo knew the man. 'Investigators used video surveillance and witness statements to identify Patricia Castillo and Leonard Hawkins as the suspects,' the Sanger Police Department said in a statement released on social media. 'The video shows Castillo approaching the victim and throwing a liquid from a cup onto him, and she and the victim appear to argue before Castillo sparks a lighter and lights the victim on fire. 'Further investigation revealed that Leonard Hawkins had provided the accelerant used to light the victim on fire to Castillo.' The man was immediately taken to hospital and is expected to recover from his injuries. Both Castillo and Hawkins were taken into custody without incident and face multiple felony charges including attempted murder, arson and conspiracy.

Cardi B is seen thrusting her microphone down into the audience during her set at Wireless Festival this weekend in a video which has circulated online. The rapper, 29, was at the front of the stage while performing for an excited crowd in London's Finsbury Park before seemingly hitting an audience member. A minder in a black T-shirt is seen interjecting, appearing to bat someone in the crowd away from Cardi. Clearing things up, the rapper tweeted: 'It wasn't NO FIGHT!', as videos from other angles showed that she was simply caught up within the crowd. MailOnline has contacted representatives for Cardi for further comment. And it came as the 29-year-old also delivered a jaw dropping performing alongside Megan Thee Stallion, with the pair certainly sending pulses racing as they put on an X-rated show - bending over one another on stage.

A teenager is fighting for his life after a mass shooting at an Argentinian fourth division football match. The Buenos Aires grudge match between Club Lujan and Club Alem was suspended after 15 minutes as seven people were shot at the Campo Municipal de Deportes stadium in the Argentinian capital. Around 20 people were injured in the chaos which police attempted to control using rubber bullets. Local media claims that visiting ultras fired on home supporters in the vicinity of the stadium after fighting broke out. Police reported that the violent thugs also used a 'sound bomb' to disrupt the game - throwing it towards the dugout. Video footage captured at the game showed fans fighting and throwing missiles at each other as well as some graphic scenes circulating that show a boy being treated by paramedics to a chest wound. The injured were transferred to Municipal Hospital Nuestra Senora de Lujan nearby. A statement on Alem's Facebook page said: 'Unfortunately the classic was suspended due to incidents. 'What should be a football party is overshadowed by a group of violent people.' Alem coach Horacio Fabregat is quoted by Ole as saying: 'We are inside the locker room, we have no way to get out because we don't have a microphone and we are waiting [to find out] how we are going to go home. 'The leaders [of the club] are with us and the people of Lujan are seeing how we can [leave]. 'I was the first to see that something was happening, I called the fourth referee and asked him to stop the game. 'From then on they asked us to get inside the field, they began to throw stones at us and a very loud bomb fell near the [dugout]. 'I know it was something serious that happened outside, but we don't know who what happened.'

Louisiana State Police released a trooper's body camera footage and a snippet of video from his dashboard camera showing him stopping Col Lamar Davis Sources say Davis, the head of the Louisiana State Police, was traveling more than 90mph on the bridge, which has a speed limit of 60mph The video shows the trooper pulling Davis over on the shoulder of the Atchafalaya Basin Bridge and walking over to the car As soon as he notices the driver is Davis, who steps out of the van, the officer says 'Well I'll be' and shuts off his camera Dashboard camera footage showed he then approached Davis and spoke with him before shaking his hand and letting him get back into his unmarked car Davis has said he now takes 'full responsibility' for speeding along the bridge

helicopter bursts into flames at French lighthouse A helicopter pilot diced with death off the French coast Wednesday when it suddenly nose-dived towards a rocky outcrop in a flash of flames while approaching a lighthouse. The helicopter was flying towards the Vielle Lighthouse, which is undergoing renovations, half a mile off France's most westerly point of Pointe du Raz in the region of Finistère. Video of the moment shows a crystal clear day with the chopper glinting in the sun as it nears the stately structure to deliver and remove equipment. There seems to be an unexpected release from the front of the helicopter and it suddenly lurches wildly into a heart stopping ninety degree angle before diving. It loses altitude catastrophically as the rocks close in but the pilot manages to bring it back level and avert an immediate crash. A cloud of smoke ejects from the rotors and floods over the rocky outcrop but by this time the helicopter is gaining altitude and seems to be back under control. The float on the right landing skid inflates but by this time the proximity to the sea is receding. The pilot was severely shaken but unhurt, while an on-site lighthouse employee working on the maintenance was hit by a crate , France Bleu report. He was taken to Cavale Blanche hospital in Brest and released on Thursday afternoon. The cause of the sudden near-death malfunction is not known, with social media users speculating that the helicopter might have encountered wine shear, which is described as a sudden change in wind speed and/or direction over a short distance, which could have dragged the nose of the helicopter to pitch downwards. Others speculated that the helicopter was carrying equipment by a cable, and the rear capable snapped, causing the end of the helicopter to rise suddenly. Either way, they put the aversion of a fatal accident down to the skill and quick reflexes of the pilot. Mont Blanc Hélicoptères Bretagne, which operates the helicopter, have opened an investigation, while the Brest BGTA, the Air Transport Gendarmerie Brigade has opened a judicial investigation. Hervé Berville, Secretary of State for the Sea, also indicated the opening of an administrative investigation.

This is the shocking moment former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead - revealing how oblivious security guards tried to block bullets with their briefcases after realising too late that he was under attack. Cameras trained on Abe as he gave a political stump speech in the city of Nara at 11.30am captured the moment the first shot was fired, missing the politician but producing a loud bang and a cloud of smoke. For what feels an eternity, but in reality is just a few seconds, Abe remains on his podium as bewildered guards - who were all looking at him as he spoke - turn around and finally grasp what is happening, just a moment too late. Panicked, they try to put themselves between Abe and 41-year-old gunman Tetsuya Yamagami, with one even flinging his briefcase in a lame attempt to stop what they all know is coming. Abe turns too, and may have caught sight of his attacker for the briefest of moments before the second fatal shot is fired: Causing his shirt-front to ripple as pellets tear into his neck and chest, burying themselves in his heart. He is not immediately knocked unconscious, but stumbles off the stump and collapses to his knees before slumping over. Guards run to his side, and later images show how they began chest compressions in a vain attempt to revive him. He died several hours later in hospital from massive blood loss. Yamagami was tackled to the ground and arrested, with police saying he has confessed - telling them he wanted to kill Abe because he was a member of a 'specific organisation' that he disagreed with. Police say Yamagami had amassed an arsenal of home-made weapons similar to the one used in the attack at his home, along with a number of explosives which have been taken to be destroyed. It is not clear exactly how he learned to make the weapons, but he is a veteran of the country's defence forces, having served in the navy between 2002 and 2005. Yamagami is currently unemployed and had travelled to Nara by train, lying in wait at the station where Mr Abe was due to give his speech before launching the attack. Cops have not said how long he waited. A chilling image taken just moments before Abe was killed shows Yamagami - an unassuming figure in a green t-shirt and cargo trousers - loitering just behind him. Mr Abe was a towering figure in Japanese politics: Serving two terms from 2006 to 2007, and then again from 2012 until poor health forced him to resign in 2020. He remained hugely influential within the Liberal Democratic Party even after office, and was in Nara to support the local candidate ahead of Sunday's ballot. Current Prime Minister Fumio Kishida called the shooting an attack on 'the foundation of democracy', describing it as 'heinous', 'barbaric and malicious', and 'absolutely unforgivable'. 'I would like to use the most extreme words available to condemn this act,' he added. Video taken shortly before the shooting shows Abe arriving at the scene and greeting people before Yamagami steps out from behind a banner. He walks behind the politician as he starts speaking before pulling the weapon from his bag and firing the first shot. It appears to miss Abe, who turns to look before the second fatal shot is fired. Abe's legacy will stand as perhaps the most significant of Japan's post-war leaders - a hawkish conservative and economic reformer who dragged the country out of decades of stagnant economic growth and made it a power player on the world stage. Born into a political dynasty, Abe's grandfather and great uncle had both served as prime minister before him and he was groomed for power from the start. He first became premiere in 2006 at the age of 52 - the youngest ever to hold the job - but was mired in scandal and abruptly stepped down after just a year while suffering debilitating the bowel condition ulcerative colitis. He regained the premiership in 2012 and held the role for the next eight years - making him Japan's longest-serving prime minister - before he was forced to step down again in 2020 when the bowel condition reemerged. Abe is best-known for his 'Abenomics' agenda to revive Japan's sluggish economy via a programme of vast government spending, massive monetary easing, and cutting red tape. But he also pushed for reforms of Japan's pacifist post-war constitution to allow the country to develop a fully-fledged military, and deepened ties with western allies - particularly with the US. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson led tributes to Abe as news of his death spread on Friday, saying: 'His global leadership through unchartered times will be remembered by many. 'My thoughts are with his family, friends, and the Japanese people. The UK stands with you at this dark and sad time.' The attack came just before noon in the country's western region of Nara, where Abe had been delivering a stump speech with security present, but spectators were able to approach him easily. Footage broadcast by NHK showed him standing on a stage when a man dressed in a grey shirt and brown trousers begins approaching from behind, before drawing something from a bag and firing. At least two shots appeared to be fired, each producing a cloud of smoke. As spectators and reporters ducked, a man was shown being tackled to the ground by security. He was later arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, reports said. Local media identified the man as 41-year-old Tetsuya Yamagami, citing police sources, with several media outlets describing him as a former member of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, the country's navy. He was wielding a weapon described by local media as a 'handmade gun', and NHK said he told police after his arrest that he 'targeted Abe with the intention of killing him'. Witnesses at the scene described shock as the political event turned into chaos. 'The first shot sounded like a toy bazooka,' a woman told NHK. 'He didn't fall and there was a large bang. The second shot was more visible, you could see the spark and smoke,' she added. 'After the second shot, people surrounded him and gave him cardiac massage.' Abe was bleeding from the neck, witnesses said and photographs showed. He was reportedly initially responsive but subsequently lost consciousness. Officials from the local chapter of Abe's Liberal Democratic Party said there had been no threats before the incident and that his speech had been announced publicly. Kishida said 'no decision' had been made on the election, though several parties announced their senior members would halt campaigning in the wake of the attack. The attack prompted international shock. 'This is a very, very sad moment,' US Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters at a G20 meeting in Bali, saying the United States was 'deeply saddened and deeply concerned'. Thailand's Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha was 'very shocked' at Abe's shooting, while Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said he was 'deeply distressed' by the news. Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, held office in 2006 for one year and again from 2012 to 2020, when he was forced to step down due to the debilitating bowel condition ulcerative colitis. He was a hawkish conservative who pushed for the revision of Japan's pacifist constitution to recognise the country's military and has stayed a prominent political figure even after his resignation. Japan has some of the world's toughest gun-control laws, and annual deaths from firearms in the country of 125 million people are regularly in single figures. Getting a gun licence is a long and complicated process for Japanese citizens, who must first get a recommendation from a shooting association and then undergo strict police checks. Japan has seen 'nothing like this for well over 50 to 60 years', Corey Wallace, an assistant professor at Kanagawa University who focuses on Japanese politics, told AFP. He said the last similar incident was likely the 1960 assassination of Inejiro Asanuma, the leader of the Japan Socialist Party, who was stabbed by a right-wing youth. 'But two days before an election, of a (man) who is so prominent... it's really profoundly sad and shocking.' He noted, too, that Japanese politicians and voters are used to a personal and close-up style of campaigning. Abe, Japan's longest-serving prime minister, held office in 2006 for one year and again from 2012 to 2020, when he was forced to step down due to the debilitating bowel condition ulcerative colitis. He stepped down as prime minister in 2020 because he said a chronic health problem has resurfaced. Abe has had ulcerative colitis since he was a teenager and has said the condition was controlled with treatment

Bulls have torn through the streets of Pamplona again for the first time in three years, with five people hospitalised in their attempts to dodge the rampaging animals as part of the controversial San Fermin festival. Six fighting bulls guided by six tame oxen charged through the streets in a chaotic 2 minutes and 35 seconds as thousands thronged the cobblestone course. No one was gored, but some endured knocks and falls, with one thrown around and lifted into the air in the bullring at the end of the course. The Pamplona hospital said that five people needed to be brought in for treatment: one man for a knock to his head due to a fall, a second man with a leg injury, a youth under 18 years old with an arm injury, plus two more people hurt in the bullring. This was the first of eight early morning bull runs that are followed by massive drinking, eating and attending cultural events for the rest of the day. Eight people were gored during the last festival in 2019 before the pandemic. Sixteen people have died in the bull runs since 1910. The last death occurred in 2009. The bulls that run each morning are killed in bullfights in the afternoon by professional bullfighters. The incredibly popular festivities that draw tens of thousands of visitors from around the world were cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. The festivities kicked off yesterday as revellers doused each other with wine in a packed Pamplona square. The bedlam kicked off at noon with the firing of the 'chupinazo' firecracker from the balcony of the northern city's town hall, which marks the official start of the nine-day fiesta. Thousands of party-goers from around the world - most dressed in the traditional all-white outfit with a red scarf - responded ecstatically, screaming Viva San Fermin! and spraying each other with wine. Despite a light rain falling, the throng cheered wildly as they waved their red scarves in the air and passed giant yellow inflatable balls over their heads as scores looked on from crowded apartment balconies. 'The rain doesn't matter. Seeing the square full again is terrific,' said Saioa Guembe Pena, a 54-year-old civil servant whose white shirt was already stained pink with red wine and sangria. The annual festival, made famous by Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises, was last held in 2019. Local officials called off the hugely popular event in 2020 and the following year because of the Covid-19 pandemic in what was the first time the festival had been cancelled since Spain's 1936-1939 civil war. Some 10,000 visitors packed into Pamplona's main square for the opening of this year's festivities, the town hall said, with thousands more packed into side streets and other squares to watch the opening on giant screens. 'It's absolutely crazy, I have never seen anything like this,' said John Lupson, a 22-year-old Australian student who came to Spain for the festival. 'Everyone is just having so much fun, everyone is drinking so much alcohol, everyone on each other's shoulders, screaming, yelling, singing.' Many revellers started drinking early, sitting at outdoor patios or wandering Pamplona's narrow, cobbled streets with large plastic bottles of sangria hours before the 'chupinazo'. 'It's part of the city's identity, so after two years we really wanted to get back to it,' said David Navarras, a 27-year-old Spanish student. The festival, which dates back to medieval times, features concerts, religious processions, folk dancing and round-the-clock drinking.

Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced his resignation, hours after a crowd of angry protesters chased him from his residence and set the prime minister's home on fire, as months of frustration brought on by an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over. Hundreds of thousands of people massed in the capital Colombo to demand the government take responsibility for mismanaging the nation's finances, and for crippling food and fuel shortages. After storming the gates of the presidential palace, a throng of protesters walked through its rooms, with some among the boisterous crowd jumping into the compound's pool. Others were seen laughing and lounging in the stately bedrooms of the residence, with one pulling out what he claimed was a pair of Rajapaksa's underwear. At around the same time, the leader had boarded a naval craft at the Colombo port and was taken to the island's southern waters, where he let it be known he was finally bowing to months of calls for his resignation. 'To ensure a peaceful transition, the president said he will step down on July 13,' parliamentary speaker Mahinda Abeywardana said in a televised statement. Rajapaksa had to be extracted from his residence by troops who fired into the air to keep the crowd outside at bay. Soon after they stormed the presidential palace, Rajapaksa's nearby seafront office also fell into the hands of protesters. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, the first person in line to succeed Rajapaksa, called a meeting with political leaders and said he was willing to step down to pave the way for a unity government. But that failed to placate protesters, who stormed the premier's private residence and set it alight after night fell. Footage shared on social media showed a crowd cheering the blaze, which broke out shortly after a security detachment guarding Wickremesinghe attacked several journalists outside the home. No casualties have been reported in the fire so far, and police said Wickremesinghe and his family were away at the time. Security forces attempted to disperse the huge crowds that had mobbed Colombo's administrative district earlier in the day, with dozens injured in the resulting clashes. A spokeswoman for Colombo's main hospital said three people were being treated for gunshot wounds, along with 36 others suffering breathing difficulties after being caught up in tear gas barrages. The fire came hours after the Prime Minister he said he would resign over a worsening economic crisis. In videos on social media, red smoke can be seen rising into the sky, as flames take hold. The office of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said the protesters forced their way into his Colombo home on Saturday evening. He said earlier that he will resign only when all parties have agreed on a new government. He was responding to a call by leaders of political parties represented in Parliament that he and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa quit, after tens of thousands of people trooped to the capital to vent their fury at the leaders they hold responsible for the nation's worst economic and political crisis. 'Today in this country we have a fuel crisis, a food shortage, we have the head of the World Food Program coming here and we have several matters to discuss with the IMF. Therefore, if this government leaves there should be another government,' he said. But he made it clear he will not step down before a new government is formed, angering crowds that moved near his home to force him to leave office immediately. Two defence ministry sources said President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was removed from the official premises on Friday for his safety ahead of the planned rally over the weekend, with government spokesman Mohan Samaranayake unsure of Rajapaksa's whereabouts. The island of 22 million people is struggling under a severe foreign exchange shortage that has limited essential imports of fuel, food and medicine, plunging it into the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948. Many blame the country's decline on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as it muddles through with aid from India and other countries and its leaders try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund. The president's older brother resigned as prime minister in May after violent protests saw him seek safety at a naval base, while three other Rajapaksa relatives had quit their Cabinet posts earlier. Much of the public ire has been pointed at the Rajapaksa family, with protesters blaming them for dragging Sri Lanka into chaos with poor management and allegations of corruption and nepotism. A new prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, took over in May to help steer the country out of the crisis. Meanwhile, Rajapaksa has held on to power despite largely peaceful protests since March demanding his resignation. Thousands of people swarmed into Colombo's government district, shouting slogans against the president and dismantling several police barricades to reach Rajapaksa's house, a witness said. There were even reports that angry protesters from out of town had forced railway staff to run trains to take them to Colombo. Thousands of people broke through barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence and nearby office to vent their anger against a leader they hold responsible for the nation's worst crisis. Footage showed people in a jubilant mood taking a dip in the garden pool of the residence. Some lay on beds, others made tea and drank, and made 'statements' from the conference room that Rajapaksa and Wickremesinghe must immediately quit. Wickremesinghe said he suggested to the president to have an all-party government, but didn't say anything about Rajapaksa's whereabouts. Opposition parties in Parliament were currently discussing the formation of a new government. Rajapaksa appointed Wickremesinghe as prime minister in May in the hope that the career politician would use his diplomacy and contacts to resuscitate a collapsed economy. But people's patience wore thin as shortages of fuel, medicine and cooking gas only increased and oil reserves ran dry. Many protesters accuse Wickremesinghe of trying to save Rajapaksa when he came under pressure to resign and every other member of his powerful political dynasty quit the Cabinet. Later Saturday evening, protesters to Wickremesinghe's home in a bid to force him to quit immediately. Privately-owned Sirasa Television reported that at least six of their staff members including four reporters were hospitalised after they were beaten by police while covering the protest near Wickremesinghe's home. Sri Lanka Medical Council, the country's top professional body, warned that the country's hospitals were running with minimum resources and will not be able to handle any mass casualties from the unrest. Demonstrators have been camped outside the entrance to his office for the past three months. Videos posted on social media showed protesters storming the residence, chanting 'Gota go home,' calling the president by his nickname. Dozens were seen jumping into the pool, milling about the house and and watching television. Outside the building, barricades were overturned and a black flag was hoisted on a pole. At the president's office, security personnel tried to stop demonstrators who pushed through fences to run across the lawns and inside the colonial-era building. Police fired shots in the air but were unable to stop the angry crowd from surrounding the presidential residence and pushing through fences to run across the lawns and inside the colonial-era building. At least 34 people including two police officers were wounded in scuffles as protesters tried to enter the residence. Two of the injured are in critical condition while others sustained minor injuries, said an official at the Colombo National Hospital who spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to speak to the media. Sri Lanka Medical Council said that the president, prime minister and the government would be held responsible if people died or were maimed. It urged the leaders to heed the cry of the people, resign and hand over the reins to an all-party government.