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1. A stowaway has plunged to his death from a British Airways plane.

British police are now investigating reports of a body found on the roof of an office in wealthy London suburb, Richmond.

The man’s body is suspected to be that of a stowaway who plunged to his death from the undercarriage of a plane from South Africa as it came in to land.

Police have arrived at this line of inquiry after a second man was found unconscious in the undercarriage of a British Airways jet from Johannesburg that had arrived at Heathrow airport.

According to the ABC, Hady Khoshkbary, who runs a printing shop near to the building in question, said: “We were very lucky that the body did not drop on the road.

“Already this is a tragedy but that would have been horrific to see this incident.”

The ABC reports that police are continuing to examine the circumstances of the incident.

“At this time there is no evidence to link the death to the discovery of a stowaway in the undercarriage of a plane at Heathrow Airport,” a statement said.

“However, this is one line of enquiry into identifying the deceased and the circumstances of his death.”

2. The Federal Government has defunded a $85M program to support women with perinatal depression.

The Federal Government has failed to extend its funding agreement with the states and territories over the National Perinatal Depression Initiative.

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The agreement, which serves to provide new parents with access to screening and counselling services, has been in jeopardy since its expiry in 2013.

According to the ABC, from this time health ministers have been renegotiating the initiative’s future.

This week, Federal Health Minister Susan Ley has revealed that the $85 million dollar initiative will stop receiving funding by the end of the month.

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The funding cuts have angered many. Image via istock.
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Speaking against the decision, Victoria’s Minister for Mental Health, Martin Foley said, “To cut the programs that fund perinatal programs that support mothers and children is just one of the cruellest cuts [the Federal Government] could deliver to the most vulnerable families,” the ABC reports.

One in seven of Australia’s new mothers will develop perinatal depression.

3. Google will soon remove “revenge porn” – explicit images uploaded without a person’s consent – from its search results.

Google has announced that it will soon take steps to reduce the amount of sexually explicit images of people uploaded without their consent – from its search results.

This process will involve a new online form, which will allow victims to request these images or videos be removed from Google search results.

The ABC reports that Google search vice president Amit Singhal said, “We’ve heard many troubling stories of revenge porn: an ex-partner seeking to publicly humiliate a person by posting private images of them, or hackers stealing and distributing images from victims’ accounts.

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Google is attempting to reduce the instance of revenge porn. Image via istock.
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“Some images even end up on ‘sextortion’ sites that force people to pay to have their images removed.

“Our philosophy has always been that search should reflect the whole web.

“But revenge porn images are intensely personal and emotionally damaging, and serve only to degrade the victims – predominantly women.”

He added, Google would “honour requests from people to remove nude or sexually explicit images shared without their consent from Google search results”.

4. Charleston Shooter admits: “I almost didn’t go through with it” – because his victims were “so nice to him”.

Dylann Roof, the man accused of gunning down nine people in a predominantly African American church has been charged with nine counts of murder and illegal weapon possession.

NBC News has revealed that the 21-year-old told police that he, “almost didn’t go through with it because everyone was so nice to him.”

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Police say that ultimately he decided he had to, “go through with his mission.”

21-year-old Dylann Roof.

At a bail hearing, relatives of the victims spoke to Roof, who appeared in court by videolink. Some of the families of the victims forgave the 21 year old confessed murderer.

The ABC reports that victim Myra Thompson’s husband Reverend Anthony Thompson said, “I forgive you and my family forgive you. But we would like to take this opportunity to urge you to repent. Repent, confess.”

He continued, “Give your life to the one who matters the most, Christ, so that he can change it.”

5. Taylor Swift refuses to let Apple stream her latest album.

Taylor Swift’s record company has confirmed that they will not allow tech giant Apple to stream her new album on its forthcoming Music app.

Mega star Taylor Swift. Image via Instagram @taylorswift.

Earlier this year the Shake It Off singer also refused access to music streaming service Spotify, after claiming that the services did not pay enough.

According to BuzzFeed News, “Only Swift’s back catalog, which is currently available on many streaming services that require users to pay for a subscription — including Rhapsody and Tidal — will be found on Apple Music”.

The pop star has famously said that, “music should be consumed as albums.”

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