Warning over shark attacks after swimming was killed at Australian beach - Daily Mail

Terrifying warning 'big sharks are at popular beaches most days' after swimmer is tragically eaten by a great white - as his devastated wife pays tribute to the super fit dad

• Paul Millachip, 57, is believed to have been taken by a shark at a WA beach 
• He had been on his regular swim at Port Beach with his wife and children 
• Experts have warned the number of sharks attacked worldwide is increasing  

By Brett Lackey For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 09:55 GMT, 7 November 2021 | Updated: 11:10 GMT, 7 November 2021

The wife of a shark attack victim has described her husband as a 'lovely man' and a 'wonderful father', as beachgoers are warned the number of shark attacks are rising.

Paul Millachip, 57, is believed to have been taken by a 4.5 metre shark while swimming at a beach in North Fremantle in Perth on Saturday morning - with the attack witnessed by multiple people. 

Despite a large search effort over two days at Port Beach, all that has been found of Mr Millachip is a pair of swimming googles. 

Experts have since warned that there is likely a big shark at 'most popular beaches' the majority of the time. 

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Paul Millachip and his wife (pictured) were at Port Beach in North Fremantle when Mr Millachip was attacked by a shark

A search (pictured) has been called off for the 57-year-old swimmer who was mauled by a shark in North Fremantle on Saturday 

Four teenage boys who were on the sand said they saw the shark and zipped along the shoreline in their dinghy frantically warning other swimmers and surfers to get out of the water. 

'I didn't see exactly what type the shark was but it was mammoth. From the fin to the rear tail was pretty big distance,' one of the teenagers said. 

Speaking on Sunday afternoon Mr Millachip's wife - who did not want her name released - said her husband died doing what he loved, which was out enjoying the surf and keeping fit.

'Rest in peace Paul,' she said.

She thanked authorities for 'being extremely thorough' and the support of friends as their families are both in the UK. 

She also said she was grateful to the group of boys who had helped explain what happened.

'It must have been an absolutely terrifying experience for them, so my heart goes out to them,' she said, her voice wavering.

'I thank them for what they did.

'Amazing. They could potentially have saved other lives.'

The teenagers also called emergency services in the moments between spotting the attack and warning other beachgoers.

Mr Millachip regularly swam at the beach on Saturday morning.

Local councils have closed Port Beach and all beaches from Leighton Dog beach to Sand Tracks beach

'We had been going down to the beach two or three times a week - we would go running first and then go swimming,' his wife said. 

'He was due to swim for 1km on Saturday - I just went into the water and out again because it was cold and I'm not a huge fan of the cold water.'

Mr Millachip was a regular at the popular beach, and his wife and two adult children were there at the time of the attack.

'I was ... where the change rooms are,' she said. 

Mr Millachip loved cycling and was an experienced swimmer who would compete in triathlons and marathons. 

'He'd done six Iron Men (competitions) down at Busselton, so he was fit and healthy.'

Police confirmed the extensive marine search for the father of two would be suspended on Sunday afternoon.

'A family is now grieving, a man has lost his life. It's a terribly sad situation,' WA Premier Mark McGowan said earlier on Sunday.

All beaches in the area will remain remain closed at least until Monday.

The attack happened at 10am (local time) at Port Beach, 16km south west of the centre of Perth 

The latest incident follows warnings that shark attacks are increasing. 

In the 1990s there were 82 recorded shark attacks in Australia, which jumped to 161 in the following decade. 

From 2010 to 2020 there were 220 and in 2021 there have been 18 attacks with two of them confirmed as deadly. 

Bond's University researcher Dr Daryl McPhee said the rise in attacks worldwide was down to a number of factors including more people being on the water doing activities, in more remote locations, and also warmer oceans are forcing shark and their food supply to different areas. 

A 57-year-old has been missing since Saturday after a suspected great white shark attacked him 30metres off Port Beach.

'There is a long term trend of an increasing number of shark bites in Australia and overseas,' Dr McPhee told The Project. 

'Sharks are part of the marine environment and if we could track where every shark was you would find there would be a large shark on most popular beaches most days of the year.'

'So we need to find ways to co-exist.'  

Professor Callum Brown from Macquarie University said despite the increase in shark attacks they are still exceptionally rare.  

He added that old school methods of shark control such as nets, drum lines, and culls were being replaced with newer methods which are potentially more accurate.

Water police were coordinating a marine search for the victim, who is understood to have been attacked 30m offshore

One such method is to deploy drones which scan the water and send images to an artificial intelligence computer which can accurately spot sharks. 

There are also personal deterrents which work by emitting an electrical pulse but these have the be used within metres from a shark to be effective. 

And finally there are camouflage wetsuit and surfboard decals which can prevent surfers from appearing like seals to hungry sharks. 

'Our fear is really, it's driven by guts. Not really by any data or any sort of realistic estimate of what the actual risk is. You should be more scared of getting in your car.' he said.  

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Iraq prime minister survives 'explosives-laden drone' assassination attempt - Sky News

Iraq's prime minister has survived an attempted assassination by a drone armed with explosives.

The government said the drone targeted Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al Kadhimi's home in Baghdad's Green Zone early on Sunday.

Baghdad residents heard the sound of an explosion followed by gunfire from the heavily-fortified area, which houses government offices and foreign embassies.

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Shortly after the attack, the prime minister tweeted: "The rockets of treason will not shake one bit of the steadfastness and determination of the heroic security forces."

"I am fine and among my people. Thank God," he added.

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Seven of his security guards were injured in the attack, two Iraqi officials told The Associated Press.

The prime minister's official Twitter account said he was safe and called for calm

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A government statement released by the state-run media said the assassination attempt was with "an explosives-laden drone that tried to target his residence in the Green Zone".

It added that Mr al Kadhimi was "unharmed and in good health".

"The security forces are taking the necessary measures in connection with this failed attempt," it said.

The US State Department described the attack as an "apparent act of terrorism".

Spokesperson Ned Price said: "We are following the reported drone attack targeting the residence of Iraqi Prime Minister Kadhimi.

"We are relieved to learn the Prime Minister was unharmed.

"This apparent act of terrorism, which we strongly condemn, was directed at the heart of the Iraqi state. We are in close touch with the Iraqi security forces charged with upholding Iraq's sovereignty and independence and have offered our assistance as they investigate this attack.

"Our commitment to our Iraqi partners is unshakeable. The United States stands with the government and people of Iraq."

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

It comes after violent protests in Baghdad over the result of a general election last month.

Heavily-armed militias, backed by Iran, lost much of their parliamentary power in the 10 October election and have alleged voting and vote-counting irregularities.

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Pompeii archeologists find Ikea-like extendable beds in rare 'slave room' discovery - Daily Mail

Pompeii archaeologists find Ikea-like extendable beds in rare 'slave room' discovery that gives fascinating insight into daily lives of 'little known' part of ancient city's society

• Archaeologists in a Civita Giuliana, Pompeii villa found an ancient  'slave room'
• The fascinating find included Ikea-like extendable beds which can adjust to size  
• The important discovery gives insight into a 'little known' part of ancient society 

By Elmira Tanatarova For Mailonline

Published: 00:55 GMT, 7 November 2021 | Updated: 01:25 GMT, 7 November 2021

Archaeologists in Pompeii have discovered a room that officials say offers 'a very rare insight into the daily life of slaves' in the ancient Roman city.

The excavation of a villa in the ruins of the historic volcanic eruption revealed a cramped dormitory and storage room with adjustable Ikea-like beds. 

Italy's culture minister, Dario Franceschini, said the find was 'an important discovery that enriches the knowledge of the daily life of ancient Pompeiians' in particular the level of society of which 'still little' is known.

The villa in the Pompeii suburb of Civita Giuliana has a panoramic view of the Mediterranean Sea on the outskirts of the ancient Roman city

The site is considered one of the most significant recent finds at Pompeii

The room was discovered in a villa in the Pompeii suburb of Civita Giuliana, just a few steps from where archaeologists in January discovered the remains of a well-preserved ceremonial chariot.

The room, with just one high window and no wall decorations, contains the remains of three beds made out of wood.

Italian press reports likened the ancient finds to 'an Ikea model for the ancient world' because of the adjustable wooden planks which could be changed depending on the size of the person sleeping in the bed, according to The Telegraph.  

The adaptable beds, two of which measured nearly six feet and one just over four feet, possibly indicate that a family with a child had lived there.

The excavation of a villa in the ruins of the historic volcanic eruption revealed a cramped dormitory and storage room 

Officials said the discovered room offers 'a very rare insight into the daily life of slaves' in the ancient Roman city

Italy's culture minister said the find was of interest in particular because it tells us about 'the level of society' of which 'still little' is known

Gabriel Zuchtriegel, the director of Pompeii Archaeological Park said: 'We can imagine here the servants, the slaves who worked in this area and came to sleep here at night.

'We know that it was definitely a life in precarious conditions.' 

Nearby to the beds, a wooden chest contained metallic objects and textiles that 'appear to be part of harnesses for horses,' according to the archaeological park. 

There also was a wooden steering element for a chariot.

Chamber pots and other personal objects were under the beds, while eight amphorae, an ancient vessel used as a storage jar, were in a corner, suggesting storage for the household.

How Pompeii and Herculaneum were wiped off the map by devastating eruption of Mount Vesuvius 2,000 years ago

What happened?  

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow.  

Mount Vesuvius, on the west coast of Italy, is the only active volcano in continental Europe and is thought to be one of the most dangerous volcanoes in the world.  

Every single resident died instantly when the southern Italian town was hit by a 500°C pyroclastic hot surge.

Pyroclastic flows are a dense collection of hot gas and volcanic materials that flow down the side of an erupting volcano at high speed.

They are more dangerous than lava because they travel faster, at speeds of around 450mph (700 km/h), and at temperatures of 1,000°C.

An administrator and poet called Pliny the younger watched the disaster unfold from a distance. 

Letters describing what he saw were found in the 16th century.  

His writing suggests that the eruption caught the residents of Pompeii unaware.

Mount Vesuvius erupted in the year AD 79, burying the cities of Pompeii, Oplontis, and Stabiae under ashes and rock fragments, and the city of Herculaneum under a mudflow

He said that a column of smoke 'like an umbrella pine' rose from the volcano and made the towns around it as black as night.

People ran for their lives with torches, screaming and some wept as rain of ash and pumice fell for several hours.  

While the eruption lasted for around 24 hours, the first pyroclastic surges began at midnight, causing the volcano's column to collapse.

An avalanche of hot ash, rock and poisonous gas rushed down the side of the volcano at 124mph (199kph), burying victims and remnants of everyday life.  

Hundreds of refugees sheltering in the vaulted arcades at the seaside in Herculaneum, clutching their jewelry and money, were killed instantly.

The Orto dei fuggiaschi (The garden of the Fugitives) shows the 13 bodies of victims who were buried by the ashes as they attempted to flee Pompeii during the 79 AD eruption of the Vesuvius volcano

As people fled Pompeii or hid in their homes, their bodies were covered by blankets of the surge.

While Pliny did not estimate how many people died, the event was said to be 'exceptional' and the number of deaths is thought to exceed 10,000.

What have they found?

This event ended the life of the cities but at the same time preserved them until rediscovery by archaeologists nearly 1700 years later.

The excavation of Pompeii, the industrial hub of the region and Herculaneum, a small beach resort, has given unparalleled insight into Roman life.

Archaeologists are continually uncovering more from the ash-covered city.

In May archaeologists uncovered an alleyway of grand houses, with balconies left mostly intact and still in their original hues.

A plaster cast of a dog, from the House of Orpheus, Pompeii, AD 79. Around 30,000 people are believed to have died in the chaos, with bodies still being discovered to this day

Some of the balconies even had amphorae - the conical-shaped terra cotta vases that were used to hold wine and oil in ancient Roman times.

The discovery has been hailed as a 'complete novelty' - and the Italian Culture Ministry hopes they can be restored and opened to the public.

Upper stores have seldom been found among the ruins of the ancient town, which was destroyed by an eruption of Vesuvius volcano and buried under up to six meters of ash and volcanic rubble.

Around 30,000 people are believed to have died in the chaos, with bodies still being discovered to this day. 

Archaeologist Gabriel Zuchtriegel, pictured, in the room believed to have been inhabited by slaves

Mr Zuchtriegel said slaves during the historic era would have lived 'a life in precarious conditions'

The room was discovered just a few steps from where archaeologists in January discovered the remains of a well-preserved ceremonial chariot 

The room, with just one high window and no wall decorations, contains the remains of three beds made out of wood

The villa, with a panoramic view of the Mediterranean Sea on the outskirts of the ancient Roman city, is considered one of the most significant recent finds at Pompeii.

It was discovered after police came across illegal tunnels dug by alleged looters in 2017.

Archaeologists also have uncovered the skeletal remains of two people, believed to have been a wealthy man and his male slave, who were stricken by volcanic ash attempting to escape death. 

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Swimmer missing after 'massive' shark attack as 'screaming witnesses run from beach' - Daily Express

The man was bitten while swimming at Port Beach in Perth around 10am on Saturday. Eyewitnesses claim to have seen a great white moments before the attack.

Authorities did not confirm the species, but said there had been a shark present in the water before the attack, estimated to be around two metres long, according to the Mirror.

Lifeguards reportedly then rushed to move everyone out of the water.

Rescue boats and three St John’s Ambulance crews arrived minutes later.

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“Everyone ran out of the water. I am pretty shocked.”

Kaiden Boult, another witness, said he was surfing when a man in a dinghy “came flying at us and screamed at us to get out of the water because there’s been a shark attack”.

As soon as Mr Boult had climbed up onto some rocks, he saw the “massive shark”.

The beach was closed, as well as nearby beaches.

The last person to be killed by a shark in the Perth area was nursing lecturer Doreen Collyer, who was attacked while scuba diving off in June 2016.

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Biden: Infrastructure bill is 'monumental step forward' - BBC News

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President Joe Biden has hailed the passage of his landmark $1tn (£741bn) infrastructure spending package as a "monumental step forward".

Negotiations over the sweeping public works bill - which passed the House of Representatives with 228-206 vote - created a bitter split among Democrats.

"Finally, infrastructure week," Mr Biden told reporters. "I'm so happy to say that: infrastructure week."

A more ambitious social spending bill favoured by liberals was put on hold.

The infrastructure package now heads to Mr Biden's desk to be signed into law.

Billed as a "once-in-a-generation" spending measure, the infrastructure legislation proposes $550bn in new federal expenditure, over the next eight years, to upgrade highways, roads and bridges, and to modernise city transit systems and passenger rail networks.

The agreement also sets aside funding for clean drinking water, high speed internet, and a nationwide network of electric vehicle charging points.

It is the largest federal investment in the country's infrastructure for decades and is seen as a major domestic win for the US president.

"We took a monumental step forward as a nation", Mr Biden told reporters. "We did something that's long overdue... a once-in-a-generation investment that's going to create millions of jobs modernising infrastructure, our roads, our bridges, our broadband, all range of things".

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It will be financed in several ways, including unspent emergency relief funds from the Covid pandemic.

Its passage marks a huge achievement for the Biden administration amid low approval ratings and a defeat for the Democrats in Virginia's gubernatorial election this week.

Three months ago, 19 Republicans joined with Democrats to approve the legislation in the evenly split Senate, a rare bipartisan feat in an increasingly divided Congress.

On Friday the bill passed the House with support from 13 Republicans, too. But more liberal lawmakers balked at its final version, complaining that key liberal policies had been dropped in exchange for the bipartisan win.

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Six Democrats voted against it, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. The group of six - dubbed The Squad - are among the most left-wing and progressive members of the House.

Members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus pledged they would not support the infrastructure bill until they had voted on a separate social welfare bill that allocates $1.75tn for healthcare, education and climate change initiatives.

If passed, it would usher in the biggest expansion of the US safety net in more than 50 years.

Democrats control both chambers of Congress by very slim majorities, so near-universal support would be required for the bill's passage.

Centrist Democrats continue to object to the size and scope of the sprawling bill. They are insisting on seeing full accounting of its economic impacts.

On Friday House leaders brokered a compromise, insisting on a vote on the infrastructure bill, accompanied by a procedural vote to start debate on the social spending bill. The chamber passed the procedural vote early on Saturday by 221 votes to 213.

Compiling an independent assessment of the social spending bill's full cost is expected to take at least two weeks, although Democratic leaders have said they remain confident the bill will be passed before the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of November.

After months of haggling, brinksmanship and trips back to square one, Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure bill is on the verge of becoming infrastructure law.

Final passage in Congress was secured by a deal forged between liberals and centrists in the Democratic Party to approve the infrastructure bill now and hold a vote in the House of Representatives on a larger social spending package by 15 November.

That represents a leap of faith - and a tactical retreat - by the liberals who had been insisting that the infrastructure and spending bills be approved simultaneously. It was a leap too far for the handful of liberals who still voted no. But with a few Republicans on board, and Joe Biden publicly pushing for a vote and promising progressives the spending bill would get its day soon, a path to passage emerged.

Of course, promises can be broken - and there's still the possibility centrists could derail the spending package, either in the House or after it reaches the Senate. In the meantime, however, the infrastructure bill, with hundreds of billions of dollars for roads, bridges, pipes and green energy, has reached the finish line, giving Mr Biden a signature bipartisan legislative victory.

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At least eight dead in crowd surge during Travis Scott concert at Astroworld Festival - Sky News

At least eight people have died in a crowd surge during a Travis Scott concert at Astroworld Festival in Houston.

The crowd had moved closer to the stage while Scott, who runs the festival, was performing on the opening night.

Houston fire chief Samuel Pena said hundreds of others were injured and the show was called off shortly after the crush occurred.

Image: Scott runs the Astroworld festival, a two-day music event. Pic: AP

Mr Pena said: "The crowd began to compress towards the front of the stage, and that caused some panic, and it started causing some injuries."

He added that people "began to fall out, become unconscious, and it created additional panic".

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The fire and rescue service took 17 people to nearby hospitals, with 11 of them in cardiac arrest, Mr Pena confirmed.

There were also people treated at the scene at the NRG Park, with a field hospital set up.

Chief Lt Larry Satterwhite from Houston police was near the front when the tragedy unfolded.

"It seems like it happened with just over the course of a few minutes - suddenly we had several people down on the ground experiencing some type of cardiac arrest or some type of medical episode," he said.

"We immediately started doing CPR."

A crowd of 50,000 people showed up for the two-day festival.

The second day has now been cancelled.

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House passes Joe Biden's $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure bill - Financial Times

The House of Representatives approved Joe Biden’s $1.2tn bipartisan infrastructure bill late on Friday night, in a major victory for the US president following months of Democratic party infighting.

In a 228-206 vote, the infrastructure package passed the House, with 13 Republicans joining most of the Democratic caucus. Six progressive Democrats, including Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Cori Bush, voted against the measure. The bill, which passed the Senate in August, will now be sent to Biden’s desk to be signed into law.

The vote provides a much-needed legislative win for the US president as he grapples with falling approval ratings and Democrats’ losses in several key elections this week, including the Virginia governor’s race.

Friday’s vote followed several days of crunch talks that came down to the wire after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi vowed to press ahead with the infrastructure bill while delaying consideration of a separate, larger social spending package popular with leftwing Democrats.

Pelosi’s move broke a longstanding promise to move the two bills through Congress in tandem, a demand extracted by progressives who were wedded to the programmes in the larger package, including subsidies for childcare and sweeping investment in efforts to combat climate change.

The strategy opened up the possibility that members of Biden’s party would torpedo his flagship infrastructure bill, if a critical mass of progressives voted against the measure in defiance of the Speaker.

For several hours on Friday it remained uncertain whether progressives would sign on, as they remained locked in a meeting over how to proceed. At one point, Biden — who had postponed a planned trip to his holiday home in Delaware — called into the meeting in a last-ditch effort to win their support.

In the end, the majority of House progressives said they would vote in favour of the infrastructure bill after their moderate colleagues issued a statement saying they would vote in favour of the second, larger “Build Back Better” bill no later than the week of November 15.

The agreement provided a breakthrough after months of infighting that exposed fissures in the president’s party and stymied his legislative agenda at a time when his national approval ratings have dropped sharply.

Many Democrats blamed the inaction on Capitol Hill for their party’s weak performance in this week’s governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey, as well as several down-ballot local contests in other states. Democrats are seeking to shore up support heading into next year’s midterm elections, when control of both chambers of Congress will be up for grabs.

At the start of the day, Democratic leaders had intended to pass both bills before the weekend. But it soon became clear that the goal would go unrealised after a group of at least six House moderates, including Josh Gottheimer of New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, said they would not vote for Build Back Better until they saw official cost estimates from the Congressional Budget Office, an independent agency.

Critics have questioned the White House’s insistence that the measures would be “fully paid for” through a crackdown on tax evasion, a corporate minimum profits tax and a new tax surcharge for people earning more than $10m a year.

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