Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Two people have been taken to hospital after a bear went on a rampage in the European nation of Slovakia. Police said they have now chased the bear back into a forest after it attacked a 72-year-old man and 49-year-old woman.
Watch: Bear goes on rampage in Slovakia injuring five people
Find out more here👇https://t.co/w5twNdX8GU pic.twitter.com/ew7UI3bNUV— The Telegraph (@Telegraph) March 18, 2024
The Western media has been split along party lines once again after former US president Donald Trump predicted a "bloodbath" for the American car industry if Joe Biden is re-elected this year. Outlets sympathetic to Trump said the comments had been taken out of context, while those hostile to the former president claimed he was making a threat of political violence.
Speech with full context
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 17, 2024
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Thefts of watches have tripled over the last year, according to a large international database. The Watch Register said there was a 236 per cent increase in the number of watches stolen in 2023.
Watch theft wave continues – with £1.5bn-worth pinched this year alone https://t.co/GYsViqhGeh
— Jack Mendel ✍️ (@Mendelpol) March 18, 2024
A man has died after falling out of a hot air balloon in Australia. Police said the death is not being treated as suspicious.
Australia man falls to his death from hot air balloon https://t.co/EmOxyX1TeY
— Fox News (@FoxNews) March 18, 2024
A state of emergency has been declared in Iceland after another volcanic eruption in the Land of Fire and Ice. It's the fourth such eruption on the island since December.
Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate and a state of emergency was declared, after a volcano erupted in Iceland, sending smoke and fiery ash into the sky.
— CBS Mornings (@CBSMornings) March 18, 2024
Officials say this eruption, the fourth in the country's southwest since December, was the most powerful. pic.twitter.com/wxmI01uo6K
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