The CEO of Overstock com has admitted he was sleeping with convicted Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina, who he labelled a Red Sparrow, but he claims he only got involved with her because he was an informant for the FBI. Patrick Byrne made the revelation about the woman, he seemingly claimed used sex to obtain information, in an article published on SaraACarter com last month. He claims after meeting her at Freedom Festival in 2015 she suggested continuing contact under the guise of a romantic relationship and he contacted the FBI but they were skeptical she was of interest. She later revealed her feelings were true and he stayed in contact with her, believing she should be investigated but it led to an alleged revelation of 'political espionage against Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, Marc Rubio and Donald Trump'. #free_maria_butina

Russian police officers stand guard near the site of the crash on Thursday morning

SWAT is working! 🤣 #LMAO

Jupiter was in a gigantic head-on collision with a 'protoplanet' 4.5 billion years ago when it was still forming - and the gas giant completely absorbed the other world. That's the theory of scientists who've studied the planet's history using data from NASA's Juno space probe. They believe this collision with the planet - roughly the mass of ten Earths - explains its mysterious gassy inner-core. 'Models of such a scenario lead to an internal structure that is consistent with a diluted core, persisting over billions of years,' they say in their study, which was published in the journal, Nature. If their theory is correct, it sheds new light on the solar system's tumultuous formation. 💥 #science

MAN STABBED OUTSIDE HOME OFFICE, LONDON. POLICE NOT SAYING MOTIVE.

An office worker was left with serious injuries after being stabbed in the street outside the Home Office by a man thought to have “casually” strolled away from the scene after the attack.

A 29-year-old man  was arrested shortly after the office worker, believed to be a civil servant, was stabbed outside the Marsham Street building.

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She's no stranger to pushing the boundaries with her incredible figure. And Madonna was once again showing off her incredible flexibility on Wednesday, as she took to Instagram to share a video from rehearsals for her Madame X tour. The legendary songstress, 60, proved she was a pro at multitasking as she stretched her legs spread eagle-style whilst staying focused on her phone. 👯‍♀️ much #WOW

Road accident in China. Information about victims is being specified 😱

Strange road accident in Kolomna, Moscow region, Russia. 😳 #WTF?

Too close for comfort! Shocked kayaker flees powerful wave as huge chunks of ice break off a glacier and plummet into Alaskan lake 😱

Pakistan said today three of its soldiers were killed in a cross-border exchange of fire in the contested Kashmir region, but India denied that five of its own troops died as well. The Pakistan military claimed it shot five Indian troops in retaliation for the deaths of three of their own soldiers. Major General Asif Ghafoor, spokesman of Pakistan armed forces, tweeted that its three soldiers had died along with five of India's when Indian forces opened fire along the contested border known as the Line of Control (LOC). 'Intermittent exchange of fire continues', Ghafoor said. But an Indian army spokesman denied suffering any casualties, adding: 'No casualties. This assertion is wrong.'

Photos showing off the inside of a Russian nuclear submarine, the largest in active service in the world, have been released, with the huge ship being the inspiration behind the sub from the classic Sean Connery movie The Hunt for Red October. Images show crew members working on the Typhoon-class sub, also known as an Akula, a nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine belonging to the Russian Navy. The sub appears to be the Dmitriy Donskoi, which entered into active service in 1982 and, after the decommissioning and scrapping of its Typhoon sister boats, became the largest submarine in the world. The Dmitriy Donskoi joined the Russian Northern Fleet’s anti-submarine warfare drills in July, shortly before the new photos were released. #WOW

Gibraltar has released an impounded Iranian oil tanker in defiance of a last-ditch legal attempt by the US to block its release today. Lawyers for the US Department of Justice had tried to stop the Grace 1, which was seized by the Royal Marines last month, being released by filing papers requesting legal assistance to stop the tanker setting sail. The Trump administration is enforcing sanctions designed to stop Iranian oil exports in an effort to squeeze the regime in Tehran - and it wanted to keep the Grace 1 impounded as part of those sanctions. But the Grace 1 was seized under EU sanctions because it was taking its cargo to Syria, and today Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo said he was happy for the ship to be liberated on written assurances from Tehran that it would not travel to Syria.