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GPS detour leads Alabama driver to save Georgia family from house fire
<p>Casey Sparks inadvertently ended up in Lyerly, Georgia, where he noticed burning home and helped to save family</p><p>An <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/alabama">Alabama</a> driver’s unintended, GPS-directed detour in <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/state-of-georgia">Georgia</a> positioned him to help save a couple and a dozen children in their care from a fire that enveloped their home while they slept recently, according to the family and their rescuer.</p><p>As he recounted in an interview with television station <a href="https://www.local3news.com/local-news/chattooga-county-family-of-14-credit-stranger-for-saving-their-lives-after-massive-fire/article_c6508898-6a86-4032-8bf3-fd8bed442c69.html">WRCB</a> that quickly went viral among internet circles dedicated to uplifting news stories, James Burke had fallen asleep in his recliner while his wife, 12 adopted children and one grandchild slept in their beds on the night of 17 October in the community of Lyerly, Georgia.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/georgia-family-house-fire">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 27, 2026The Guardian World World03
Russia launches 280 drones at Ukraine as local ceasefire begins in Oleshky – Europe live
<p>Volodymyr Zelenskyy says 16 ballistic missiles were also launched overnight despite localised truce in Russian-occupied town</p><p><strong>Russia and Ukraine have started a localised ceasefire to allow for a humanitarian operation to begin in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky</strong>, but Russian strikes continued in other parts of the country, including Kyiv.</p><p>Overnight, <strong>Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and more than 280 drones,</strong> with at least 15 people injured in Kyiv, with further attacks in the Chernihiv, Chernivtsi, Dnipro, Donetsk, Kharkiv, Kherson, Odesa, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia regions.</p><p><em>“<strong>Every such delay means another Russian strike on one facility or another.</strong> Unfortunately, strikes are taking place every day. Russia is constantly taking new steps toward escalation.”</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/oct/27/russia-ukraine-oleshky-serbia-france-europe-latest-news-updates">Continue reading...</a>
GB Oct 27, 2026The Guardian World World04
Cruise ship crashes into two container ships during storm
A captain whose cruise liner collided with container ships in strong winds is being investigated by German police.
QA Oct 27, 2026Al Jazeera English