Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Actor Roger E. Mosley, who starred in the original Magnum PI series, has died. The 83-year-old died in after being hurt in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Roger E. Mosley, who portrayed Theodore “T.C.” Calvin, the helicopter pilot and buddy of Tom Selleck’s character on all eight seasons of the original #MagnumPI, died Sunday at 83 https://t.co/XTivRjQ37U pic.twitter.com/cCqyQRDcpj
— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 7, 2022
Senior executives at Australian airline Qantas have been asked to work as baggage handlers for three months as the firm struggles with a labour shortage. The airline's CEO said the shortage was down to COVID-19, winter flu and a tight labour market.
Qantas executives are being asked to volunteer for crucial roles such as baggage handling as the airline tries to fight the chaos that has dogged many of its competitors worldwide https://t.co/vbpx0lCMH5
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 8, 2022
A Second World War bomb has been revealed in Italy after a severe drought dried up parts of the River Po. The bomb, which was discovered by fisherman, has been detonated in a controlled explosion.
🇮🇹 Extreme drought has revealed an unexploded WW2 bomb in an Italian river.
— euronews (@euronews) August 8, 2022
Italy's military defused and carried out a controlled explosion of the 450-kg bomb on Sunday, which fishermen discovered on 25 July near the northern village of Borgo Virgilio in Lombardy. pic.twitter.com/2cGE1K2TNs
China has said it will continue its large-scale military drills around Taiwan in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island nation. Taiwan, which is a self-ruled country that Chinese Communists in Beijing claim as their own territory, has said the drills are practice for an invasion.
#BREAKING Taiwan slams China for extending military drills around island pic.twitter.com/5qOfLhqS9P
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 8, 2022
A ceasefire agreed yesterday between Israel and terrorists in Gaza is holding. Dozens of people in Gaza – which is part of Palestine – died during fighting between Israel and terror group Islamic Jihad.
Israel and Islamic Jihad agree to a ceasefire after a weekend of conflict leaves more than 40 Gazan civilians and militants dead. https://t.co/5Z9CwJ4tDk
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) August 7, 2022
