Jacques Chirac dies, aged 86

Head of state from 1995-2007 led opposition to the Iraq war and was first president to acknowledge France’s role in the Holocaust

Chirac in his office at the Elysée Palace in April 1996

Photograph: Jacques Demarthon/AFP/Getty Images

Boris Johnson cartoon

Huge red-bellied black snake

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian snake catcher was called to a rifle shooting range on the outskirts of the northern city of Brisbane on Wednesday to capture a huge red-bellied black snake, which he named “Chonk” for its healthy condition.

The 1.8-metre (6-ft) -long male reptile was probably hunting for suitable mates as the breeding season began, snake catcher Bryce Lockett told Reuters, after it slithered out of a large creek system where fish and frogs would have kept it well-fed.

Black Kookaburra spotted

Yesterday, a photo was submitted to BirdLife Australia on Facebook 

'I spotted this black Kookaburra in my backyard this morning. Brisbane western suburbs'.

Temple Church, London

Behind a small stone archway on London's Fleet Street, a hidden world opens up

The Temple Church is a church in the City of London located between Fleet Street and the River Thames, built by the Knights Templar as their English headquarters. 

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20160510-the-hidden-world-of-the-knights-templar

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Last Night at the Proms

London, UK revellers wave union jacks as they enjoy the Last Night of the Proms celebration in Hyde Park

Photograph: Dylan Martinez/Reuters

Ghost Heart

A ghost heart is obtained by washing away all donor cells until you’re left with a protein scaffold. This ghost heart is ready to be injected with a transplant recipient’s stem cells so a new heart – one that won’t be rejected – can be grown.