Daily Strange: Top 5 Bizarre News Stories From Around the World

Benefit Cheat Caught Pulling Pints, Mayor's Wife Flies to Mallorca During Heatwave, Kebab Firm's Fake Lamb Scandal, Soldier Chases Drone by Helicopter & 'Doctor Trump' Diagnoses Rivals

A woman who claimed she was too ill to even take a bath — and collected £37,000 in benefits — avoids prison after being caught working shifts behind the bar at a pub. The wife of New York's progressive mayor boards a flight to Mallorca while he is publicly urging residents to keep their air conditioning no higher than 78°F during a 100°F heatwave. A kebab firm is exposed for feeding millions of Britons goat meat, chicken drumsticks, and animal fat — all labelled as lamb — in a scandal being compared to the horsemeat crisis. Ireland's Defence Forces release a video showing a soldier with a machine gun leaning out of a helicopter to chase a small unmanned drone — released just as the country assumes the EU Presidency amid rising concerns about Russian drone threats. And in an AI-generated clip, a character called "Doctor Trump" diagnoses political rivals with a condition he calls "Derangement Syndrome." Five stories. All real. All strange. The Daily Strange — where truth is always weirder than fiction.

Kent's 8,000-Home Battery Town, Wimbledon's E-Bike Seizure Threat, French National's Drug Smuggling Arrest, $529K ATM Heist Ring & Fatal Alligator Attack on Hiker | The Daily Strange

In Kent, construction is set to begin on an 8,000-home all-electric "mega town" billed as a sustainable living model — but residents near one of the UK's busiest seaside resorts are already raising alarms over traffic chaos. At Wimbledon, the council threatens to seize abandoned e-bikes after hundreds of fans ditch them to join the famous Queue, turning the area into what one official calls a "bicycle graveyard." A French national is arrested in Australia for allegedly importing drugs on a flight from Thailand, just days after a Thai Airways cabin crew member was caught in a related case. In Connecticut, four men are charged in an elaborate ATM "jackpotting" scheme along the I-95 corridor, using high-tech devices to force cash machines to dispense money and making off with over $529,000. And in a horrifying attack, a woman dies while hiking with her boyfriend after an alligator rips off both of her arms. Five stories. All real. All strange. The Daily Strange — where truth is always weirder than fiction.

Australia's Flat-Price Cafe, ACCC Sues Amazon Over Prime Video Ads, Captain Tom's Daughter Turns TikTok Influencer, Bowel Cancer Risk Factors Found & Lily James Spotted with New Man |The Daily Strange

In Melbourne, The Heart of Carlton cafe becomes a local sensation after owners Michael and Nadeen Kelly set every single item on the menu — coffee, sandwiches, cake, all of it — at exactly the same price. Australia's consumer watchdog, the ACCC, hauls Amazon AU into Federal Court over Prime Video advertisements it claims misled customers about pricing and subscription terms. Captain Tom Moore's daughter, who inspired millions through her father's pandemic fundraising walks, draws criticism online for using TikTok to earn commission promoting ear drops, dog sprinklers, and windscreen sun shades. UK scientists finally identify the risk factors driving a mysterious rise in bowel cancer diagnoses among people under 50, opening the door to earlier screening and prevention. And British actress Lily James is spotted vaping and laughing through the late-night streets of Los Angeles with a new boyfriend, following a string of publicized relationship struggles including a split from a stuntman and the Dominic West scandal. Five stories. All real. All strange. The Daily Strange — where truth is always weirder than fiction.

Grandmother Reunites with Brother via LinkedIn After 73 Years, Monkey Steals Phone and Takes Selfies in Bali, Bakery Bandit Skips Court,Billionaire's 20-Mile Wildlife Fence & Alberta Grizzly Encounter

In England, 73-year-old Gill Thompson reunites with her long-lost brother Colin Bardsley after a chance encounter at a bowls tournament inspires her to search LinkedIn — the two hadn't seen each other in over seven decades. At Uluwatu Temple in Bali, a long-tailed macaque snatches 19-year-old tourist Oliver Lloyd's phone, scales the temple walls, and takes several selfies before dropping the device back to the ground. In Spalding, Lincolnshire, a man allegedly empties a bakery's honesty box stall of 25 treats worth £80 — then fails to show up for his own court summons. In rural Colorado, residents demand billionaire heir William Harrison remove a twenty-mile barbed wire fence around his ranch after wildlife advocates say it's trapping and injuring deer and elk along their traditional migration paths. And in Alberta, a woman calmly films a massive grizzly bear circling her and her dog near a campsite — the footage goes viral as the bear eventually loses interest and wanders off. The Daily Strange — where truth is always weirder than fiction.

Clarkson's Farm 'Bird Lady' and Her Nude Stunts, Woman Faces Down 700lb Grizzly, Scammer Calls a Police Captain, Hot Wheels Marathon Experiment & Jeffrey Donaldson's Church 'Lessons' Exposed

Avian expert Hannah Bourne-Taylor, 39, appears on Clarkson's Farm and converts Jeremy Clarkson into a birdwatcher — viewers also discover she has a history of nude environmental stunts, earning her the instant nickname "Bird Lady." In Kananaskis Country, Alberta, a woman hiker and her dog come face-to-face with a 700lb grizzly bear that charges from the trees — she keeps her composure, uses her voice and body language to deter it, and escapes unharmed. A phone scammer calls the Lorain Police Department pretending to be law enforcement and demands personal information — he doesn't realise he's speaking to Captain Jacob Morris, who recognises the scam immediately and records the entire 20-minute call. A Hot Wheels car is set up on a motorised track and left running for five days straight, clocking 13,459 scale miles — the experiment goes viral on Reddit with fans following every update. And newly revealed details about disgraced former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson expose the bizarre and disturbing content of Sunday school sex education sessions he ran for teenagers at a Kilkeel Presbyterian Church in the early 1990s. The Daily Strange — where truth is always weirder than fiction.