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Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
1. Gigantic diamond unearthed in Botswana
What's thought to be the third-largest diamond ever found has been put on show in Botswana. The stone weighs 1,098 carats.
One of the world's largest diamonds has been unearthed in Botswana https://t.co/9IC0uZQaRf pic.twitter.com/JMykGIwG1n
— CNN (@CNN) June 17, 2021
2. Food shortages becoming 'tense,' North Korean dictator admits
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has officially acknowledged his country's food supply problems. The "food situation" in the hermitic autocracy is "getting tense," he said.
Kim Jong-un says the food situation in North Korea is "tense," as outside experts warn that the country faces major shortages. https://t.co/It4w18RYQc
— New York Times World (@nytimesworld) June 17, 2021
3. Man hailed as a hero after rescuing baby from river
A man is being praised for rescuing a baby girl who was floating in a wooden box in the Ganges River. The 21-day-old newborn was wrapped in a red scarf and surrounded by images of Hindu gods, Gullu Chaudhary said. He added that nobody else was willing to help the child despite her cries being audible.
21-day-old baby found in wooden box floating down Ganges river https://t.co/eTMr6E2GYm
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) June 17, 2021
4. Mass murderer should have been spotted before detonating bomb in Manchester, inquiry says
The Islamist mass murderer who slaughtered 22 people in Manchester in 2017 should have been identified as a threat before he detonated his bomb, a public inquiry in the UK has found. Salman Abedi committed the atrocity in the aftermath of an Ariana Grande concert.
On 22 May 2017, Salman Abedi killed 22 people in the Manchester Arena bombing. But what went wrong with the security at the venue?
— Sky News (@SkyNews) June 17, 2021
Read more here: https://t.co/cThLdvxcl3 pic.twitter.com/eMLC02md0y
5. Soccer player to have heart-starting device fitted
The Danish soccer player who suffered a cardiac arrest during a Euro 2020 game is to be fitted with a heart-starting device, his doctors have said. Christian Eriksen, 29, is said to be "fine under the circumstances" after being defibrillated on the pitch in Copenhagen on Saturday.
#UPDATE Denmark's Christian Eriksen is to have an ICD heart device fitted, the Danish federation announced on Thursday
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) June 17, 2021
📸 Christian Eriksen at Copenhagen's Rigshopitalet on June 15 pic.twitter.com/DrO0vmkyVL
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