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US Navy Seal killed in Iraq as IS breaches Peshmerga lines

A US Navy Seal who was advising Kurdish Peshmerga forces in northern Iraq has been killed by Islamic State (IS) militants, US defence officials say.

U.S. swimming pools ban long breath-holding after deaths

New York City is putting up warning signs at all public pools prohibiting prolonged breath holding as a part of a movement to raise awareness of the peril.