US President Barack Obama warned Thursday that America's political dysfunction had encouraged its enemies and depressed its friends, and said the crisis had left "no winners" in Washington.

Some 5,000 to 6,000 broad-snouted caimans live in fetid lagoon systems of western Rio de Janeiro, conservationists say, with visitors warned they could encounter them during the 2016 Olympic Games. Experts have allayed fears however by saying that the caimans, smaller and less aggressive than alligators or crocodiles, are not considered a threat to humans. Some of the animals have already taken refuge in ponds being built inside the Olympic golf course. Courtesy: YouTube/marco antonio da silva

A marine science instructor snorkeling off the Southern California coast spotted the silvery carcass of an 18-foot-long, serpent-like oarfish. Because oarfish dive more than 3,000 feet, sightings are rare and they are largely unstudied.

A New Zealand women in New York gets a Banksy art bargain. Courtesy: Banksy NY

A Ukrainian welder has a brush with death when the bridge he is on collapses.

Banksy, the British graffiti artist struck again in New York City. Courtesy: Banksy

Golden Girl Betty White proves age is just a number as she gives us the old school version of Air New Zealand's in-flight safety.

Inequality has been rising for 30 years. The gap between rich and poor is the widest since the second world war. If current trends continue, we will have reached Victorian levels of inequality in 20 years. courtesy http://inequalitybriefing.org.

CCTV footage caught in Russia shows the dramatic moment a shelf collapsed in a liquor store, sending a flood of booze onto the floor. The liquor shelf collapsed in the supermarket Magnit. Courtesy: NewsPoint

In secret footage filmed during Russian authorities' inspection of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, Captain Peter Willcox, still handcuffed to an official, describes the moment when armed agents searched the vessel and seized laptops and memory cards. courtesy Greenpeace.

Raw footage captured by Alhurra TV shows a woman driving a black sedan leading the police on a chaotic car chase through the Washington D.C. area near Capitol Hill. Multiple shots were fired during the chase after the vehicle rammed a security barrier. Courtesy: YouTube/alhurra

In a new campaign from Oxfam International, the charity has accused beverage giants Coke and Pepsi of stealing land from the poor. "The companies that supply your favorite food brands with sugar may be kicking poor farmers off their land, and out of their homes. They care what you think. Tell Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Associated British Foods to make sure their sugar doesn¹t lead to land grabs" say Oxfam in their video description.Courtesy: oxfaminternational

London Zoo has release a video showing amazing footage of the birth of a Sumatran Tiger cub. "We are very happy to announce that our Sumatran tiger Melati has given birth to a cub, the first at ZSL London Zoo for 17 years! Here is some amazing footage of the birth and the first steps of the new cub as he bonds with mum" they said. Credit: ZSL

A motorcyclist was charged with reckless driving after prosecutors said he touched off a tense encounter with the driver of a sport utility vehicle and a throng of other bikers that ended with blood and broken bones on a Manhattan street. Courtesy: NewsBomb

The Breast Cancer Foundation were unable to adapt this Scottish advert, credited with a massive increase in breast cancer awareness in Scotland, due to a "no-nipple rule" on NZ television. Courtesy / youtube.com/scottishgovernment

For the past decades, the Fred Hollows Foundation NZ has helped restore the sight of thousands of people in the Pacific. During the Foundation's recent Outreach programme in Gizo, Solomon Islands, foundation-trained doctors operated over one hundred needlessly blind patients in five days. nzherald.co.nz was able to bear witness to the amazing transformation of 70-year-old Luke who has been blind for the past 20 years.

An explosion which occurred in a gunpowder factory has been caught on tape in Tenjo, Cundinamarca, Colombia. The footage to the right was captured moments after the blast at the Hofman factory site, yesterday afternoon. Credit: Fredy Castillo

Prime Minister John Key has mounted a scathing attack on the failings of the United Nations and the permanent members of the Security Council, saying it gets bogged down in arcane detail and had become hostage to the interests of the most powerful.

The FBI has unveiled CCTV footage of the now deceased gunman who went on a rampage in Washington's Navy Yard. Credit: FBI

Typhoon Usagi, the largest typhoon of 2013, passed Hong Kong on September 22nd causing disruptions to flights to and from Hong Kong airport, which were cancelled on Sunday evening as high winds lashed the island.

Typhoon Usagi - which has been dubbed the most powerful of 2013 - has hit regions of Hong Kong and China, reportedly leaving several people dead. Credit: tenashar/NewsPoint

This amazing GoPro cam footage captured some amazing scenes as it was placed upon an eagle flying through Mer de Glace glacier and Montenvers Railway on northern slopes of the Mont Blanc massif, in the French Alps.

Two Kiwi activists have been arrested by Russian authorities who boarded a Greenpeace ship protesting against Gazprom's Arctic oil drilling operations. The group released a video of two activists scaling the side of Prirazlomnaya platform, and of security forces threatening them with firearms. courtesy Greenpeace.

My friends dog kept mysteriously getting out of the kitchen so he set up his laptop to see how he was doing it, the following happened. Courtesy: YouTube/Andrew Holzberger

Members of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's ousted regime including ex-intelligence chief Abdullah Senussi appeared in court in Tripoli for a pre-trial hearing amid heavy security. The session was held in camera in a judicial and penal complex surrounded by armoured cars and pickup trucks bristling with anti-aircraft guns.

This video shows a man trying to jump from a bridge for laughs into the water below. Now he appears to be fine but he catches his foot on the bridge he's jumping out of and the effect isn't elegant! Credit: Mark Hicklin/NewsPoint

A female trainee in the United States Air Force was tasered as part of her training and took the pain out on her colleague. When the shock was delivered the trainee grabbed the groin of one of the men holding her. Ouch. Credit: Bobbi Moreland/NewsPoint.

Three vs one trying to wake up a dog; an elephant, a human and a rooster. It wasn't very successful as you can see. Still this baby elephant was very curious and determined to play with this doggy. Credit: Zac Guénette/NewsPoint

Queensland rail has released footage of a man narrowly avoiding an express train while darting across train tracks. The video has been released in an effort to encourage people in Queensland to pay more attention to signals and signs at railway crossings. Credit: Queensland Rail/NewsPoint

BBC newsreader Simon McCoy mistakes photocopier paper for iPad.Simon McCoy shows off the latest must-have gadget for BBC newsreaders: a stack of photocopier paper that he mistook for an IPAD.The 51-year-old presenter was doing a piece to camera on 'drunk tanks'.The BBC later said that he had picked up the paper roll by mistake. Courtesy: BBC