Kiel

A rare waterspout caused by a tornado has struck the German port city of Kiel, throwing people from boats and damaging property.

Several rowers out in the water were injured as winds of over 100km/h lashed the northern coast, police said. Four people were seriously hurt in Kiel's dockside area.

The roofs of some buildings were torn off and trees were uprooted.

Evi Nomikou got up before dawn for the early shift. The ship was completely quiet. She spent a few minutes looking at the tranquil sea, amazed at what an unexpected gift the fine weather was for late October. Her tough mission could only be carried out in such clement conditions.

Corruption prosecutors have launched a probe into the sale of Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramangas, western Attica, to a German consortium in 2002, even though the statute of limitations has expired and no politician can be held accountable unless money is found to have illegally changed hands.

Germany's ThyssenKrupp will pay 2 million euros of compensation to Turkey as the company has not even begun to produce the submarines, though the company had agreed to make the first delivery in 2015, sources say.

Richard Kiel, who played the towering, steel-toothed baddie "Jaws" in two James Bond movies, died Wednesday aged 74, a hospital spokeswoman said.
      
The 7-foot-2 inch (2.18-meter) actor, who made a career playing giants and villains, passed away in the Saint Agnes Medical Center in Fresno, spokeswoman Kelley Sanchez told AFP.