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Mount Taranaki: Climber survives 600-meter fall with minor injuries
By Dearbail Jordan BBC News A climber in New Zealand “miraculously” survived a fall of 600 meters (1,968ft) with only minor injuries after tumbling down the side of a mountain. Police said the man fell from Mount Taranaki on the North Island and was saved by spring weather which softened the ice and meant he…
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Morocco earthquake: ‘I had to choose between my parents and son’
By Alice Cuddy, in the Atlas Moutains BBC News Tayeb ait Ighenbaz was forced to choose whether to save his 11-year-old son or his parents when they became trapped under rubble after Morocco’s earthquake struck. The goat herder from a tiny community in the Atlas Mountains says he is haunted by the decision he had…
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Video shows how Kilauea volcano eruption unfolds
Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, one of the world’s most active, erupted again on Sunday, spewing fountains of lava more than 80ft (24m) in the air. Footage from the US Geological Survey shows how the event unfolded over several hours. The eruption “does not pose a lava threat to communities”, but volcanic particles and gases may create…
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Kim Jong Un: North Korea leader appears headed to Russia to meet Putin
By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un appears to have started his journey to Vladivostok for a summit with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. The armoured train that Mr Kim uses for foreign visits appears to have departed, South Korean media reported citing a government official. The meeting is expected to…
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G20 summit: Biden says raised human rights with India’s Modi in Delhi
US President Joe Biden has said that he raised issues of human rights and the importance of a free press with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. Mr Biden was in the Indian capital to attend the G20 summit. He also held a bilateral meeting with Mr Modi. The US president left India on…
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Moment wedding in Morocco interrupted by earthquake
Video footage shows the moment a powerful earthquake interrupted a music performance at a wedding in Morocco. A singer and musicians can be seen abandoning the stage and fleeing through a doorway at a ceremony in Marrakech. Friday’s earthquake, the country’s deadliest in 60 years, killed more than 2,000 people.
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Hong Kong: Cliffside mansions at risk of collapse after record rains
By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore Several multi-million dollar mansions at a cliffside estate in Hong Kong are at risk of collapse after record rains last week eroded their foundations. The rains loosened the soil and carved the side of the cliff in the southern district of Tai Tam, an enclave of celebrities and tycoons.…
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Ex-dancers describe body-shaming at top ballet schools
By Mark Daly A BBC Panorama & File on 4 investigation Former dancers have said there is a long-running “toxic” culture of body-shaming and bullying at two of the UK’s most prestigious ballet schools. The BBC has spoken to more than 50 ex-students of the Royal Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School who attended between…
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Srebrenica: A Serbian scientist’s long quest to name the dead
By Fergal Keane BBC News Dragana Vucetic was just out of college as a newly qualified forensic anthropologist when she was drawn into one of the darkest episodes of modern European history. The call came to help put names to the unidentified victims of the 1995 Srebrenica genocide during the Bosnian War. Now, nearly 30…
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Morocco earthquake: Baby starts life in tent as quake victims await aid
By Carine Torbey and Noura Majdoub in Asni, Morocco Khadija’s baby doesn’t even have a name yet, but her first home is a tent by the side of the road. She was born just minutes before Morocco’s deadly earthquake struck on Friday night. Though the mother and daughter were unhurt, the hospital in Marrakesh they…