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Raigad: Dozens still missing as India landslide search called off
Getty Images Indian authorities have called off efforts to find survivors four days after a deadly landslide hit a village in the western state of Maharashtra. Twenty-seven bodies were found while 57 people are still missing after the landslide, which occurred in Irshalwadi village in Raigad district. Rescue efforts were hindered by the tough terrain…
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Coach found alive in China school gym collapse
At least 11 people have been killed after a roof of a school gymnasium completely caved in while it was being used by a girls’ volleyball team in north-east China. Officials said 19 people were in the building in Qiqihar city, in the industrial Heilongjiang Province. According to eyewitnesses, many of the victims were children.
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Rhodes fires: Planes sent to collect stranded Britons
Reuters By Thomas Mackintosh, Sean Seddon & Andre Rhoden-Paul BBC News Hundreds of holidaymakers have landed back in the UK following wildfires on Rhodes, with more repatriation flights set to take place. As many as 10,000 Britons are estimated to be on the Greek island – part of which has been ravaged by fierce fires.…
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New Zealand: Minster quits after drink driving crash
Getty Images By Derek Cai BBC News, Singapore New Zealand’s justice minister has resigned with immediate effect, after failing an alcohol breath test in the wake of a car crash. 39-year old Kiri Allan was charged with careless driving and resisting arrest. She is the fourth minister from Prime Minister Chris Hipkins’ cabinet to leave…
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China: Ten die in gymnasium roof collapse, one arrested
Chinese local media At least 11 people are now known to have died after the roof of school gymnasium collapsed under heavy rain in north-east China, state media reports. Officials say 19 people were trapped inside the gym when it collapsed. Eyewitnesses told media that many of the victims are children, although this is yet…
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Russia accuses Ukraine of Moscow drone attack
Reuters By George Wright BBC News Russia has accused Ukraine of being behind a drone attack that damaged at least two buildings in the capital Moscow early on Monday morning. The Russian defence ministry said two Ukrainian drones were “suppressed and crashed”, adding that there were no casualties. Russia’s Tass news agency reported that one…
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Sudan’s Darfur terror: The radio presenter who gave birth and kept walking
By Mercy Juma BBC News, Adré After her three sons were killed, a heavily pregnant radio presenter fled the war in Sudan’s Darfur region on foot – and gave birth to a baby boy at the border crossing with Chad. “I delivered it on the road. There were no midwives and no-one to support me.…
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Sophia Duleep Singh: Indian princess who fought for women to vote in UK
Alamy By Meryl Sebastian BBC News Sophia Duleep Singh, a princess who fought for women’s voting rights in the UK, remains a little-known figure in India, the country of her ancestry. In 1910, she was part of a delegation of 300 suffragettes who marched towards the parliament in London, seeking an audience with then Prime…
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Ukraine war: Russia hits Odesa after killing grain deal
Getty Images By James Waterhouse BBC Ukraine Correspondent, Odesa The Ukraine Grain Deal. 22 July 2022 – 17 July 2023. A short life, with its flaws, but the only diplomatic light in the darkness of Russia’s invasion. It had allowed Ukraine to export its grain to the world through the Black Sea. A third less…
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Taliban beauty salon ban: Three Afghan women mourn the end of a valued service
Getty Images By Turpekai Gharanai BBC Afghan Hair and beauty salons across Afghanistan will close on Monday on the Taliban’s orders. Their closure will lead to the loss of an estimated 60,000 jobs. Salons had been allowed to keep operating since the Taliban retook power two years ago, but it reversed its position last month.…