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India: Scenes from the Sairang bridge collapse
A railway bridge being built in India has collapsed killing and injuring a number of workers. The incident happened near the town of Sairang in the state of Mizoram, according to the chief minister, Zoramthanga. The cause of the bridge’s collapse is not yet clear. The state-run railway authority has opened an investigation into the…
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West Kelowna fires: ‘We want to go home and find out what’s still there’
Getty Images By Wyre Davies BBC News, West Kelowna, British Columbia Wildfires have ravaged much of western Canada and some of the hundreds of people displaced have been telling the BBC their fears over what may have been destroyed. There was a rare sight in the sky over the Canadian twin towns of Kelowna and…
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WATCH: Drone shows people trapped in Pakistan cable car
Suspended precariously in mid-air, drone footage, exclusively obtained by the BBC, shows the passengers of a stranded cable car in Pakistan. All of the people inside the cable car, six children and two adults, were saved during a 12 hour rescue operation which included a military helicopter and zip wire experts. The owner of the…
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Vietnam’s iconic ‘kissing rocks’ at risk of collapse
Getty Images Vietnam’s iconic “kissing rocks” in the heart of Ha Long Bay are at risk of collapse, a report has warned. Ha Long Bay in Quang Ninh province is dotted with hundreds of tiny islets, attracting 4 million tourists in 2019. The twin rocks, which rise out of the bay and appear to touch…
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Alpine guide finds body missing on Austrian glacier since 2001
ÖAV Gletschermessdienst/R Luzian By Bethany Bell BBC News, Vienna The body of a man who is believed to have died more than 20 years ago has been found on a rapidly melting glacier in the Austrian province of Tyrol. Police say a mountain guide discovered the body last week 2,900m (9,500ft) up the Schlatenkees glacier…
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Hawaii wildfires: More than 1,000 still missing as search continues
Getty Images By Brandon Drenon BBC News, Washington More than 1,000 people still remain unaccounted for after a wildfire ripped through Hawaiian town of Lahaina two weeks ago, officials said. Authorities are now expected to make public a list of the missing in the coming days to try to narrow the search. Some search teams…
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Republican debate: The US voters exhausted by their social media feeds
By Marianna Spring BBC Disinformation and Social Media correspondent How is social media affecting what Americans think about their presidential candidates and next year’s election? Ahead of the first Republican debate in Wisconsin, a diverse panel of voters explain what they’re seeing online and how it informs their views. I’m at a bar in the…
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Israeli Arabs demand action over spike in murders linked to organised crime
AFP By Tom Bateman & David Gritten BBC News, in Jerusalem and London Israeli Arab groups are calling for an emergency session of the country’s parliament, after the latest series of murders within the community. Four men were shot dead in the Arab town of Abu Snan, in the northern Galilee region, on Tuesday. Three…
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‘My goodness!’ – BBC reporter’s live reaction to India’s success
India has completed its historic mission to land near the Moon’s south pole. The BBC’s South Asia correspondent was at the space centre in Bangalore. She filmed her tense wait to see if the mission was successful and her reaction when the outcome was clear. Read the latest here.
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Rare fire tornado seen in British Columbia
This fire whirl was seen over Gun Lake in British Columbia. Fire whirls are created when there is a combination of high fire intensity, strong winds and air mass instability. Fire whirls are also known as a fire tornados and are intensely rotating columns of gas and flame.