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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.
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Watch India’s successful landing on the Moon
India’s Chandrayaan-3 becomes the first space mission to land near the south pole of the Moon. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined the launch event via video conference from South Africa where he is attending a summit of Brics nations. India’s space agency broadcast a live simulation of the touchdown. Watch how it all unfolded.
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India makes historic landing near Moon’s south pole
India has made history as its Moon mission became the first to land in the lunar south pole region. With this, India joins an elite club of countries to achieve a soft landing on the Moon, after the US, the former Soviet Union and China. Celebrations have broken out across India after the successful touchdown…
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Russian general who ran Ukraine war fired
Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS By Paul Kirby BBC News One of Russia’s leading military figures, Gen Sergei Surovikin, has reportedly lost his job as air force chief after weeks of speculation his disappearance from public view. Ria Novosti agency said he had been relieved of his post, citing a source. For several months Gen Surovikin…
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At least 17 dead in India railway bridge collapse
This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. By Ece Goksedef & Kathryn Armstrong BBC News At least 26 people have been killed and more are feared missing after a railway bridge under construction collapsed in north-eastern India, officials said. The incident occurred near the…
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Huge fire rages in China office building
A huge fire has ripped through an office building in China’s northern port city of Tianjin. The local fire department said nearly 300 firefighters and 62 fire engines were deployed to battle the blaze at the 26-floor Xintiandi Building. No casualties or trapped people have been reported, Tianjin fire department added.