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​ Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe Somarco dam collapse in 2015 caused a deadly mudslide Mining giant BHP Billiton says it will defend itself against a class action lawsuit in Australia over Brazil’s 2015 dam disaster. The collapse of a dam at a Samarco mine killed 19 people and led to Brazil’s largest environmental disaster. The Samarco… Continue reading Brazil dam disaster that killed 19 people: BHP Billiton faces lawsuit in Australia

​ Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe beach in Ocean City, Maryland, is popular among locals and tourists A woman has been injured by a beach umbrella that flew through the air and impaled her chest in the US state of Maryland, officials say. The 46-year-old woman, who was sitting in a chair on the beach in… Continue reading Beach umbrella fall off, piercing woman in chest in Ocean City, Maryland

​ Image copyrightSWNSImage captionThe attack happened at a branch of Home Bargains in Worcester Three men have been arrested after a three-year-old was seriously injured in a suspected acid attack. The boy was in a pushchair when he was “deliberately attacked” at Home Bargains in Worcester at 14:15 BST on Saturday. West Mercia Police said… Continue reading Acid attack on three-year-old boy: Three men arrested

Image copyrightAFPImage captionAl-Shabab is an al-Qaeda-linked group fighting to overthrow the UN-backed Somali government Islamist militants have stormed a military base in southern Somalia after detonating a suicide car bomb. The al-Shabab militant group says it killed 27 soldiers in the raid, which began just after early morning prayers. A Somali military officer said reinforcements… Continue reading 27 Soldiers dead, many wounded as Somalia’s al-Shabab carries out attack on military base

Media caption‘It just seemed very surreal’ Two people have been killed and 12 others wounded, one of them critically, by a gunman who opened fire on a busy avenue in Canada’s largest city. One of the dead was a young woman, while the person critically injured in the attack in the Greektown district of Toronto… Continue reading Toronto shooting: 14 casualties in deadly attack

​ A giant mural entitled The Heroes has been created in Chiang Rai, Thailand, to honour the rescue operation that saved 12 young footballers and their coach, who were trapped in a cave for over a fortnight. Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES The artwork was created by a team of local artists, and prominently… Continue reading Thai cave: Artists’ huge painting + statue honours rescue heroes

​ Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionJohn Kasich has granted clemency to a killer sentenced to die A US governor has spared a convicted killer sentenced to die after a juror said that his childhood abuse had not been properly detailed at trial. Ohio Governor John Kasich commuted Raymond Tibbetts’ sentence to life in jail due to “fundamental… Continue reading Ohio death row inmate spared after childhood abuse revelations

​ Image copyrightLIZ OSBORNEImage captionKate Osborne was last seen in Bali in 2003 When Kate Osborne vanished while living in Bali, rumours swirled that her disappearance was connected to the drugs underworld. Now 15 years on, her mother, Liz, says the family have had to accept they may never know what happened. “There is no… Continue reading ‘I have to accept my daughter is gone’

https://emp.bbc.co.uk/emp/SMPj/2.21.6/iframe.html Media captionRichard Nelson: I found my son Stuart lying ‘lifeless’ A Fife father has spoken for the first time about the death of his young son on the family farm last year. Richard Nelson accidentally ran over three-year-old Stuart while reversing a forklift truck. He told the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme: “It was a total accident.… Continue reading ‘My son was killed by my forklift truck’

​ The South African government has offered relatives of miners killed in the 2012 Marikana massacre the sum of 100m rand ($7.4m; £5.7m) in compensation. Police shot dead 34 miners on strike over wages, saying they were acting in self-defence. The shooting at the Lonmin platinum mine was the most deadly police incident since the … Continue reading SA offers compensation of more than $7 Million for Marikana mine killings

The US has extended its designation of the al-Shabab jihadist group as a Foreign Terrorist Organisation to include a Kenya-based wing of the group known as al-Hijra. Washington says al-Hijra is interconnected with al-Shabab and consists mainly of Kenyan and Somali members. The move comes at the end of a legally required five-year review of … Continue reading US adds Kenyan wing of Al-Shabab to terror list

Getty ImagesUK consumers’ growing tastes for outdoor eating are fuelling charcoal exports Nigeria has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world and conservationists say the charcoal industry is fuelling the problem, as demand for charcoal grows internationally. Last year the country imported more than 10,000 tonnes of charcoal from Nigeria, according to UN … Continue reading Nigerian barbecues to blame for ‘alarming’ tree felling rate

​ Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionKaren McDougal says she was tricked into staying silent about the alleged affair US President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen secretly recorded his client discussing payments to a former Playboy model, US media report. The tapes were reportedly discovered during an FBI raid on Mr Cohen’s property earlier this year … Continue reading EXPOSED! Trump ‘secretly recorded discussing payment to Pornstar’

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe heatwave has filled public parks, but also caused many deaths People across Japan have been urged to take precautions against a heatwave that has killed about 30 people. Thousands more have sought hospital treatment for heat-related conditions over the past two weeks. Temperatures reached 40.7C (105F) in central Japan earlier this … Continue reading Japan heatwave: Hot temperatures kill 30 just after flooding with claimed more than 200 lives

​ Image copyrightAFPImage captionA fireball rises from Gaza city following an Israeli air strike on Friday Israel has attacked military targets in the Gaza Strip, after its soldiers came under gunfire at the border. The Israeli military announced that one soldier had died from his wounds, the first in the most recent clashes. Gaza officials … Continue reading Israel carries out revenge Gaza strikes as soldier dies from gunshot

​ https://emp.bbc.co.uk/emp/SMPj/2.21.6/iframe.html Media captionVideo shows the tourist boat before it capsized on a lake in Missouri The 17 victims who died when a tour boat sank in a Missouri lake on Thursday included nine members of one family, officials in the US state say. A surviving relative told US media that the boat’s captain had … Continue reading Nine of out 17 dead US ‘boat’ victims were from the same family – governor

​ Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionJames Gunn has worked on the Guardians of the Galaxy films and the Avengers franchise Disney has removed James Gunn as director of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 after a number of offensive social media posts resurfaced online. The American filmmaker apologised after old tweets in which he appeared to … Continue reading Guardians of the Galaxy director fired over offensive tweets

​ News agencies say four Cameroonian soldiers have been arrested for their involvement in a disturbing video which has caused outrage on social media. In the clip men wearing military fatigues shoot two women, including one with a baby on her back, and a little girl. They are heard accusing the victims of being connected … Continue reading Cameroon soldiers ‘arrested’ over execution video

​ A 24-year-old Kenyan woman has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing her boyfriend. Ruth Kamande was 21 when she was charged with murder for stabbing her 24-year-old boyfriend Farid Mohammed to death. Since her arrest in 2015, she has been held in Lang’ata women’s jail in Nairobi, where she won a prisoners’ … Continue reading Death sentence for ‘prison beauty queen’

​ Getty Images Close to 600 cases of dogs attacking people were reported in the central Mozambican province of Tete during the first six months of 2018. That is a 60% increase compared the same period last year. Dog bites can be lethal as many people in Mozambique are not vaccinated against rabies. Victims are … Continue reading Dog attacks 2 people in central Mozambique