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​ https://emp.bbc.com/emp/SMPj/2.21.4/iframe.html Media captionFires have spread easily in hot, dry weather Forest fires raging across Sweden as far north as the Arctic Circle have prompted authorities to ask for international assistance. On Wednesday afternoon, 44 fires were burning from Lapland in the far north to the southern island of Gotland. Hot weather and persistent drought … Continue reading Sweden battles wildfires from Arctic Circle to Baltic Sea

​ Share Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe accused men covered their faces as they were brought to court under tight security in Chennai Seventeen men have been charged in India with the gang-rape of an 11-year-old deaf girl in the city of Chennai. Police say she was raped repeatedly since the start of the year. They say … Continue reading India rape: 17 men accused of multiple attacks on 11-year-old girl in Chennai

Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES/GOOGLE Google has been fined a record €4.34bn ($5bn; £3.9bn) over Android. The European Commission said the firm had used the mobile operating system to illegally “cement its dominant position” in search. The firm’s parent Alphabet has been given 90 days to change its business practices or face further penalties of up to 5% of … Continue reading Google hit with €4.3bn Android fine from EU

​ At least 40 people have been killed in floods in Katsina state in north-west Nigeria. Heavy rains late on Sunday caused a river in the town of Jibia to burst its banks. Local emergency services told the BBC that at one point water levels reached the roofs of houses. Thousands of properties were destroyed, … Continue reading Nigeria floods kill 40

​​ It sounds like the plot to a bad film. As the court hears a case against 14 senior officials from Kenya’s state-run electricity provider – with charges including conspiracy to defeat justice – the power goes out. Only, it isn’t the plot to a bad film. It actually happened this morning in Milimani Law … Continue reading Lights go out during Kenya power officials court case

​​ It sounds like the plot to a bad film. As the court hears a case against 14 senior officials from Kenya’s state-run electricity provider – with charges including conspiracy to defeat justice – the power goes out. Only, it isn’t the plot to a bad film. It actually happened this morning in Milimani Law … Continue reading Lights go out during Kenya power officials court case

​​ It sounds like the plot to a bad film. As the court hears a case against 14 senior officials from Kenya’s state-run electricity provider – with charges including conspiracy to defeat justice – the power goes out. Only, it isn’t the plot to a bad film. It actually happened this morning in Milimani Law … Continue reading Lights go out during Kenya power officials court case

In Ethiopia, officials of the Oromia and Somali regional states have agreed to the deployment of soldiers and police to end a conflict that has displaced more than 800,000 people. They also said a series of public meetings would be held in the communities along the states’ common border to help build peace. On Monday, … Continue reading Ethiopia deploys soldiers to end conflict

​In World War II, clandestine maps were printed onto cloth handkerchiefs to be used by Allied servicemen in case of capture behind enemy lines. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit Share on WhatsApp Share on Google+ Share by Ema Treasuring my father-in-law’s old cloth hankies sounds unpleasant. But they hold a secret. They … Continue reading How we escaped death during World war 2 using our handkerchiefs

​ Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThree of the band members were arrested and convicted for the cathedral performance in 2012 The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has condemned Russia’s arrest and imprisonment of the feminist punk band Pussy Riot in 2012. In a ruling, the court held Russia had violated five articles of the convention, … Continue reading Pussy Riot: Russia condemned by European rights court

Image copyrightEPAImage captionThe plane came down shortly after take-off from Havana A plane crash in Cuba which killed 112 people was caused by “human error”, the Mexican charter company which owns the plane says. Damojh Airlines said a study of the data recorders showed the Boeing 737 had taken off too steeply. Mexican pilots’ union … Continue reading Cuba plane crash with more than 100 casualties: Flight company blames Mexican crew on board

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Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionThe 12 boys and their coach pictured with a drawing of Saman Gunan (also spelled Kunan), who died working to rescue them The 12 young footballers who were saved from a Thai cave after an international rescue effort are mourning a former Navy Seal who died in the operation. Volunteer diver Saman Gunan … Continue reading Thai cave rescue: Thai boys’ tears for lost rescue diver Saman

​ Image copyrightAFPImage captionEstimates suggest there are fewer than 5,500 black rhinos in the world Eight endangered black rhinos have died while being transported to a new wildlife reserve in Kenya. They died after drinking water with high concentrations of salt, the Kenyan government says. The animals were among 14 black rhinos being transported from Nairobi … Continue reading 8 Endangered black rhinos die of poisioning while being transported

​ Share this with Twitter   Share Image copyrightEPAImage captionA suicide bombing earlier this month killed more than a dozen people in the Afghan city of Jalalabad The number of civilians killed in the long-running war in Afghanistan reached a record high in the first six months of this year, the UN says. Some 1,692 … Continue reading Afghanistan conflict: Civilian deaths hit record high, says UN

​ Share Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionThe bodies of the boys were recovered from the Matamuhuri river late on Saturday Five teenage students have drowned in a river in Bangladesh moments after playing a football match, police say. The boys, from a school in the south-eastern Cox’s Bazar district, went to bathe after a friendly game … Continue reading Five boys drown in river after playing football match

​ Share Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionProtesters accused the police of being “murderers” Police in Chicago have clashed with protesters after an officer fatally shot a black man who was suspected of carrying a gun. A crowd of about 150 people shouted “murderers”, threw objects and jumped on police cars during the confrontation in Chicago’s South Side … Continue reading Protesters fight back injuring officers after police kill black man

​ Share Image copyrightREUTERSImage captionMs Hernandez survived by drinking water at a nearby creek A US woman whose vehicle plunged off a California cliff has been found alive a week after she was reported missing. Angela Hernandez, 23, survived by using the hose from her jeep’s radiator to siphon water from a creek, Monterey County … Continue reading Woman rescued a week after falling down a cliff with her jeep into the ocean

​ Image copyrightGETTY IMAGESImage captionEmmett Till had been visiting family in Mississippi when he was brutally killed The US government has reopened an investigation into the 1955 murder of a black 14-year-old boy whose death galvanised the civil rights movement. A Department of Justice (DOJ) report states the agency had received “new information” about the … Continue reading US reopens investigation of Emmett Till slaying 63 years later

​ Following the controversy that ensued her statement that she prefers Yemi Alade as a singer to Tiwa Savage because she has a better vocal range; radio presenter, Misi Molu has made a reaction. Misi Molu reacted to the posts Tiwa Savage used to insinuate that she (Misi Molu) had earlier begged her (Tiwa Savage) for money via social media … Continue reading Tiwa Savage Should Prove I Begged Her For Money – OAP, Misi Molu