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USA: One dead, several hurt in Ohio fairground accident

Seats snapped off the 'Fire Ball' ride on the opening night of the State Fair

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Fresh forest fires hit Portugal

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Car smash on China highway

Italy

Italy: 'seven missing' following building collapse

Rescuers dig by hand to try to reach those missing following a building collapse near Naples.

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Chickens close Austrian motorway

A crashed lorry has blocked an Austrain motorway for hours after its cargo of chickens escaped

USA

Taxi driver ploughs into pedestrians after 'pedal mix up'

Authorities in the US state of Massachusetts say a taxi that crashed into a group of people is being treated as an accident.

Russia

Deadly bus and truck crash kills 14 in Russia

At least 14 people have died in a collision between a bus and a truck in Tatarstan, Russia.

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Texas highway closed due to pigs on the loose

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Parked car swallowed up by sinkhole

Brazil

Brazil: car ploughs into Sao Paulo skateborders

Car deliberately drives into skateboarders in Sao Paulo

Colombia

Panic on board a sinking ferry in Colombia

Motorboats rush to the rescue as a packed Colombia tourist ferry sinks

Pakistan

Pakistan oil tanker blast kills more than 140 people

Most of the victims died while trying to siphon fuel from stricken lorry

USA

[Watch] Road rage incident sparks motorway crash

United Kingdom

Two dead and one injured after crane collapse in Crewe

Two men are confirmed dead after a crane collapsed on a construction site in Crewe.

United Kingdom

Grenfell Tower: new images show scale of destruction

Portugal

Portugal burning as wildfires kill scores

portugal burning as forest fires kill

USA

US Navy names seven sailors killed in USS Fitzgerald collision

Investigations are underway after seven US sailors died in a sea collision off the coast of Japan.

United Kingdom

Grenfell Tower fire: 79 presumed missing or dead

Police warn the number of people dead or presumed missing has risen to 79 as criticism is levelled against the government for its response to the tragedy.

Portugal

Death toll climbs above 60 in Portugal forest fire

The EU, France and Spain all offer help as Portugal battles a raging forest fire that has killed more than 60 people.

Japan

Several sailors missing after US navy ship collision

The waterways approaching Tokyo Bay are busy with commercial vessels sailing to and from Japan’s two biggest container ports in Tokyo and Yokohama.