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Four dead in Hungary in fog pile-up

Fatal foggy pile-up in Hungary

World News

Watch: Biker's last-second leap from path of onrushing train

A trail biker had a near-death experience when he was forced to leap out of the path of an oncoming train into a nearby creek.

USA

California dam evacuees are told they can go home

An evacuation order for around 180,000 people who live below the highest dam in the US has been lifted.

Luxembourg

Train ignores stop sign in Luxembourg, crashes into another, killing one driver

Two trains have collided after one ignored a stop sign in Luxembourg near the French border, killing one person and injuring six.

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Luxembourg

Fatal train collision in Luxembourg near French border

One person has died and six people have been injured following the collision between a goods and passenger train in Luxembourg near the French border.

France

France: Three family members killed in Alpine avalanche

Three members of the same family and their snowboarding instructor were killed in an Alpine avalanche on Monday – the worst such accident since the start of the ski-ing season in…

Taiwan

Taiwan bus crash leaves 32 dead

At least 32 people were killed when a tour bus flipped over on a highway in Taiwan on Monday night.

USA

Truck lands on police car in high winds

World News

Polish prime minister in car crash

Polish prime minister Beata Szydlo has suffered bruising in a car crash in the south of the country.

Angola

17 dead in Angola stadium stampede

At least 17 people have died and many more have been injured in a stampede at a football match in Angola.

World News

Flamanville nuclear power plant blast: no radioactive leak, say officials

Authorities in northern France say there is no risk of contamination after an explosion occured at the Flamanville nuclear power plant.

France

Explosion at Flamanville nuclear power plant, several people injured

An explosion has erupted at EDF’s Flamanville nuclear power plant in northern France.

Malaysia

Malaysia: Six missing after boat carrying Chinese tourists sinks

Malaysia on Monday broadened its search for six people still missing after a boat carrying Chinese tourists capsized at the weekend.

USA

NASA remembers Challenger and Apollo 1 disasters

31-years ago the Challenger Space shuttle broke apart little more than a minute after taking off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

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Shock as sinkhole swallows truck

A pick-up truck in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania (US), was partially swallowed when a large sinkhole opened up. No-one was injured in the incident.

Portugal

Lisbon ferry crash leaves 34 injured

The boat was travelling from Barreiro on the other side of the Tagus when the accident occurred.

Iran

Five more bodies found after Tehran building collapse

At least 20 firefighters were killed when the 17-storey building collapsed after being engulfed by fire.

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USA: train smashes into lorry

A train ploughed into a lorry after an apparent problem at a railroad crossing in Utah.

Italy

Six killed in Italy after rescue helicopter crashes

Six people have been killed in central Italy after a rescue helicopter crashed.

Italy

3 puppies found in Hotel Rigopiano- giving hope to rescue workers

The mood of rescue workers at the Hotel Rigopiano has been sombre over the weekend.