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Egypt

Four people smugglers arrested in Egypt after migrant boat capsizes

Four suspected people smugglers have been arrested in Egypt after at least 42 people were killed when a boat carrying hundreds of African migrants capsized off the Egyptian…

Indonesia

At least one dead, over a dozen hurt in blast on Bali tourist boat

At least one person has been killed in an explosion on board a boat carrying foreign tourists off the coast of Bali.

World News

Crew member dies in safety drill on world's biggest cruise ship

A Filipino crew member died and two others were critically injured when a lifeboat fell off the world’s biggest cruise liner.

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Plane carrying 14 tonnes of fuel skids off Indonesia runway

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South Africa

South Africa: emergency service work to save illegal workers trapped in mine

Rescuers are working to recover a group of illegal miners who became trapped in a South African gold mine last Wednesday (September 7).

Germany

Two crew killed in river cruise boat collision in southern Germany

Two crew members have died when a river cruise boat hit a bridge in southern Germany.

Spain

At least three dead after train derails in Galicia, Spain

At least three people were killed on Friday after a train derailed in Galicia in north-western Spain, emergency services said.

Israel

Sudden collapse kills two in Tel Aviv carpark accident

An inquiry has been promised following the death of at least two people in Tel Aviv when a carpark under construction collapsed.

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Bridge collapses on UK motorway

One person was injured when a footbridge collapsed over the M20 motorway in Kent, near London.

United Kingdom

UK: M20 bridge collapse causes travel chaos

A pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a UK motorway on one of the busiest travel days of the year.

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Puerto Rico: 105 injured in fire on cruise ship

More than 500 passengers and crew evacuated from a burning ship about a mile off Puerto Rico’s north coast, with many requiring medical care, though there were no reported fatalities or life-threateni

Greece

Four die in Greek boat collision near the island of Aegina close to Athens

Four people have been killed and at least five injured after pleasure boat with 20 people on board collided with a speedboat near the Greek island of Aegina, close to Athens.

World News

Four dead after two boats collide near the Greek island of Aegina close to Athens

At least four people have been killed and five others injured after a speedboat and pleasure boat collided off the Greek island of Ageina close to Athens, according to the Greek coastguard.

China

China: Two survive in cement-tanker crash

Two people were lucky enough to survive after their car was crushed by a cement tanker in east China’s Zhejiang Province on Monday morning.

Brazil

Germany's canoe slalom coach dies after car crash

Stefan Henze was travelling with a team-mate in a taxi to the athletes village in Rio early on Friday when the car crashed into a barrier.

Sport

Several people injured after camera comes crashing down at Rio Olympics

An overhead television camera suspended by cables crashed to the ground in the Olympic Park on Monday.

France

Forty-five injured after firecrackers spark panic in southern France

As many forty-five people have been injured in a French holiday resort close to Nice after firecrackers prompted panic.

Iraq

12 babies die in Iraq hospital fire

The blaze broke out late on Tuesday inside the maternity unit at the Yarmouk Teaching Hospital in the west of the Iraqi capital.

World News

Two British climbers found dead on Matterhorn

Their bodies were found in a ravine on the Italian side of the mountain.

United Arab Emirates

'Jump! Jump! Jump! Leave your bags behind!' - Chaos inside crashed Dubai plane

Amateur video footage from on board a crashed Emirates Boeing 777 reveal passengers' panic as the scramble to escape the flaming jet.