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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.

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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.

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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.

United Arab Emirates

Passengers dramatic escape as plane bursts into flames at Dubai airport

A plane crash-landed at Dubai Airport on Wednesday, immediately bursting into flames.

United Arab Emirates

Firefighter dies while battling blaze after Emirates airline crash-lands in Dubai

A firefighter has died while fighting a blaze after an Emirates Airlines plane burst into flames after it crash-landed at Dubai International Airport.

Italy

Italy crash: Andria station master 'allowed crash train to pass'

Italy’s president Mattarella met the families of the victims of Tuesday’s train crash in Southern italy at a hospital in Bari.

Italy

Southern Italy train crash possibly caused by "human error"

Station masters relied on communications by telephone to advise on trains on the remote single line track on Southern Italy and no automated brake or signaling system was in place.

Business Series

Tesla questioned further over Autopilot after fatal crash

US safety regulators want detailed information from electric car maker Tesla about the design, operation and testing of its Autopilot technology following a fatal crash in May.

Italy

Italian PM calls for full investigation into head-on rail collision

Italian PM calls for full investigation into train disaster Death toll rises to at least 27 “Human error a factor” Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has demanded a full investigation into Tuesday

Italy

'We must find out cause' of fatal Italy train collision, says Renzi

Italian authorities say 20 people died and dozens were injured when two passenger trains collided head on in the Puglia region in the south of the country.

Italy

Twenty dead and more injured as passenger trains collide in southern Italy

Reports from Italy say at least 20 people have died, and more have been injured, after two passenger trains collided in the Puglia region in the south of the…

Italy

Twenty dead after head on train collision in southern Italy

Reports from Italy say at least 20 people have died, and more have been injured, after two passenger trains collided in the Puglia region in the south of the…

Spain

One of Spain's top bullfighters is gored to death live on TV

Top matador Victor Barrio was pierced in the chest live on TV and in front of hundreds of spectators, including his wife, at a tournament in the eastern region of Aragon.

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Spain: four injured in fourth San Fermin bull-run

Four runners were gored in the fourth bull-run of Pamplona’s San Fermin festival in northern Spain.