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Nicolas Cage's Malibu mansion severely damaged by massive sinkhole

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Four trapped after Athens apartment block collapses, fire brigade says

Emergency services have been deployed to the scene to help with the search and rescue operation and footage shown on local media showed workers walking in the rubble looking for signs of life.

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South Korea overpass collapse kills three in Seoul

South Korea authorities launched an investigation after part of a decades-old overpass collapsed in Seoul on 26 May. The accident killed three people and disrupted rail traffic near the capital’s main station.

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Kenya: Nairobi building collapse kills at least two and injures several others

Kenya is dealing with the aftermath of a building collapse in Nairobi that killed at least four people during a demolition that went wrong.

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Rescuers race to find survivors after deadly nursing home collapse in Brazil

Brazil is searching for survivors after part of a building housing a nursing home collapsed in Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state. At least six people have died and several others remain missing as firefighters continue to dig through the debris.

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Explosion and fire in Utrecht cause building collapses and injuries

A large blast in Utrecht caused several buildings to collapse, injuring at least four people. Emergency services are still searching for potential victims.

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Medieval Torre dei Conti in Rome partially collapses during renovation

Part of Rome’s 13th-century Torre dei Conti collapsed during renovation, injuring a worker and prompting a major rescue near the Roman Forum

Turkey

Two dead after seven-storey building collapses in Turkey

The incident in the northwest city of Gebze on Wednesday also injured three others, with officials saying all five casualties are from the same family.

Spain

Four dead after building collapses in central Madrid

The victims reportedly include three construction workers from Ecuador, Mali, and Guinea-Conakry and an architect involved in the renovation project.

World News

6.9-magnitude earthquake in the Philippines kills at least 69

The epicentre of the earthquake that struck late Tuesday was roughly 19 kilometres northeast of the coastal city of Bogo. A tsunami warning was temporarily issued but later lifted.

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Rescuers search for survivors after school collapse in Indonesia

At least one student was killed and dozens more were injured or feared trapped after a four-storey prayer hall collapsed at an Islamic boarding school in Indonesia’s East Java province on Monday.

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Gaza boy searches rubble for grandparents after deadly Israeli attack

A video posted by journalist Saeed Hasaballah on Sunday shows a young boy searching through the rubble of a collapsed building in Gaza after an Israeli strike.

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Vehicles plunge into river after bridge collapse in India

At least nine people have died after a bridge collapsed in Gujarat’s Vadodara district, where heavy rains have battered western India in recent days.

Earth News

Experts warn of growing glacier-related risks from climate change

As climate change accelerates, the World Meteorological Organisation is calling for more investment in monitoring and forecasting of glaciers to help protect mountain communities.

Europe News

Swiss villages on flood alert after glacier collapse buries Blatten

Focus has now shifted to the safety of those living near the Lonza River, which the regional government warns could flood as a result of dammed water flows caused by debris.

Earth News

Swiss glacier collapse highlights rising risk from global warming

Scientists say greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels such as coal have already locked in enough global warming to doom many of the world's glaciers.

Europe News

Massive glacier collapse devastates Swiss village of Blatten

A large section of a glacier in the Swiss Alps has broken off, resulting in a torrent of ice, mud, and rock that has submerged the majority of a village evacuated earlier this month as a security precaution.