[ad_1] At least six people have died following a fire at a shopping centre in the city of Zigong in China's Sichuan province, according to state media. As of Tuesday evening, a rescue effort was ongoing with 30 people reported to have been saved so far. The fire at the 14-storey building has now been extinguished. Footage broadcast by China's state media and on social media showed thick black smoke
[ad_1] 3 hours agoBy Sam Cabral, BBC News, WashingtonGetty ImagesProminent Democrat Adam Schiff - a California congressman running to be the state's next senator - has called on President Joe Biden to "pass the torch" and allow another Democrat to challenge Donald Trump in November.Mr Schiff said that Mr Biden “has been one of the most consequential presidents in our nation’s history", and he could "secure his legacy of leadership" by allowing
[ad_1] Forty-eight boys in Zambia have been rescued from a male circumcision camp, after desperate complaints by some parents that their children had been abducted.One of the boys was on HIV medication and had not taken his anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs for two weeks, officials confirmed to the BBC.Secretive traditional rite-of-passage ceremonies see boys aged between 10 and 17 spending up to six months in seclusion in the bush.The authorities said
[ad_1] 47 minutes agoBy Vanessa Buschschlüter, BBC NewsTwitter/@VenteVenezuelaMilciades Ávila was arrested at a house he was staying at on Wednesday morningThe head of security of Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has been detained, members of their party say.The security chief, Milciades Ávila, was taken away from the house where he was staying in the capital, Caracas, by members of the Venezuelan security forces, the Vente Venezuela opposition party said.He is the
[ad_1] 10 hours agoBy Hannah Ritchie, BBC News, Sydney Getty ImagesA whistleblower has alleged that greyhounds are being raced at "barbaric" rates in AustraliaIn 2015 Australia’s multi-billion-dollar greyhound racing industry vowed it would clean up its act.A damning investigation at the time had exposed the preventable deaths of as many as 17,000 young dogs a year - revelations so shocking the government of the day rushed to implement an ultimately short-lived ban.Almost
[ad_1] A New York grand jury has indicted a former US Central Intelligence Agency analyst on charges of acting as a spy for the South Korean government in exchange for cash, luxury goods, bags and fancy meals. Sue Mi Terry, who previously worked as a senior official for the White House National Security Council, faces two counts of failing to register as a foreign agent and conspiracy to violate the
[ad_1] 3 hours agoBy Anna Holligan, BBC News in Vijfhuizen Patrick van Katwijk/Getty ImagesSunflowers have become a symbol of the disaster because many of the victims ended up in a sunflower fieldHans de Borst's hands were shaking as he flipped through the memorial service programme.His 17-year-old daughter Elsemiek was on board flight MH17, 10 years ago to the day.Hans was the first family member to arrive in the small amphitheatre at the
[ad_1] Joe Biden has renewed a call for Congress to ban assault rifles, including the model that was used in the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Trump's ear was grazed by a bullet after a gunman shot at him from a nearby rooftop during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday.“An AR-15 was used in the shooting of Donald Trump. This was the assault weapon that killed so many
[ad_1] 6 minutes agoBy David Gritten, BBC NewsReutersHuman Rights Watch says Hamas and other armed groups committed a widespread and systematic attack directed against civilians on 7 OctoberHamas and at least four other Palestinian armed groups committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity against civilians during the 7 October attack on southern Israel, the campaign group Human Rights Watch says.A new report accuses the hundreds of gunmen who breached the Gaza
[ad_1] The Yemeni Houthi rebels has released a video of an attack it claims to have carried out on an oil tanker in the Red Sea. The footage shows a small vessel approach, then collide with the left side of the ship, resulting in a large explosion. BBC Verify has confirmed that the tanker seen in the video is the CHIOS Lion by comparing the video to known images of
