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Image copyright Justice4Harry19 Image caption Harry Dunn died in hospital after his motorbike was involved in a crash outside RAF Croughton The US has turned down an extradition request for a woman who is to be charged with causing the death of teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn. Mr Dunn, 19, died after a crash in Northamptonshire […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhat’s life like in quarantined Wuhan? China has widened a lockdown in Hubei province – the centre of the coronavirus outbreak – as the death toll climbed to 26. At least 10 cities in the central Chinese province, which has a population of 60 million, have travel […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Jhon Viáfara was arrested in Cali, Colombia, in March last year Former Colombian international footballer Jhon Viáfara has been extradited to the US on drug trafficking charges. Mr Viáfara, 41, was arrested a year ago in the Colombian city of Cali in a joint operation involving Colombian police and […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The victims (from left) were Ian McBeth, Paul Clyde Hudson and Rick A DeMorgan Jr Three US firefighters who died when their air tanker crashed while battling blazes in Australia have been identified. Captain Ian McBeth, 45, first officer Paul Clyde Hudson, 43, and flight engineer Rick A DeMorgan Jr, […]
Image copyright Weibo Image caption She posted pictures of her meal on social media platform WeChat The Chinese embassy in Paris has tracked down a woman from Wuhan who said she took tablets to pass airport health checks. The woman boasted on social media that she had been suffering from a fever, but managed to […]
Image copyright The Washington Post/Getty Images US senators have been accused of falling asleep, playing games and breaking other rules during President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Jim Risch and Jim Inhofe are among members who have apparently nodded off during the lengthy hearings. Crossword puzzles, fidget spinners and at least one paper airplane have been […]
Image copyright Reuters Image caption An emotional support peacock was turned away from Newark airport in 2018 The US is seeking to limit the kinds of animals that airlines must allow on board for free. The Department of Transportation has proposed to restrict that right to dogs that are trained to help people with disabilities. […]
Image copyright NSW GOVERNMENT Image caption Fire authorities said there were no survivors in the crash An air tanker has crashed in a fireball while fighting bushfires in Australia, killing the three people on board. Officials lost contact with the C-130 Hercules plane shortly before 13:30 local time (02:30 GMT) on Thursday. The cause of […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionThe BBC’s online health editor talks us through what we know about the virus A sense of anxiety is growing in Wuhan as the Chinese city goes into lockdown in an effort to control the spread of a deadly virus which has left 17 dead. The authorities […]
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionSchiff: ‘The facts are damning’ US Democrats have ruled out a “witness swap” with Republicans in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Lawmakers who are seeking to remove the president from office hope to hear testimony from his former National Security Adviser John Bolton. But Democrats refused any […]
Image copyright NIKESH PAREKH/AFP Image caption Police asked the public to keep clear of the area following the shooting One person was killed and seven others seriously wounded, one of them a child, when a gunman opened fire in a busy area of the US city of Seattle. Police said the gunman fled the scene […]
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz in January 1945 On 27 January 1945, Soviet troops cautiously entered Auschwitz. Primo Levi – one of the most famous survivors – was lying in a camp hospital with scarlet fever when the liberators arrived. The men cast “strangely embarrassed glances at the sprawling bodies, […]