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Five people found alive after week trapped in flooded Laos cave

The search is continuing for a further two villagers who are still missing, rescuers say. Source link

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Four killed as school minibus collides with train in Belgium

Two schoolchildren, their chaperone and the minibus driver were killed in the crash, says a Belgian minister. Source link

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Deal with US not imminent, Iran says

CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, has reported that US intelligence believes Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei – who was injured in an Israeli strike

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Bolivian minister's convoy ambushed while overseeing roadblock clearance

Security forces were met by resistance while attempting to clear highway barriers, amid unrest over the government’s economic policies. Source link

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Senegal's president sacks PM and former ally after months-long feud

Bassirou Diomaye Faye also dissolved the government, creating uncertainty amid a debt crisis in the country. Source link

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Angry crowd sets Ebola hospital tents on fire in DR Congo

Grieving relatives and friends of a suspected Ebola victim were prevented from taking his body for burial. Source link

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Gonorrhoea and syphilis hit record levels in Europe, data shows

“These infections can cause severe complications, such as chronic pain and infertility and, in the case of syphilis, problems with the heart or nervous system,”

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More die of suspected Ebola as WHO warns that numbers will rise further

In its latest update, the World Health Organization says there have now been 139 suspected deaths and 600 cases. Source link

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Anti-government demonstrators and police clash in Bolivia

Protesters have been calling for the president to resign after weeks-long unrest. Source link

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Bodies of missing Italian divers found in Maldives

The bodies of all five Italian divers who died in the Maldives last week have now been found, officials tell the BBC. Source link