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Eight persons are feared to be trapped below the rubble of two buildings that collapsed following an explosion within the south of France. TV footage confirmed clouds of smoke rising from the ruins as firefighters tried to douse the flames in Marseille. Sniffer canines are looking for victims.The explanation for the explosion just isn't but recognized, mentioned Marseille prosecutor Dominique Laurens.The buildings' collapse brought about a hearth that has difficult the rescue effort, Ms Laurens advised reporters. Five individuals had been taken to hospital with severe however not life threatening accidents.A person who gave his title solely as Roland mentioned survivors had "lost everything"."We have nothing, not even an ID card," he advised native newspaper La Provence.He ma...

KYIV, Ukraine — Weekend shelling by Russian forces killed not less than seven civilians, Ukrainian officers reported Sunday as Pope Francis and Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby used their conventional Easter messages to spotlight the battle in Ukraine and different conflicts world wide. While Russia c...

Tiger Woods has withdrawn from The Masters resulting from harm.Woods, a five-time winner, visibly struggled on Saturday in relentless rain and chilly circumstances on the opening golf main of the yr. Making simply his second begin of 2023, he battled to shut a second-round 74 on Saturday morning, which noticed him slip again to final place of the 54 gamers to qualify for the final 36 holes.He had earlier secured a record-equalling twenty third consecutive midway minimize.The 15-time main champion snuck via on the minimize mark of three over, regardless of bogeying his remaining two holes. He then fell additional behind after a nightmare begin to his third spherical.Woods - starting on the again 9 - regarded in bodily discomfort as he made two bogeys and two double-bogeys over...

The Chinese army on Sunday simulated a sequence of “precision strikes” in opposition to key targets in Taiwan, as Chinese battleships, fighter jets and drones carried out a second straight day of main drills simply miles from the island. China’s state-run China Daily newspaper reported that the army’s East...

An "absolutely devastated" north London rabbi says his group is feeling a "sense of pain and grief" after the killing of two British-Israeli sisters within the occupied West Bank.Maia and Rina Dee, reportedly aged 20 and 15 respectively, had been shot useless when their automotive was attacked by Palestinian assailants close to an Israeli settlement on Friday. Their 45-year-old mom, Lucy Dee, was critically wounded, whereas their father, Rabbi Leo Dee, witnessed the assault from a separate car following behind.Rabbi Dee was the senior rabbi at Radlett United Synagogue in Hertfordshire from 2011-2014 and assistant rabbi in Hendon, north London, from 2008-2011. Image: Mordechai Ginsbury, senior rabbi at Hendon United Synagogue ...

MARSEILLE, France — Up to 10 folks could also be buried beneath the particles of a constructing that collapsed following an explosion in France‘s port metropolis of Marseille, however a fireplace deep inside the rubble hindered rescue efforts Sunday, the French inside minister stated. Officials decided tha...

Hamburg's fireplace brigade has issued an "extreme danger" alert as a cloud presumably containing "chemical components" drifts in the direction of town centre. The German metropolis's authorities are advising folks to keep away from the realm and advised residents to shut doorways, home windows and air flow. It comes after a fireplace at a storage facility within the Rothenburgsort district that pressured 140 folks to evacuate.Police say it isn't doable to say how harmful the state of affairs is.There aren't any studies of any casualties. Image: The cloud drifting in the direction of the centre of Hamburg. Pic: @deutschpole Local public broadcaster NDR reported that the hearth broke out at 4.30am at a truck cease.'Extre...

At least 44 individuals have been killed by Islamic extremists in assaults in northern Burkina Faso, the federal government has mentioned.Jihadis launched "despicable and barbaric" assaults on the Kourakou and Tondobi villages in Seno province on Thursday and Friday, mentioned Lt Col PF Rodolphe Sorgho, governor of the Sahel area. He mentioned the federal government was stabilising the world and referred to as on individuals to stay calm.The Sahel area of Burkina Faso has been overrun by Islamist teams linked to al Qaeda and Islamic State which have carried out repeated assaults, killing 1000's and displacing two million individuals over six years.It just isn't clear which group carried out the assaults. The preventing has pissed off and divided the inhabitants, main to 2 nav...

Six rockets have been fired from Syria in the direction of Israel in a single day, in response to the Israeli navy.Only three of the missiles fell inside Israeli territory - two on open floor and one intercepted by air defence techniques, the navy stated. There had been no stories of casualties.Syrian state media later reported explosions in and across the capital Damascus, as Israel stated it was retaliating with artillery and drone strikes geared toward the place the rockets had been launched.Israel stated it additionally launched strikes in opposition to a Syrian military compound, navy radar techniques and artillery posts. Israel's defence forces stated the navy "sees the state of Syria responsible for all activities occurring within its territory and will not allow any a...

ANKARA, Turkey — Russia might pull out of a wartime deal that enables the export of Ukrainian grain to international markets if the West fails to take away obstacles to Russian agricultural exports, Moscow’s high diplomat instructed Friday. The deal, which was brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in J...