| | | | | | With Libyans losing entire families in Sunday’s flood – we look at how the event proved so catastrophic. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has an exclusive on a Russian pilot who tried to shoot down an RAF jet. And speaking of Russia, after President Vladimir Putin’s summit with Kim Jong Un, here's Laura Bicker and North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher's take on the West’s fresh problems with North Korea. Also, scroll down for the story behind one of Diana, Princess of Wales', most famous jumpers.
For today's News Briefing, I've had the help of one of our new writers, Sofia Lotto Persio. You'll be hearing more from her soon. |
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| | | | Top of the agenda | | Fears Libya death toll could reach 20,000 | | | | Rescue teams have been confronted by destruction on a huge scale. Credit: Reuters. |
| | As aid workers battle to reach the remote Libyan city of Derna, heart-rending accounts of loss are emerging in the wake of the deadly floods, which washed entire streets into the sea. One man, unable to find his wife and five children, has told reporters he lost "at least 50 members from my father’s family". More than 5,000 people are confirmed dead and the city’s mayor says the death toll could reach 20,000, with the sea "constantly dumping dozens of bodies". Rescue workers have arrived from Egypt, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey and Qatar – see the destruction they’re facing. Libya has been beset by chaos since Nato’s overthrown of Col Muammar Gaddafi, in 2011. The UN says the country's two rival governments are co-ordinating relief efforts but that the deaths could have been avoided if the country issued warnings. | | | | |
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| | | | | | World headlines | | • | Rogue pilot: A Russian pilot tried to shoot down a UK surveillance plane last September after misunderstanding an order, defence correspondent Jonathan Beale has learned. One of the two missiles fired did not malfunction, as claimed by Russia at the time, but simply missed. Read the full exclusive story. | | • | Caught on camera: A man was arrested in Spain for allegedly groping a journalist reporting live from the scene of a crime. The reporter confronted the man about his actions, which he denied before proceeding to touch her hair. | | • | No laughing matter: The Seattle Police Department is investigating bodycam footage that appears to show an officer laughing about the death of an Indian student who was fatally run over by a patrol car. Hear what he said on police radio. | | • | 'Deeply insensitive': Australian tycoon Tim Gurner, one of the country’s richest men, sparked a global backlash for arguing a hike in the jobless rate would remind workers of their place and reduce “arrogance in the employment market.” He says he "deeply" regrets the comments. | | • | Royal wedding: Norway’s Princess Martha Louise and her fiancé, self-styled shaman Durek Verrett, have set a date for their nuptials. The American guru is expected to move to Norway and join the royal family, but without holding a title. |
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| | | | AT THE SCENE | Khartoum, Sudan | | Looting ravages war-torn capital | | About two million people fled Khartoum after conflict between the army and paramilitary forces broke out in April. Now items looted from the capital's wealthy homes and shops are turning up on stalls in its poorest neighbourhoods. | | | | Zeinab Mohammed Salih, for BBC News |
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| | Almost all women in the Ombada 19 and al-Thawara 29 districts are maids, or used to be maids, working for families in the wealthier parts of Khartoum. Now more maids have advanced to the status of market vendor, selling the looted items at a very cheap price. A digital TV, which normally sells for 150,000 Sudanese pounds ($250; £200), can be picked up for a bargain -10,000 Sudanese pounds. Market vendors no longer sell cheap brands of fava beans, Sudan's staple food, but the bigger and tastier ones normally served at the weddings of wealthier people. |
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| | | | Beyond the headlines | | Hunting the Capitol rioters still at large | | | | The FBI is still searching for more than 300 suspects. Credit: FBI |
| | More than 1,100 people have been charged so far in relation to the US Capitol riot that took place on 6 January 2021, with a series of ringleaders jailed in recent weeks. But the authorities’ work is far from over, with hundreds more suspects identified. Mike Wendling looks at some of those on the FBI’s most-wanted list. | | | | |
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| | | | Something different | | Black sheep | | The story behind Diana's famous jumper, as it heads to auction. | | |
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| | | | And finally... | | It’s not your average cold case. The theft, dating to 1965, involves two buffaloes, a calf and a 78-year-old suspect. Read how an elderly woman proved instrumental in solving the case for Indian police – and what happened next. |
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