insert_link World Update On Military helicopter and regional jet mid-air collision in Washington Here an update on our 10am news story...A major search and rescue operation is underway in Washington DC after a military helicopter collided in mid-air with a commercial jetliner that was making its final approach to Ronald Reagan National Airport in the center of the city. A total of around 60 people are feared to have been on board the two aircraft. From Washington, Simon Marks reports. today30 January, 2025
insert_link World Fatalities confirmed in Washington plane-helicopter crash US authorities have confirmed there are fatalities after a commercial plane and military helicopter crashed at Ronald Reagan airport just out of Washington DC. At this stage the number of deaths is not known. A major search and rescue operation is underway, as teams search the Potomac River next to the airport where both aircraft crashed. Nick Harper reports from Washington. today30 January, 2025
insert_link World Hundreds of troops help search effort after devastating floods in eastern Spain Search and rescue teams are still looking for missing people after devastating flash flooding in eastern Spain. At least 95 people have been confirmed as dead so far. Our southern Europe correspondent Giles Gibson has more. today1 November, 2024
insert_link Environment Hopes fade for more survivors in Indian landslide rescue Indian rescue crews scoured mud-caked tea plantations and villages Thursday with little hope of finding more survivors from successive landslides that killed around 200 people. Days of torrential monsoon rains have battered the southern coastal state of Kerala, with blocked roads into the Wayanad district disaster area complicating relief efforts since Tuesday. The number of fatal floods and landslides in India has increased in recent years and […] today1 August, 2024
insert_link Africa Ethiopia landslide death toll rises to 257, could reach up to 500: UN The death toll from a devastating landslide in southern Ethiopia has risen to 257, the United Nations said Thursday, warning it could increase to up to 500. The disaster occurred on Monday following heavy rains in a tiny community in a mountainous area of South Ethiopia regional state. The last toll, given by the local authority on Tuesday, was 229. "The death toll has risen to […] today25 July, 2024
insert_link World Search for dozens feared missing after deadly migrant shipwrecks off Italy By Gael BRANCHEREAU, Ella IDE The Italian coastguard searched off southern Italy Monday for survivors or the bodies of dozens of migrants feared missing, after two shipwrecks left 11 people dead. With up to 60 migrants potentially lost at sea, the coastguard said it has been looking for "possible missing persons" since late Sunday, "following the shipwreck of a sailing boat with migrants on board, presumably departing […] today17 June, 2024
insert_link Africa Kenya floods: as the costs add up pressure mounts on a country in economic crisis By Timothy Njagi Njeru, Egerton University There were early warnings that Kenya’s long rain season – between March and May – was going to bring above-normal rainfall. The extreme intensity of the rain has resulted in devastating floods in many parts of the country. Forty of the country’s 47 counties have been affected. More than 230 people have died and about 40,000 households, so far, have been […] today10 May, 2024
insert_link South Africa The death toll in George building collapse has risen Rescue teams in South Africa are searching for survivors after a five-story building under construction collapsed on Monday, killing six people and leaving at least 50 trapped. Officials in the city of George, Western Cape province, say 24 people have been pulled from the wreckage and taken to hospital. BBC Africa further reports that Rescuers heard from 11 more survivors in the ruins of the under-construction building on Tuesday. They […] today7 May, 2024
insert_link World 38 Migrants dead off the coast of Djibouti At least 38 migrants, including women and children, have lost their lives in a shipwreck off the coast of Djibouti on Tuesday and although 22 people were saved by local fishermen, six others remain missing and are presumed dead. UN migration agency’s Yvonne Ndege says this was far from an isolated tragedy. today10 April, 2024
