UK fire fears continue as 60 buildings deemed unsafe

The fallout from London's devastating tower block blaze continued on Sunday with the government announcing 60 high-rises have failed safety tests, as an insurance body said they had warned officials of the fire risks.

Five dead, 120 people missing in China landslide

At least five people were found dead and over 120 remained missing hours after a massive landslide buried a mountain village in southwest China on Saturday as rescuers scoured through rocks for survivors.

Australia sends spy planes to south Philippines

 Australian military spy planes will start flying missions over the southern Philippines to help in the fight against Islamic militants terrorising the area, the government said on Friday.

UN to vote on Sahel force after Franco-US deal

The UN Security Council will vote on Wednesday on a draft resolution that would pave the way for the deployment of a five-nation African military force to fight jihadists in the Sahel region.

Clashes erupt in C. Africa a day after peace deal

Intense fighting in the Central African Republic killed at least 40 people on Tuesday and injured dozens more, dashing hopes for stability in the strife-torn country the day after the signing of a ceasefire deal.

Republican holds lead in Georgia race seen as Trump referendum

Early results trickled in for Tuesday's closely-watched election in Georgia, the most expensive congressional race ever, with the Republican narrowly leading a contest that Democrats have painted as a referendum on Donald Trump's scandal-plagued presidency.

 

France to review terror watchlist over Paris attacker’s guns

France's interior minister ordered on Tuesday a review of registered gun owners who are also on the country's extremist watchlist after one of them rammed a car laden with weapons and gas canisters into a police van on Paris's Champs-Elysees.

 

’Portugal weeps’ as deadly forest fire rages

More than 1,000 firefighters were on Monday battling to get control of a massive forest fire that swept through central Portugal at the weekend, as the nation mourned the 64 killed in the flames.

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