[ad_1] ‘We’re trying to bring democracy back’: BBC reporter speaks to protesters on the ground in Istanbul I had just sent my family a message saying how happy I was to be back in Turkey, where I used to live, and how it felt like coming home. Then, the phone in my hotel room rang….
[ad_1] Mark Savage Music Correspondent Getty Images Dua Lipa is currently on the Australian leg of her year-long Radical Optimism world tour Dua Lipa has won the dismissal of a lawsuit that accused her of copying her hit single Levitating from two other songs. The star was sued in 2022 by songwriters L Russell Brown…
[ad_1] The top of Myanmar’s Shwe Sar Yan Pagoda, to the south-east of Mandalay, has collapsed following a huge earthquake. Onlookers can be heard screaming and shouting as part of the building crashed to the ground. The strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit central Myanmar, with the United States Geological Survey identifying the epicentre as being…
[ad_1] People crouch on the tarmac in Mandalay airport After a four-year long civil war, a severe food crisis and an economy on the decline, Myanmar now finds itself devastated by a powerful earthquake. On Friday, the 7.7 magnitude quake hit the city of Sagaing in central Myanmar, and was followed by reports of destruction…
[ad_1] BBC As the sun sets over Bangkok, hundreds of rescue workers desperately search for survivors at the collapsed 30-storey skyscraper on a construction site in Thailand’s capital. Rescuers are trying to reach dozens of workers trapped in the rubble after the skyscraper collapsed. Standing on a bridge a short distance from the scene, under…
[ad_1] Israel has conducted the first air strike on Beirut’s southern suburbs, where Hezbollah is based, since a ceasefire with the group came into force in November. The Israeli military said it had hit a drone storage unit used by Hezbollah on Friday, after issuing an evacuation warning that sparked panic. The attack occurred hours…
[ad_1] Getty Images People in Myanmar and Thailand have been talking about their shock and horror after a powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck on Friday, toppling buildings across the two countries. A resident in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, told the BBC the shakes were “quite intense” and lasted for around four minutes. Speaking to the BBC…
[ad_1] Video shows damage to the Ava Bridge, near Mandalay, after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked central Myanmar. [ad_2] Source link
[ad_1] A huge 7.7 magnitude earthquake has hit central Myanmar, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The epicentre was 16km (10 miles) north-west of the city of Sagaing, at a depth of 10km, sending strong tremors that were felt as far as south-west China and Thailand. At least 81 construction workers are missing…
[ad_1] A selection of the week’s best photos from across the African continent and beyond: Olympia de Maismont / AFP A man attends a private viewing of the +234 Art fair at the Ecobank Pan-African Center in Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos, on Wednesday. Esa Alexander / Reuters Ibrahim Mohammed Ishak / Reuters Gradel Muyisa Mumbere…