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Firefighters search for hundreds still missing in devastating Hong Kong tower blocks fire

Dozens of people have died and hundreds remain unaccounted for after Wednesday's blaze.
Video shows speed fire spreads in Hong Kong tower block

Footage geolocated by BBC Verify show the blaze taking hold in Wang Cheong House.
Putin doubles down on demands for Ukrainian territory ahead of talks with US in Moscow

The Russian president accuses Kyiv of wanting to fight "to the last Ukrainian" - which he says Russia is also "in principle" ready to do.
Palestinian-US teen freed after nine months in Israeli jail

Mohammed Ibrahim, now 16, was on holiday from Florida when he was arrested for allegedly throwing rocks at Jewish settlers in the occupied West Bank.
US suspends immigration requests for Afghans after National Guard shooting

The alleged gunman in the Washington shooting is an Afghan national who entered the US in September 2021.
France to bring in form of military service, 25 years after conscription was phased out

"The only way to avoid danger is to prepare for it," says President Emmanuel Macron.
Venezuela bans six major airlines after tensions with US escalate

The affected carriers ceased flying to Venezuela after the US warned of heightened military activity.
Fracking has transformed an Argentine town - but what about the nation?

Argentina hopes that an oil and gas boom can benefit the whole country.
Year after ceasefire, peace eludes south Lebanon as Israeli strikes continue

A year on from a ceasefire in Lebanon, Israel is continuing attacks on what it says are Hezbollah's efforts to recover from their war.
Pope Leo on first foreign trip says future of humanity at stake from conflict

The Pope makes his first foreign trip to Turkey and says a third world war is being "fought piecemeal".