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Pilot dies in Spitfire crash in field near RAF Coningsby base in Lincolnshire
Plane was part of RAF Battle of Britain memorial flight, which maintains historic aircraft in airworthy condition
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Bodies of 27 'burnt beyond recognition' after a massive fire in Indian amusem*nt park, relatives say
Giriraj Singh waited for hours on Sunday to recover the body of his nephew but was told to head home as the remains were “burned beyond recognition.” “The bodies are unidentifiable and authorities asked me to wait for the DNA tests,” Singh, a retired army officer, told The Associated Press. Local police officer Raju Bhargav said that while the owner Yuvraj Singh Solanki bought some fire extinguishers and was in the process of installing a water fire impression system, he ran the two-storey place without authorization from the fire department.
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‘Passionate, professional’ RAF pilot killed in Spitfire crash named as Mark Long
Prince and Princess of Wales lead tributes to squadron leader, who died near RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire on Saturday
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Small plane loses power and skims suburban rooftops before making crash landing on belly
A pilot and passenger emerged unscathed from a light plane that made a dramatic crash landing in Australia after flying perilously close to houses in suburban Sydney.
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RAF pilot killed after aircraft crashes into field in Lincolnshire
A Royal Air Force pilot has died after a Spitfire crashed into a field near RAF Coningsby, in Lincolnshire. It is understood that the Spitfire went down during a Battle of Britain event at the base. "The pilot's family have been informed and we ask that their privacy is respected at this difficult time."
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At least 21 dead in Memorial Day weekend storms that devastated several US states
The destructive storms caused deaths in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kentucky and were just north of an oppressive, early season heat wave setting records from south Texas to Florida. Forecasters said the severe weather could shift to the East Coast later Monday and warned millions of people outdoors for the holiday to watch the skies. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who earlier declared a state of emergency, and at a Monday press conference that four people had died in four different counties.
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Thousands feared buried alive in Papua landslide
STORY: More than 2,000 people could be buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea last week. That’s according to a new figure by the National Disaster Centre on Sunday, which was released publicly by the United Nations on Monday. Evit Kambu says she lost 18 family members. “I have 18 of my family members buried under the debris and soil that I am standing on. And a lot more family members in the village I cannot count. I am the landowner here, thank you to all those who've come to help us. But I cannot retrieve the bodies so I am standing here helplessly.” Estimates of those killed in the landslide around the Yambali village in the country's north have been rising steadily since Friday. Local media on Monday reported that residents had rescued a couple trapped under rubble after hearing their cries for help. But treacherous terrain and the remote location raises the risk that few further survivors will be found. A U.N. official said the first excavator did not reach the site til late on Sunday, more than two days after the landslide. And nearby tribal warfare, which killed at least eight people on Saturday, has forced aid workers to lodge nearly 40 miles away, rather than staying closer to the site, which has further hampered relief efforts. More than 72 hours after the landslide residents are still using spades, sticks and their bare hands to try and shift the debris and reach any survivors. Six bodies have been retrieved so far. CARE International estimates 4,000 people were living near the affected area, but the population is difficult to determine, as the country’s last credible census was in 2000 and many people live in remote mountainous villages.
CNN
Aerial footage shows aftermath of enormous landslide in Papua New Guinea
Emergency crews are struggling to access a remote village in Enga Province in the north of Papua New Guinea where a landslide is believed to have killed more than 100 people, according to the PNG Red Cross Society. The disaster hit the village of Kaokalam at approximately 3 a.m. local time on Friday, leaving a scar of debris that humanitarian workers say is as big as four football pitches.
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Death toll rises in Russia strike on busy Kharkiv store
STORY: The death toll rose on Sunday after a Russian strike on a crowded DIY hardware store in Kharkiv, which also injured dozens of people, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday (May 26).Local officials said at least 120 people were in the Epicentr hypermarket on Saturday (May 25) when two guided bombs struck, causing a massive fire.This surveillance video shows the moment they hit. At least ten of the dead were unidentified on Sunday morning, they said.In a post on the Telegram app, Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said 16 people were still missing after the strike.It took 16 hours to extinguish the flames, which raged over an area of more than 15,000 square yards, he said.The past week has seen a rise in Russian strikes on Ukraine's second city after Russian troops stormed across the border, opening a new front just north of it.Andrii Kudinov runs a nearby store and witnessed the strikes. "There was panic everywhere," he says. It was Saturday lunchtime and it's gardening season, so the place was busy. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy issued a plea to Ukraine's Western allies to help boost air defenses to keep cities safe. A separate early Saturday evening missile strike hit a residential building in the centre of the city of 1.3 million, wounding at least 25 people. Russia has bombarded Kharkiv, which lies less than 20 miles from its border, throughout the war, having reached the outskirts in a failed attempt to capture it in 2022.Rescuers, medics and journalists occasionally had to rush away from the scene of both strikes and take cover on the ground for fear of another one, as has occurred during several recent Russian attacks.Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians, but thousands have been killed and injured in the 27 months since it invaded Ukraine.
AFP
Sixteen dead after cyclone batters Bangladesh and India
Millions of people in low-lying areas of Bangladesh and India on Monday surveyed the tangled wreckage left by a powerful cyclone that killed at least 16 people, destroyed thousands of homes, smashed seawalls and flooded cities."A total of 3.75 million people have been affected... 35,483 homes were destroyed by the cyclone, and another 115,992 homesweredamaged", Rahman said of the damage in Bangladesh alone.
Manchester Evening News
Twelve people injured during severe turbulence on flight as emergency services swarm plane
Six passengers and six crew members were injured after the Qatar Airways flight hit turbulence
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As many as 2,000 people feared buried under Papua New Guinea landslide as survivors dig with hands and spades
As many as 2,000 people are feared to have been buried by last week’s massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, according to the country’s National Disaster Centre, as survivors recounted the horror losing so many loved ones.
Associated Press
Papua New Guinea says Friday's landslide buried more than 2,000 people and formally asks for help
A Papua New Guinea government official has told the United Nations that more than 2,000 people are believed to have been buried alive by last Friday's landslide and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is roughly triple the U.N. estimate of 670 killed by the landslide in the South Pacific island nation's mountainous interior. The remains of only five people had been recovered by Monday, local authorities reported.
Reuters
Fire at entertainment venue kills at least 24 people in western India
At least 24 people, including many children, died in a fire that broke out on Saturday evening in a family entertainment venue in the western Indian state of Gujarat, a government official said. With rescue efforts continuing at the scene in the Rajkot district, the local mayor told Reuters the death toll was expected to rise. Television images showed a massive fire engulfing the TRP game zone and thick clouds of smoke emanating from the site.
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Tornadoes leave trail of death and destruction across parts of US
At least 18 people have been killed and hundreds are injured after powerful storms left a trail of destruction as they swept across parts of the central United States. The storms, which began on Saturday evening local time and continued into Sunday, inflicted their worst damage in a region spanning from north of Dallas to the northwest corner of Arkansas. Hundreds of thousands of people were without power across a large part of the US, including in Arkansas, Missouri and Texas on Sunday, according to the poweroutages.us website.
AFP
Indian police arrest hospital boss after six babies die in fire
Indian police said Monday they had arrested a doctor and the owner of an unlicensed hospital where six newborn babies died in a fire in a crowded ward without fire exits.The toll from that fire rose to 28 on Monday, police said.
AFP
Cyclone hits Bangladesh as nearly a million flee inland for shelter
An intense cyclone smashed into the low-lying coast of Bangladesh on Sunday, with nearly a million people fleeing inland for concrete storm shelters away from howling gales and crashing waves.In the Great Bhola Cyclone in November 1970, an estimated half a million people died -- mostly drowned by the storm surge.
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Tropical storm floods villages, blows away thatched roofs and cuts power in Bangladesh and India
Tropical storm Remal flooded coastal villages, blew away thatched roofs and left hundreds of thousands of people without power Monday in southern Bangladesh and eastern India. At least 10 people died in Bangladesh. About 3.7 million people across the coast were affected, said Bangladesh’s junior minister for Disaster Management and Relief, Mohibbur Rahman.
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Papua New Guinea: More than 2,000 people buried alive in landslide - as 'major destruction' hampers rescue efforts
More than 2,000 people have been buried by a massive landslide in northern Papua New Guinea, the country's disaster agency has said. The landslide levelled the mountainous Kaokalam village in Enga Province - about 370 miles (600km) northwest of the capital Port Moresby. It hit the Pacific nation at around 3am local time on Friday (6pm on Thursday UK time), and the United Nations had earlier said it estimated 670 people had been killed.
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Papua New Guinea’s government says landslide buried 2,000 people
The Papua New Guinea government said a landslide on Friday buried more than 2,000 people and has formally asked for international help. The government figure is around three times more than a United Nations estimate of 670. In a letter seen by The Associated Press to the United Nations resident co-ordinator dated Sunday, the acting director of the South Pacific island nation’s National Disaster Centre said the landslide “buried more than 2,000 people alive” and caused “major destruction”. Estimates of the casualties have varied widely since the disaster occurred, and it was not immediately clear how officials arrived the number of people affected.
