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Watch: Teacher saved the lives of 900 students after phone callA headteacher has told how he saved 900 pupils’ lives from the Nepal floods – by quickly evacuating them just 10 minutes before the waters hit.Rajendra Dawadi, who is in charge of Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Nuwakot, told the BBC he had received four calls at 09:10 local time (03:25 GMT) warning about the disaster, which has now claimed at least 794 lives.He quickly decided to evacuate, telling the children to run to higher ground and ordering buses full of students to turn around to flee the area.Dawadi said:…
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Getty ImagesLenín Moreno will serve his sentence at home and has indicated he will appeal against the rulingA former president of Ecuador has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of taking bribes.Lenín Moreno insisted he had not taken money from a Chinese firm which secured a contract to build a hydroelectric plant in the Latin American nation.The 73-year-old will serve his sentence under house arrest due to his age and disability, and has already indicated his intention to appeal against the verdict after a court in the capital, Quito, found him and 19 others guilty…
RNLIHM Coastguard in Falmouth confirmed three people had been taken to hospitalSearches are continuing for two crew members after a French fishing boat sank in the English Channel, the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said.A coastguard rescue helicopter, fixed-wing plane and two RNLI lifeboats began searching an area south-west of Eddystone Lighthouse off Plymouth after the crew released a distress call at 18:00 BST on Saturday.HM Coastguard in Falmouth said three people were rescued from the boat and have been taken to hospital.A large number of civilian vessels are assisting the “intensive search” for the two remaining crew members, an HM…
LIVEBoat carrying 267 people capsizes off northern CyprusThe Turkish Interior Ministry says the ship began taking on water four nautical miles off Kyrenia Port, as a search and rescue operation is under way.
Getty ImagesThe British woman died in hospital of her injuries, police said.A British woman has died after being stabbed at a railway station in southern Germany in the early hours of Sunday morning, police have said.The 31-year-old woman was attacked at the station in Rosenheim, Bavaria, shortly before 01:00 local time (00:00BST). She was taken to hospital where she died as a result of “severe” injuries, the Bavarian Police said in a statement.Officers arrested a 27-year-old German man at the scene immediately after the incident. The background and motive for the attack is under investigation, the statement added.Police have asked…
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Courtesy of Audrey and Arthur KermalvezenAudrey and Arthur Kermalvezen met at a gathering of donor-conceived activistsFor years, Arthur Kermalvezen, the child of a sperm donor, saw possible fathers everywhere he went. “I imagined it might be my teacher, the people I saw on the bus… and I was very angry because it’s impossible to live like this.”When, as an adult, he fell in love with Audrey, another sperm donor baby from Paris, the question became even more pressing.Audrey describes the moment they met at a gathering for donor conceived activists in 2010 as “love at first sight” – but was…
EPAArmed officers were deployed near the scene, where a cordon was erectedA manhunt is under way after a 22-year-old woman was killed and five others injured in a shooting which reportedly took place at a rave in northern Switzerland.The woman died at the scene, police said. Those injured were four men and a woman aged between 24 and 27, all of whom are in hospital with injuries “ranging from minor to severe”.The force confirmed the shooting happened at an event at a horse racing track in Aarau, near Zurich overnight. A rave was taking place in the area into the…