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The authorities in Hong Kong say more than 80 deaths have now been confirmed after the city's worst fire in decades. Officials think that number will grow, with more than 200 people still missing. It…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks
Emergency teams in Hong Kong are still working to extinguish fires at a giant housing complex a day after the blaze broke out. Sixty- five people have now been confirmed dead. Over two hundred are st…
Published on 1 week, 3 days ago
Fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks
At least 36 people have been killed in a huge fire that has engulfed multiple high-rise buildings in Hong Kong's Tai Po district. Also on the programme, three people, including two soldiers from the …
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Taiwan to spend extra $40bn on defence to counter China
Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te has announced a plan to spend an extra $40 billion dollars on the military over the next eight years to resist Chinese aggression.
Also on the programme: at least 13 pe…
Published on 1 week, 4 days ago
Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week
Ukraine's President Zelensky says he's ready to meet President Trump to discuss the most sensitive points of US- drafted peace agreement with Russia. But he said his country's European allies should …
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
US officials claim progress in Ukraine peace talks
As American officials brief that they're making progress in peace negotiations over the Russia-Ukraine war, we get a view from Moscow on what kind of deal might be acceptable to Russia.
Also in the pr…
Published on 1 week, 5 days ago
Zelensky warns against giving away territory
President Zelensky has hailed what he called "important steps" in peace talks for Ukraine, but said making territorial concessions to Russia's leader would be rewarding him for theft.
Also in the pro…
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago
US and Ukraine signal peace plan progress after Geneva talks
Negotiations on a peace deal to end the war in Ukraine are continuing after the United States said progress had been made on Sunday. Moscow says it's not been informed of changes to a draft widely se…
Published on 1 week, 6 days ago
Rubio: ‘tremendous progress’ made at Ukraine peace talks
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a “tremendous amount of progress” has been made in talks to finalise a Ukraine peace deal. Talks in Geneva between Ukrainian, US and European officials are focu…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Senators ask if Trump's Ukraine peace plan really is a US plan
The US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has insisted that President Trump's 28 point plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war was drawn up by the US -- contradicting senators who said he told them it was a R…
Published on 2 weeks ago