A 5.6-magnitude earthquake killed more than 160 people, according to local authorities, and injured hundreds in Indonesia’s West Java province on Monday, with rescuers trying to reach survivors trapped under the rubble amid a series of aftershocks. The epicentre was near the town of Cianjur in West Java, about 75km (46 miles) southeast of the capital, Jakarta, where some buildings shook and some offices were evacuated. Indonesia’s disaster mitigation agency (BNPB) spokesperson Abdul Muhari said the search would continue through the night. “So many buildings crumbled and shattered,” West Java Governor Ridwan Kamil told reporters. “There are residents trapped in…
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Atlanta Falcons tight end Kyle Pitts has reportedly sustained a torn MCL that will require surgery, according to Ian Rapoport of the NFL Network. Pitts will seek a second opinion before proceeding, Rapoport added. .acf-block-preview .instagram-twitter-container width: 340px; margin: 0 auto; Falcons coach Arthur Smith told reporters Monday he only expects Pitts to be sidelined “in the short term” though and said it was too early to know if the No. 4 overall pick in last year’s draft will end up on the injured reserve. “(General manager) Terry (Fontenot) and I will talk through the next 48 hours, and until…
Deadly fighting in southwest Colombia comes ahead of peace talks between National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels and Gustavo Petro’s government.At least 18 people died Saturday as factions battled for control of drug trafficking routes in southwest Colombia. The incident marks the deadliest fight between illegal armed groups since left-wing Colombian President Gustavo Petro took office in August. The government ombudsman’s office said the violence occurred on November 19 in Puerto Guzman, about 60km (37 miles) from the country’s southern border with Ecuador. On Monday, Colombia’s Defence Minister Ivan Velasquez told reporters that locals “collected corpses and moved them to the…
Edmonton Oilers winger Kailer Yamamoto is not with the club as they begin a three-game road trip Monday night against the New Jersey Devils. Stuart Skinner will start once again over Jack Campbell, with the Oilers trying to snap the Devils’ 12-game winning streak. Skinner currently holds a 4-4 record with a .930 save percentage and a 2.52 goals-against average. This will be a fourth straight start between the pipes for Skinner. Campbell, who has a 6-4 record with an .873 saves percentage and a 4.27 goals against average, has not started since a 7-2 loss to Carolina on Nov.…
Host nation: Qatar Dates: 20 November-18 December Coverage: Live on BBC TV, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website and app. Day-by-day TV listings – Full coverage detailsIran declined to sing their national anthem before their World Cup match with England in an apparent expression of support for anti-government protests in their home country.Some fans shouted and jeered during the anthem and others held up signs saying “Woman, Life, Freedom”.Iran boss Carlos Queiroz had said his players were “free to protest”.There has been a fierce crackdown on protests…
Doha, Qatar – Chants of “Say her name, Mahsa Amini,” reverberated among protesters outside Khalifa International Stadium ahead of Iran’s first match of the World Cup 2022 against England. A few dozen men, women and children were seen on Monday wearing t-shirts saying “Zan, Zindagi, Azadi” (women, life, freedom), a famous chant from the protests in Iran. Protests have been taking place across Iran since mid-September after the death in custody of Amini, a 22-year-old woman from Iran’s Kurdistan province. Amini was arrested by the country’s morality police in the capital Tehran for allegedly not adhering to Iran’s dress code…
“As soon as the Taliban took over, we quickly abandoned our house,” his parents told BuzzFeed News in an email. Their neighbor had told them that militants had broken into their house while they were out and searched the place, asking about them. On the day the Taliban swept through Kabul, Wajdi saw TV news reports of people streaming to the airport, and there were rumors of Afghans getting on planes simply by being at the right place at the right time. It was dangerous, but considering the threats, staying behind could be worse.Wajdi’s parents decided to risk it. With…
Dakar, Senegal & Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – In the small towns in Burkina Faso’s Sahel region, straddling the borders with Mali and Niger, the start of the long-delayed school year finally rolled around last month. The classrooms there – and in much of the rest of the country – have remained empty, even as children went back to school in the capital, Ouagadougou, on October 3. “We have not resumed classes for this current school year because we cannot access our workplace, which is under blockade,” says a teacher, who wished to speak anonymously out of fear for his safety.…
Prince Andrew, Duke of York, has been served with a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him by one of Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers, according to New York federal court records.Andrew is being sued in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York by Virginia Giuffre, 38, who alleges the duke sexually abused her on multiple occasions in New York, London, and on Epstein’s private island in the US Virgin Islands between 2000 and 2002 when she was under the age of 18.The duke has repeatedly denied having sex with Giuffre, most notably in a disastrous November 2019 BBC…
Gebze, Turkey – Yusuf Polat is only five years old, but has accumulated enough medical conditions for a lifetime. He has scoliosis and a hole in his stomach, his bones and muscles have deteriorated so much that he cannot walk or swallow or breathe correctly, and he has to be tied to seven devices when he sleeps. Yusuf’s parents have been through this same nightmare before. His older sister, Melek, died when she was a year and a half of the same condition. But this time, his parents have a plan. Yusuf’s condition, spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) type 1, is…