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More than 150 illegal miners have been rescued from an abandoned mine in South Africa’s eastern Mpumalanga province. Police say three bodies were recovered earlier this week on the first day of the rescue operation. Most of those rescued, reportedly foreign nationals, claim they were forced underground against their will to search for gold. A…

An explosion has hit a three-storey block of flats in The Hague, police say. Firefighters have rushed to the scene to put out a fire that caused the collapse of several homes in the city’s Tarwekamp area at around 06:15 (05:15 GMT). Rescuers are looking for up to 20 people thought to have been there…

Authorities in the Dominican Republican say cocaine discovered in the country’s largest-ever seizure was headed to Europe. Hidden in a banana shipment, officials found 9,500kg of the drug at a port in the capital, Santo Domingo. The cocaine was hidden in 320 bags with an estimated street value of $250 million (£196 million). At least…

Ivory Coast’s national dish attiéké has gained UN cultural heritage status, along with Japanese sake, Thai prawn soup and Caribbean cassava bread. But what makes this West African staple so popular? BBC Africa correspondent Mayeni Jones grew up in Ivory Coast and is a self-professed superfan. One of my earliest childhood memories is hearing vendors…

Getty Images There have been protests against insurers accused of denying patient’s claims to cover health costs The “brazen and targeted” killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare, outside a New York hotel this week shocked America. The reaction to the crime also exposed a simmering rage against a trillion-dollar industry. “Prior…

In a televised address, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has apologised for declaring martial law earlier this week. The order sparked chaotic scenes and was swiftly overturned by lawmakers. A vote to impeach Yoon is scheduled for Saturday and tens of thousands of people have gathered outside parliament calling for him to go. Source…

SET India/YouTube The show featured three intrepid policemen solving cases “Daya, darwaaza tod do.” (Daya, break down the door) Most Indians will instantly recognise this dialogue from the popular detective show CID, which ran from 1998 to 2018, making it one of India’s longest-running television shows. The whodunnit featured three intrepid policemen – ACP Pradyuman,…

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Election day has arrived in Ghana, where a debt crisis and high living costs mean the economy is uppermost in the minds of many voters. The West African nation is guaranteed a new president as Nana Akufo-Addo steps down after reaching the official limit of two terms in office. But he could be replaced with…

BBC A main commercial street in southern Beirut, much of which has been destroyed by Israeli air strikes Wedged into the middle of a three storey-high pile of rubble and charred possessions in southern Beirut is a twisted and cracked metal sign. “Spare parts. Jeep Cherokee,” it says. It is the only indication that the…