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Fires erupt in Beirut square – protests rage over explosion that killed hundreds

Demonstrators were angered by the explosion, which officials say was caused by 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate stored unsafely since 2013

Spanish matador gored in behind and sent flying after stabbing bull

Enrique Ponce, 48, escaped without major injuries and went on to kill another bull. The fight took place at El Puerto de Santa Maria’s bullfighting ring in Cadiz, Andalusia

Kim Jong-un rolls up to village devastated by floods in luxury SUV

State-sanctioned photographs show the North Korean leader in the driver’s seat of the vehicle believed to be a Lexus LX 570, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap

Chaos as camels terrorise local villagers after a pensioner released them

Yuri Serebryakov, 83, released his 80 camels creating havoc in the area as the animals reportedly broke pipes, fences, vandalised gravestones and gardens and chased villagers

Patients fight for oxygen and rats drink spilled blood in ‘hospitals of horrors’

Livingstone Hospital and Dora Nginza Hospital in Port Elizabeth, South Africa have both been hit by serious staff shortages in part caused by union action and overwhelming numbers of patients due to the pandemic

China hit by another virus outbreak in wake of Covid-19 pandemic with seven dead

At least 60 people have been diagnosed with the novel bunyavirus, which causes a viral haemorrhagic fever, in China’s eastern provinces of Jiangsu and Anhui, where seven have died

Air India plane carrying 191 breaks up on landing killing 18 including pilots

An Air India plane reportedly skidded off the runway at Calicut International Airport and landed in a valley nearby with 191 passengers on board, killing 18 and injuring at least 123 people

Americans warned against drinking hand sanitiser after 4 die and others go blind

A new report said 15 adults in Arizona and New Mexico were hospitalised for methanol poisoning after consuming alcohol-based hand sanitiser. The substance is toxic and can poison people

France moves closer to quarantine list after record post-lockdown jump in cases

Chancellor Rishi Sunak warned holidaymakers that the government would not hesitate in adding France to the list as cases in the European country has leapt by more than 2,200 over a 24-hour period for a second day

Girl, 3, rescued from crashed Air India jet with at least 18 dead

The plane was travelling from Dubai to Calicut, India, when it crashed near the runway. At least 18 people died in the incident, including both pilots, aviation officials said