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2021-06-25 16:59:31 Miami-Dade Mayor Says 159 Unaccounted for in Condo Collapse

Rescue workers scouring the debris of a collapsed condo building in a Miami suburb said they heard sounds in the rubble overnight, as officials on Friday raised the number of people unaccounted for to 159 and the confirmed death toll to four. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava told reporters that three more bodies were pulled from the wreckage overnight. Another person was reported to have died on Thursday.



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2021-06-25 16:59:29 Hungary ‘has No Place in the EU Anymore,’ Dutch Leader Says

Hungary “has no place” in the European Union after passing a controversial new bill banning LGBTQ content in schools, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said on Thursday. The move prompted intense criticism from human rights groups and opposition parties. On the day it passed, crowds gathered in Budapest outside the parliament to protest the bill. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also denounced the bill.



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2021-06-25 16:59:27 Dissident Belarusian Journalist Moved from Jail to House Arrest

Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, who was arrested when a Ryanair flight was diverted to Belarus, has been moved from jail to house arrest. Mr Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend Sofia Sapega were seized on 23 May when their flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted to Minsk because of an alleged bomb threat. Mr Protasevich ran a messaging channel that was widely used in last year’s massive protests against hardline Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko,



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2021-06-25 16:59:25 Isis-Linked Groups Open Up New Fronts Across Sub-Saharan Africa

Islamic State’s affiliates in Africa are set for major expansion after a series of significant victories, new alliances and shifts in strategy reinforced their position across much of the continent. Following recent gains in Nigeria, the Sahel, in Mozambique and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Isis propaganda published by the group’s leadership is increasingly stressing sub-Saharan Africa as a new front.



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2021-06-25 16:59:23 Canadian Report Slams Iran for Downing of Flight PS752

A Canadian government report on the downing of a Ukrainian jet has found no evidence it was “premeditated”, but said Iran was “fully responsible”. Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 was hit by two missiles after taking off from Tehran on 8 January 2020. All 176 people on board died. Iran – which was accused of hampering independent inquiries – has said it mistook the aircraft for a US missile.



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2021-06-24 15:45:46 Software Mogul John McAfee Dies in Spain by Suicide

British-born U.S. technology entrepreneur John McAfee died on Wednesday by suicide in a Barcelona prison after the Spanish high court authorized his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges, his lawyer told Reuters. McAfee had lived for years on the run from U.S. authorities, some of that time aboard a megayacht. He was indicted in Tennessee on tax evasion charges and was charged in a cryptocurrency fraud case in New York.



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2021-06-24 15:45:44 Dozens Reportedly Killed and Injured After Airstrike on Tigray Village

Dozens of people have been killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray region after an airstrike hit a busy market, according to witnesses. Health workers said soldiers have blocked medical teams from traveling to the scene after the village of Togoga was struck. It comes amid some of the fiercest fighting in the Tigray region since the conflict began in November, as Ethiopian forces supported by those from neighboring Eritrea pursue Tigray’s former leaders.



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2021-06-24 15:45:42 Former Saudi Officials to be Questioned About Alleged Links to 9/11 Attackers

Former Saudi officials will be questioned about their alleged links to the 9/11 attacks in court depositions this month by lawyers acting for families of the victims, who view it as a breakthrough in efforts to prove a link between Riyadh and the hijackers. The families are seeking to prove that Saudi nationals helped support two of the 9/11 hijackers and that support was coordinated by a diplomat in the Saudi embassy in Washington.



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2021-06-24 15:45:40 UK Plays Down Crimean Naval Confrontation

A UK government minister said Thursday that Britain was prepared to sail naval vessels through disputed waters near Crimea again, a day after confrontation between a British warship and Russian forces in the Black Sea. Environment Secretary George Eustice disputed claims from Moscow that Russian warplanes dropped bombs and a patrol boat fired warning shots at a British destroyer it claims entered into its territorial waters in the Black Sea.



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2021-06-24 15:45:38 Huge Search After Deadly Building Collapse in Miami

A huge rescue operation is underway in Miami-Dade County, Florida, after a 12-storey residential building partially collapsed, killing at least one person. Rescuers are combing the rubble, searching for any trapped survivors, and were seen pulling a boy out alive. Images from Surfside, north of Miami Beach, show a pile of debris on one side of the building. At least eight people have been injured.



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