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US media report there were 34 people on board when the fire started in the middle of the night.

School and university students are joining a broader strike as the city reels after a weekend of unrest.

Joana Sainz Garcia, 30, is struck by a firework while performing live at a concert near Madrid.

French and EU flags are now required in every classroom in the country in new laws from 1 September.

Germany’s President Frank-Walter Steinmeier has asked for Poland’s forgiveness 80 years after the start of World War II.

Pope Francis has been rescued by firefighters after he got stuck in an elevator for 25 minutes, ahead of his weekly address on Sunday.

Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert has died after a crash at the Belgian Grand Prix, the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile (FIA) has confirmed. The Frenchman’s car was hit at high speed at Spa-Francorchamps.

In the middle of the night in a town in south-eastern Bangladesh, a Rohingya boy is found bound and blindfolded and dumped in the marketplace. He is pale and skinny, but he is alive. And nearly four months after he went missing, that is enough for his parents.

The hurricane is forecast to move slowly over the island chain, worsening the damage.