1 hour ago Portugal in mourning after 15 die in tragedy on iconic Lisbon funicular

Eyewitnesses told local media that the streetcar careened down the hill, apparently out of control

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3 h. ago 15 killed in Lisbon after funicular derails in Portuguese capital

Tens of thousands of British tourists visit the Portuguese capital every year

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3 h. ago Death toll rises to 15 with many more injured after Lisbon’s Gloria funicular derails: Latest updates

Images of the crash show the yellow-and-white street car lying on its side near the Avenida da Liberdade as emergency services respond

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3 h. ago 2 more people charged with helping man accused of killing 4 as he evaded authorities, officials say

Investigators say two more people have been charged with helping a Tennessee man evade authorities after he was accused of fatally shooting four people

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4 h. ago Lisbon crash horror as 15 killed after funicular carriage derails

The funicular carriage derailed in the Portuguese capital at about 6pm on Wednesday.

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4 h. ago At least 15 killed after Lisbon's historic Gloria funicular railway derails in 'tragic accident'

Reports suggest a snapped cable triggered the fatal plunge in the Portuguese capital

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4 h. ago At least 15 people killed after Lisbon’s funicular railway derails

President laments accident on railway that carries passengers up and down a hillside in Portuguese capitalAt least 15 people have been killed after Lisbon’s Gloria funicular railway car derailed and crashed, an emergency medical service spokesperson has said.Authorities would not identify the victims or disclose their nationalities, but said some foreign nationals were among the dead. At least 18 people were also injured. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago At least three killed after Lisbon's Gloria funicular derails

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa lamented the tragic accident on the popular tourist railway

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5 h. ago Timeline: Key events in the troubled history of the Boeing 737 Max jetliner

In the eight years that airlines have flown Boeing's 737 Max jets, two crashes killed 346 people

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6 h. ago Three dead and at least 20 injured after Lisbon's iconic funicular derails in major incident

Three people are understood to have died in the tragedy, out of 20 people who were injured in Lisbon, Portugal, earlier today (September 3)

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6 h. ago 15 dead and 18 injured after Lisbon's iconic funicular derails in major incident

Three people are understood to have died in the tragedy, out of 20 people who were injured in Lisbon, Portugal, earlier today (September 3)

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7 h. ago Montana man charged with shooting four people at a bar pleads not guilty

A Montana man suspected of killing four people at a bar then evading capture for a week has been charged with additional crimes including attempted arson

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27 h. ago 8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump plans federal deployment

Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago

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33 h. ago Another huge earthquake hits Afghanistan as country reels from 6.0

A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday near the epicentre of a powerful quake at the weekend that killed more than 1,400 people

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34 h. ago World's deadliest hurricanes from Katrina to Caribbean storm that killed 27,000

It’s 20 years since Hurricane Katrina made landfall in the US, killing 1800 people. Now we look back at the disaster – plus some of the other most lethal hurricanes in history

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37 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake death toll passes 1,400 as Taliban appeal for aid

Rescuers search into the night for people trapped under debris of mud and stone homes in steep valleysThe Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 1,400 people and left thousands more injured.Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Continue reading...

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40 h. ago UK sends aid to Afghanistan after earthquake kills more than 800 people

The £1 million in emergency funding will include mobile health teams, medical kits and shelters, the Foreign Office said

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40 h. ago 1,000 people killed as landslide wipes out entire Sudan village... leaving just one survivor

The tragedy happened on Sunday in the village of Tarasin in Central Darfur's Marrah Mountains after days of heavy rainfall in late August, the Sudan Liberation Movement-Army said in a statement.

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41 h. ago Afghanistan earthquake: Taliban appeal for aid as death toll rises to 900

Rescuers search into the night for people trapped under debris of mud and stone homes in steep valleysThe Taliban have called for international aid as Afghanistan reels from an earthquake that killed more than 900 people and left thousands injured.Rescuers searched into the night on Monday for survivors after the 6.0-magnitude quake struck on Sunday destroying entire villages across the country’s eastern Kunar province, which borders Pakistan. Continue reading...

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41 h. ago Horror landslide wipes out entire village killing more than 1,000 people

A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan's western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country's recent history

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