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Watch: Building collapses into river in India

A video shows a two-storey building collapsing into the overflowing Ganges river in the northern Indian state of Bihar. No-one was injured in the incident, which occurred earlier this week in Bhagalpur district.

At least 10 people have died in Bihar after heavy rainfall caused flooding in several parts of the state. Relief and rescue teams have been deployed to the affected areas.

26 September 2024

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Watch: Helicopters and diggers used in rescues as flooding causes chaos in Spain

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Train track left hanging in the air after Bosnia landslides

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Watch surging floods leave country park submerged

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Why was the East of England hit by flash flooding?

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Drone shows collapsed pitch at AFC Wimbledon

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Storm Boris: Rooftop rescues after floods overwhelm Italian town

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Plane fails to land amid fierce typhoon in Taiwan

A plane at Taoyuan Airport was forced to abort its initial landing amid strong winds.

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Watch: China spacecraft launches in mission to space station

The Shenzhou 19 spacecraft is taking three taikonauts to China's space station, Tiangong.

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Moment BBC reporter returns tortured monkey into wild

Mini was rescued after a BBC Eye investigation that exposed a global online monkey torture ring.

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Content creators are going viral for renovating abandoned Japanese homes for low prices - but is all as it seems?

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Moment North Korea blows up roads connecting to South Korea

Pyongyang vowed to sever road and railway access to South Korea in a bid to “completely separate” the two countries.

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Watch: Elephants escape floodwaters in Thailand

The elephants were evacuated from flash flooding at a sanctuary near Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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BBC meets women suffering under Taliban’s new law

The BBC hears from women who have seen their rights crushed since the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.

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Taliban defends new law that curbs women's freedoms

A Taliban government spokesman says the edict is in accordance with Islamic Sharia law.

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The BBC reports from inside Jalalabad hospital in Afghanistan, as malnutrition is ravages the country.

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Pope Francis welcomed in remote Vanimo in Papua New Guinea

In Vanimo, a town near the border with Indonesia, the Pope donned a traditional Bird of Paradise feathered headdress.

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European Space Agency say the asteroid, dubbed 2024 RW1, was "harmless" but created a "spectacular fireball".

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The country has been hit by one of its strongest typhoons in decades, with authorities issuing highest alert.

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Former deputy PM Prawit Wongsuwon hit the female reporter on the head while surrounded by media.

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A young woman was among thousands who took part in a march in India's West Bengal. This is what she saw.

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Women led a march in West Bengal state after a female doctor's brutal rape and murder last week.

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Chinese port rocked by huge container ship blast

Surveillance footage captured the moment of the explosion at Ningbo-Zhoushan Port in Zhejiang.

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Watch: Bangladesh protesters storm prime minister's palace

Bengali TV aired live footage of protesters storming Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's official residence.

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Watch: Moment building collapses into river in India

No-one was injured in the incident, which took place in Himachal Pradesh, due to heavy rainfall.