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The blaze has destroyed more than 100 homes in Drammen and has spread to a nearby forest, authorities say.

Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke has now begun an indefinite fast in Sonam Wangchuk's place.

"Anya" gives the BBC a rare account of how sex-criminal financier Epstein lured and abused his “assistants”.

Hannah had used her mother's maiden name on her social media for years before she legally made the change.

The US command says it is conducting more strikes to degrade Iran's armed forces, as Iran reports explosions near the Strait of Hormuz.

Researchers have found that people with Laron syndrome have a lower incidence of cancer than the wider population.

Defectors tell the BBC that despite restrictions, K-pop has cut through in the stifling dictatorship.

The comments could further fuel the row over the incident, which has seen Downing Street back calls for Fifa to investigate.

Protests erupted in Ukraine on Thursday after Mykhailo Fedorov's removal - and now soldiers are also criticising the move.

The US Tsunami Warning Center has recorded waves 0.3m (1.1 feet) high in Puerto Madero and Chiapas in Mexico after the quake.

There have also been several unsuccessful attacks in a region where piracy appears to be making a comeback.

Eleven people, including children, died in the fire that also injured 19 others.

Thousands are killed on Uganda's roads each year but this is one of its deadliest accidents involving children.

China said Trump's claims were fabricated and US Democrats said he was paving the way to undermine November's elections.

The UK government said taking the firm into public hands would safeguard "a vital national capability".

Footage shows a rescuer reaching a family of three stranded by floods that destroyed their house in Uvalde county.

The law now allows the adoption of male distant relatives aged over 15 back into the imperial family.

Rohan Dennis pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified after police pulled him over last month.

Lettuce from one supplier is being removed indefinitely "out of an abundance of caution", the company says.

Two boats carrying an estimated 530 Rohingyas have disappeared since leaving Myanmar on 29 June.

The AI video on China Daily showed a monkey in Philippine garments singing its claims to the South China Sea.

Iran says US strikes hit bridges in the country in an apparent escalation, while the US boards a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Sarah and her husband have shared one account for 25 years, but she says managing it falls to her.

Why hunger strikes still shape Indian politics, from Gandhi to Sonam Wangchuk.

Previously little-known in Europe, the Midea PortaSplit has become a household name this summer.

The US vice president says he thinks some Israeli politicians are trying to detail efforts to end the conflict.

A shirt worn by Pele during the 1958 World Cup final has sold for $4.9m (£3.6m) at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

Mary Jo 'MJ' Campbell was featured on multiple episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians over the years.

More than 50 defendants have been on trial in Italy over the 2018 bridge collapse which killed 43 people.

Fifa is "assessing the match reports" before deciding whether to punish Argentina after players held a banner in support of their country's claims to the Falkland Islands.

The US Vice-President writes in his new book that a visit to north Wales in 2013 changed his perspective.

The air quality in large parts of Michigan, Minneapolis and Minnesota is deemed "hazardous" by authorities.

Polish security services say the aim was to incite ethnic tensions between Poland and Ukraine.

Ukraine's president has not explained Mykhailo Fedorov's dismissal, which is causing great upset among civil society and the military.

BBC Sport explores a bond between two world-class footballers from different generations who appear bound by destiny

Most of the recent cases were among travellers from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Explosions were heard across Iran overnight, shortly after neighbouring Gulf states began to report attacks.

Companies are now required to verify a person's identity electronically to curb theft and forgery.

Along with the fatalities, 19 people suffered injuries, the authorities say.

The company says it will create "high-tech, high-paying jobs", and raises its total commitment to the US to $265bn.