Bakhmut: Fighting in the street but Russia not in control - deputy mayor
Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting in the streets of Bakhmut - but Russia does not control the eastern city, its deputy mayor has said.
Oleksandr Marchenko also told the BBC the remaining 4,000 civilians are living in shelters without access to gas, electricity or water.
Mr Marchenko said "not a single building" had remained untouched and that the city is "almost destroyed".
Bakhmut has seen months of fighting, as Russia tries to take charge.
"There is fighting near the city and there are also street fights," Mr Marchenko said.
Dozens more Iranian schoolgirls taken to hospital after suspected poisonings
Students from across five provinces receive treatment as president asks ministers to investigate latest cases
Dozens of Iranian schoolgirls across five provinces have been admitted to hospital in a new wave of suspected poisoning attacks, according to local media.
Hundreds of cases of respiratory distress have been reported over the past three months among schoolgirls mainly in the city of Qom, south of Tehran, with some needing hospital treatment.
The Tasnim and Mehr news agencies reported the latest spate of poisonings in the western Hamedan province, as well as Zanjan and West Azerbaijan in Iran’s north-west, Fars in the south and Alborz province in the north.
Philippines: Governor killed in latest politician assault
Gunmen have shot dead a provincial governor and five other people in an attack in the Philippines. It is the latest assault on politicians in the country.
Six gunmen on Saturday opened fire as a politician was meeting villagers in the central Philippines, killing Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo and five other people, police said.
The shooting in the town of Pamplona is the latest in a series of high-profile attacks on regional officials.
What do we know about the shooting?
The gunmen, who were reportedly dressed in uniforms similar to those worn by the armed services, opened fire with assault rifles at Degamo's home after alighting from a convoy, local police said.
Following the attack, which occurred as villagers had gathered in front of Degamo's house to seek cash and medical aid, the gunmen fled and later abandoned three SUVs, police said.
Police said they were searching for 10 suspects, including the six gunmen.
Sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia living in 'climate of fear' after surge in racist attacks
Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants fled Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday after a surge in racist attacks in the North African country following a controversial speech from President President Kais Saied. As tensions reach boiling point, FRANCE 24 talked to Patrick*, a Congolese student who decided to stay despite fearing for his safety.
“Right now, we are afraid to go out for a walk like we used to,” says Patrick*, a Congolese 29-year-old who arrived in Tunisia six months ago to study international business. In the past few weeks, attitudes in Tunisia have hardened towards people like him from sub-Saharan Africa.
Sub-Saharan migrants living in the North African country have long faced racial stigma, but in the wake of comments from Tunisian President Kais Saied on February 21 tensions have reached boiling point. In a hardline speech targeting illegal immigration the president called for “urgent measures” against “hordes of illegal immigrants” coming from sub-Saharan Africa who he blamed for bringing “violence, crimes and unacceptable deeds” to Tunisia.
Videos show callous treatment of detained Sri Lankan woman
By TOSHINARI TAKAHASHI/ Staff Writer
March 4, 2023 at 16:16 JST
As a sickly Sri Lankan woman spent her final hours exhausted and lying on a bed in an immigration detention facility, a nurse and guard in her cell discuss the good-looking doctor who recently visited.
That is one of the many callous moments contained in video footage taken of Wishma Sandamali, 33, before her death at the Nagoya Regional Immigration Services Bureau facility on March 6, 2021.
The Nagoya District Court on March 3 decided that about five hours of footage will be shown in court on June 21 and July 12 in the lawsuit brought by bereaved family members seeking compensation from the central government.
After tracking down the ‘ketchup boat guy,’ Heinz is ready to give him a new boat
After enlisting the public’s help to find Elvis Francois, a sailor who survived weeks lost at sea off of ketchup and seasonings, ketchup giant Heinz has finally tracked him down – and plans to gift him a new boat.
On February 14, the company published a call for help on social media, saying they were struggling to get in touch with Francois.
The Dominica-born sailor made headlines after he spent 24 days adrift in the Caribbean Sea in January. After being rescued by the Colombian navy, Francois, 47, told officials that he had survived off of a bottle of ketchup, garlic powder, and Maggi stock cubes, which he mixed with water.
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