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Portugal is in mourning after at least 17 people died and some 20 more were injured when Lisbon’s famous funicular cable railway derailed on Wednesday evening.A transport worker was among those killed, while a three-year-old German boy was reported to have escaped with minor injuries.Those hurt include four Portuguese, and 11 foreign nationals from Germany, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Canada, South Korea, Morocco and Cape Verde, according to emergency services.Police have not yet confirmed the identities of those who died, but here is what we do know about the victims.Among the dead are seven men and eight women, and foreigners,…

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A garment worker sorts tailored shirts and denim jeans at an apparel manufacturing unit in Bengaluru on August 25, 2025. Idrees Mohammed | Afp | Getty ImagesThe Indian government’s move on Wednesday to formally reduce the goods and services tax on a variety of items is expected to spur consumption and ease the impact of U.S. tariffs.The tax cuts, first mooted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in August on the country’s Independence Day, and an earlier round of income tax cuts in April, should boost consumer demand and corporate profits in the near and medium-term, Citi Research said in…

It was just after 18:00 on Wednesday when a carriage on Lisbon’s famous Gloria funicular came around the bend of a steep cobblestoned street, crashed into a building, and crumpled, an eyewitness said.”It hit a building with brutal force and collapsed like a cardboard box,” Teresa d’Avó told Portuguese television channel SIC, adding it seemed like it “had no brakes”.Police are still investigating the cause of the crash, which killed at least 17 people and injured 20 more, some critically, near Lisbon’s Avenida da Liberdade in the Portuguese capital. Video verified by the BBC shows the crashed yellow-and-white train on…

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LONDON — Russia’s Foreign Ministry again warned that Moscow will not accept the presence of any Western troops in Ukraine as part of a future peace deal, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared to meet a group of top European leaders in Paris on Thursday.”Russia does not intend to discuss unacceptable foreign intervention in Ukraine in any form whatsoever,” spokesperson Maria Zakharova said in comments published by the Foreign Ministry on Thursday. “Western war instigators view Ukraine as a testing ground for their military developments,” she said.Moscow has repeatedly rebuffed proposals for Western forces to be deployed to Ukraine in…

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After a week of fast-moving shakeups at the nation’s health agency, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will come before the powerful Senate Finance Committee, which has oversight over his department, on Thursday for hours of questioning that is sure to center on his vaccine policy.It comes a week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) significantly narrowed access to the COVID-19 vaccine, a move that precipitated a public fallout and ousting of the newly installed director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Susan Monarez. Four top CDC officials also resigned in protest.The new…

The Republican rift over whether to demand greater transparency in the case has once again highlighted a gender divide in the male-dominated party. Source link

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U.S. farmers need to sell their incoming crop, and China needs to buy it in case its main alternative, Brazil, has a flood or drought. But their trade war prevents a deal. Source link

Some Republican lawmakers have questioned whether Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s recent actions contradict pledges he made about vaccine access in order to win confirmation. Source link

The Porsche brand logo as lettering can be seen on the rear of a vehicle from the sports car manufacturer Porsche in Munich (Bavaria) on April 6, 2025.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesLuxury carmaker Porsche will soon drop out of Germany’s blue-chip DAX index following a protracted share price slump, as U.S. tariffs take their toll on the European auto industry. In a Wednesday statement, STOXX Ltd said that Porsche would exit the DAX on Sept. 22 as part of a regular reshuffle and be replaced by online listings company Scout24.Porsche is poised to become a member of…

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali has claimed a second five-year term in office, even as official final results from Monday’s general election are yet to be published. Ali’s People’s Progressive Party (PPP) secured at least 242,000 votes in the poll, claiming majorities in eight of the 10 districts in the South American country, according to Reuters news agency.We Invest in Nationhood (WIN), a new political party founded just three months ago, came in second with around 109,000 votes.Ali, 45, campaigned on a pledge to use the country’s vast oil reserves, discovered in 2019, to improve infrastructure and reduce poverty, while navigating…

Watch: Xi and Putin overheard discussing organ transplants and living to 150-years-oldChinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin have been overheard discussing organ transplants as a means of prolonging life on the sidelines of a military parade in Beijing.Putin suggested even eternal life could be achievable as a result of innovations in biotechnology, according to a translation of remarks caught on a hot mic.The unguarded moment was captured on a livestream carried by Chinese state TV as the two leaders and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un walked together through China’s historic Tiananmen Square.Xi and Putin have been in…

Fergal KeaneSpecial correspondentBBCThe day they appeared he could hardly believe his eyes. Small boat after small boat bearing in from the Turkish side. “I have so many memories that are coming back to me now,” says Paris Louamis, 50, a hotelier on the Greek island of Lesbos. “There were people from Syria, Afghanistan, many countries.”This was August 2015 and Europe was witnessing the greatest movement in population since the end of the Second World War. More than a million people would arrive in the EU over the next few months driven by violence in Syria, as well as Afghanistan and…

Watch: Emergency crews surround derailed Portugal funicularOne of Lisbon’s most iconic tourist attractions, the Gloria funicular, derailed and crashed on Wednesday evening.At least 15 people have been killed and 18 more injured, some critically, local authorities have said.It is not yet clear what caused the carriage to derail. Here’s everything we know so far:What have authorities said?The crash occurred at around 18:05 on Wednesday, near Lisbon’s Avenida da Liberdade, according to local authorities.More than 60 emergency service personnel and 22 vehicles were deployed to the scene. Officials said it was too early to determine the cause of the incident. However,…

Fashion giant Shein has opened an investigation after a shirt was advertised on its site, modelled by a man bearing a striking resemblance to Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering a US healthcare chief executive.The image with Mangione’s likeness, wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt, has since been taken down. Shein, one of the world’s biggest fast fashion retailers, told Sky News: “The image in question was provided by a third-party vendor and was removed immediately upon discovery.”We have stringent standards for all listings on our platform. We are conducting a thorough investigation, strengthening our monitoring processes, and will take…

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Takeshi Niinami said he never used the products in Japan, where officials are investigating whether they are banned under the country’s strict drug laws. Source link

Steve RosenbergRussia editor in VladivostokBBCAll the players in Soyuz, the local Para ice hockey team, lost limbs fighting in UkraineAt an ice rink in Vladivostok in Russia’s far east, 30-year-old Dmitry Afanasyev is in training with teammates from Soyuz, the local Para ice hockey team.The players have removed their prosthetic legs and are sitting in specially designed sleds. They’re using their hockey sticks to propel themselves around the rink.Dmitry hopes that one day he’ll be a Paralympic ice hockey champion.Making that happen won’t be easy. Russian teams were banned from the last Paralympic Games over the war in Ukraine.And like…

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Sarah RainsfordBBC Southern and Eastern Europe Correspondent, Kyiv andPaulin KolaBBC NewsWatch: ‘My job is to make sure Ukraine stays in the fight’, says John HealeyThe UK and its allies stand ready to support Ukraine before negotiations to end the war as well as to secure an eventual peace deal, the UK defence secretary says.Ahead of a top-level meeting in Paris on Thursday, John Healey told the BBC in Kyiv that Ukraine’s allies would “help make the skies safe, to make the seas safe, and to secure the land”, once a peace deal had been struck. But moments earlier, Russia’s President…

Jannik Sinner continued his US Open title defence in dominant fashion as he swept past fellow Italian Lorenzo Musetti to reach the semi-finals in New York.Labelled an “artificial intelligence” player by Alexander Bublik in the last round, Sinner’s scintillating form carried on as he won 6-1 6-4 6-2.Musetti, ranked 10th, was unable to convert any of his seven break points, while he hit just 12 winners to his compatriot’s 28 on Arthur Ashe Stadium.”We know each other very well. We’re from the same country, there’s so many Italian players in the draw, so it’s nice to play here,” Sinner said.”Obviously…