Witnesses share their exhausting and terrifying escape after a plane forced to make an emergency landing caught fire.
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Musk says first mission to Mars will launch next year
The billionaire says an unmanned mission by his SpaceX “Starship” vehicle will be followed by human landings as early as 2029.
US rejects ‘impractical’ Hamas demands as Gaza truce hangs in balance
A Palestinian official tells the BBC that Israel and Hamas disagreed over a proposal to extend the fragile ceasefire.
‘Their untold stories need to be told’: Teens capture India’s labourers in pictures
Teen photographers showcased the backbreaking work done by India’s 400 million labourers.
Search continues in Dominican Republic for missing student Sudiksha Konanki
The search for the missing University of Pittsburgh student, who was on spring break in Punta Cana, is entering its second week.
US government shutdown averted as Senate passes spending bill
The passage of the funding bill came hours before a shutdown, with Democrats under fierce pressure to oppose the measure.
Islamic State leader in Iraq and Syria killed, US says
Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifa was head of IS’s most senior decision-making body, the US Central Command said.
Ovens and bone fragments – BBC visits Mexican cartel ‘extermination’ site
The BBC’s Will Grant visits the site believed to have been used by drug cartels to dispose of victims’ remains.
South African ambassador ‘no longer welcome’ in US, Rubio says
The US Secretary of State called the ambassador a “race-baiting politician who hates America”.
‘For holding a wombat, thousands threatened my life’
Sam Jones says she was trying to get the wombat safely off the road, and the video was not staged for social media.