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A series of videos have captured the moment Taiwan was struck by its most powerful earthquake in more than two decades.Several people have died, hundreds have been injured, and work is under way to rescue dozens trapped in or beneath collapsed or damaged buildings. The island's earthquake monitoring agency said Wednesday morning's quake was magnitude 7.2, while the US Geological Survey put it at 7.4 and Japan's meteorological agency said […]

The sex crimes trial of the main suspect in the Madeleine McCann case has been held up after the defence accused prosecutors of creating worldwide prejudice against him.Lawyers for Christian B, 46, told a German court that he could not get a fair trial on rape and sex assault charges because prosecutors had consistently accused him of abducting British toddler Madeleine McCann who vanished in Portugal 17 years ago. Defence […]

The cause of death of a two-year-old who went missing in the French Alps in July remains unexplained, despite the discovery of his bones and clothing.Last week, forensic tests showed that a skull found by a walker near Le Vernet in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence belonged to the boy, known as Emile. Some of his clothes - including a T-shirt, shoes and shorts - have now been found close to where the […]

A rare macaque has been stolen during a raid on a zoo in Germany.Leipzig Zoo says the female lion-tailed macaque - named Ruma - was stolen from its cage during a "violent" overnight break-in. Police in Germany have launched an investigation."We do not know what motive is behind the theft, but we are extremely concerned about the welfare of the animal, whose proper care requires expert knowledge," the zoo said […]

An Israeli airstrike in Gaza described as "unforgivable" has killed seven aid workers, including three Britons.The incident "wiped out the operations team" of a major aid organisation, which is helping to feed half a million people in Gaza, according to a boss of the World Food Programme. Sky News' Data and Forensics Unit looks at what we know so far about what happened.Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has acknowledged that […]

Hundreds of police officers have reportedly been deployed to a remote hamlet in the French Alps where the remains of a two-year-old boy were discovered on Saturday, as forensic experts analyse soil from the area where his bones were found.French authorities are trying to determine how the boy, known only as Emile, died after his bones were discovered by a walker in a forested mountain area near Le Vernet in […]

Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in New York - preventing the state from seizing his assets.The former US president had been given 10 days to make the payment after his lawyers successfully asked for the bond to be reduced from $454m (£362m). However, Mr Trump will be liable to pay the full amount - plus daily interest - if he loses an appeal in the civil fraud […]

A British volunteer is among five aid workers who have died after an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, according to a Hamas-run government office.Nationals from Poland and Australia were also killed, as well as one Palestinian, who was driving the car they were all travelling in. The nationality of the fifth person remains unknown.Middle East latest: Follow live updatesAll were employees for World Central Kitchen, a charity which provides food […]

A senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has been killed in an airstrike on the country's consulate in Syria, according to Iranian state TV.Mohammad Reza Zahedi was reportedly killed in the explosion, which destroyed the Iranian consulate building in the Syrian capital, Damascus. Image: Emergency services work at a destroyed building hit by an air strike in Damascus, Syria. Pic: AP Tehran's ambassador to Damascus, Hossein Akbari, claimed […]