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Indonesian authorities on Thursday rescued at least 69 Rohingya refugees who had been at sea for weeks after their boat capsized a day earlier. The refugee group's wooden boat and another vessel trying to help them both capsized on Wednesday, with survivors estimating that around 150 Rohingya had been on board with dozens swept away. Rescuers had rushed to save the group of Rohingya after they spotted them in the water, stranded and holding onto an overturned boat off the coast of western Aceh province. IMAGES
A strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel has blocked train travel between Britain and France, leaving thousands of pre-Christmas travellers as well as freight traffic stranded. IMAGES
Thousands of passengers are awaiting more information at St Pancras International station in London as the result of a wildcat strike by workers operating the Channel Tunnel which has blocked train travel between France and Britain since midday on Thursday 21 December. IMAGES
Nearly 200 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, are stranded on a beach in western Indonesia, with local authorities saying they will not accept the new arrivals. The refugees arrived by boat at 3:00 am local time on Sunday (2000 GMT Saturday), the latest in what has been the largest influx of the persecuted Myanmar minority since 2015. IMAGES
More than 200 Rohingya refugees are huddled on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island after weeks adrift on a wooden boat, as authorities rejected locals' efforts to push the members of the persecuted Myanmar minority back to sea. IMAGES
A group of around 200 Rohingya refugees huddle on the beaches of a remote Indonesian island, cordoned off by yellow tape meant to stop them running away, after weeks adrift on a wooden boat. IMAGES