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Chinese state media reports people alive inside the hull of a passenger ferry which sank on the Yangtze river. Paul Chapman reports.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that China can play a role in reducing tensions in the Middle East, including through its influence with Iran. "I think the relationships that China has can be positive in trying to calm tensions, to prevent escalation, avoid the spread of the conflict," Blinken told reporters, saying Foreign Minister Wang Yi agreed to stay in contact on the Middle East. SOUNDBITE
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
Rescue crews are seen working amid smouldering rubble after an Israeli strike on the town of Sarain, less than 20 kilometres from the eastern city of Baalbek. Fresh Israeli strikes on Tuesday killed one person, a security source said, in an escalating exchange of fire with the powerful Hezbollah movement amid fears cross-border violence could spiral. IMAGES
The death toll after a floor collapsed at a Hindu temple in India had risen to 35 on Friday with rescue operations ongoing. Dozens of worshippers celebrating a major religious holiday on Thursday plunged into the stepwell after the floor covering it collapsed in the central city of Indore. IMAGES
Images of rescue operations a day after at least 132 people died in India when a colonial-era pedestrian bridge packed with revellers collapsed into the river below, police said Monday. IMAGES
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