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Two window cleaners have been rescued from a metal basket which was swinging out of control near the top of a 50-storey building in Oklahoma. Reports said the crane at the Devon Tower was unstable and the incident took place in high winds. The basket smashed several windows before emergency responders stabilised the crane and […]

Clashes have erupted on the streets of Sudan’s capital, Khartoum between security forces and protesters. At least five people were killed and dozens injured. The protesters blamed the military for opening fire on them, but the army – which until now has avoided using live ammunition – blamed it on what they called “unidentified elements”.

Meet the man growing vegetables in the most northerly human settlement on Earth. The Arctic town of Longyearbyen is a hostile natural environment for plants, with no daylight for 3 months each year. Residents rely on air freight for much of their produce, and Ben Vidmar wants to make it more sustainable. Can he make

A school believed to be the first in the world predominantly for transgender children and their siblings opened in Chile last year. It is named after the Mexican transgender politician Amaranta Gómez Regalado, and caters for children aged between 6 and 17. Many of the students dropped out of their previous schools once they began

Yemen, one of the Arab world’s poorest countries, has been devastated by a civil war which has been going on since 2015. Taiz, the country’s third largest city, has seen some of the worst fighting. Snipers haunt the streets and open spaces, meaning civilians in the city are constantly at risk of being shot. Taiz

An American explorer has descended nearly 11km (seven miles) to the deepest place in the ocean – the Mariana Trench in the Pacific. Victor Vescovo spent four hours exploring the bottom of the trench with the risk of his submersible imploding if anything were to go wrong. The dive was later verified to be 10,972m

Thousands of Albanians have been protesting against Prime Minister Edi Rama, with some throwing petrol bombs at his office. For the last three months, there have been anti-government demonstrations in Albania. Mr Rama faces allegations of electoral fraud and corruption. Opposition leader Lulzim Basha urged crowds to continue protests until Mr Rama steps down from

Around 20 officials from Indian’s election commission brought voting machines to the island of Ajad Tapu, off the coast of Gujarat. The journey involved a boat ride, a trek and a long car trip. On polling day, 29 of the 44 registered voters turned up to cast their ballots. Hundreds of millions of votes have

A gym class specifically tailored to its clientele of mostly Muslim women has been getting them ready for a month of fasting. Ramadan, which started on 5 May, sees Muslims refrain from eating or drinking between dawn and sunset every day for about 30 days. Class member Sadia Amar said fasting could take a toll

Online sports betting in Africa is worth billions of pounds every year. The boom is being fed by faster internet, cheaper phones and a love of the English Premier League. But there is a fear that children are being sucked into a cycle of betting, debt and poverty. In Kenya one government minister called this