At least 207 people have been killed and about 900 injured after two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. The Coromandel Express, which runs from Kolkata to Chennai, collided with another passenger train, the Howrah Superfast Express, railway officials said on Friday. The Howrah Superfast Express derailed and became entangled with…… Read More
Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan appears to be helped into a waiting vehicle after his leg was injured in an alleged assassination attempt. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Video shows Khan waving to his supporters from a campaign vehicle before being lifted down by some people who help him into a…… Read More
Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, has died at the age of 96. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Prince Charles, 73, heir to the throne since the age of three, is now king, and the Duchess of Cornwall is now Queen Consort. As Queen of the UK and 14…… Read More
Ghana has had a gold rush but here, Afua Hirsch discovers how Chinese immigrants are profiting from industrialising the country’s small-scale mining industry. She sees for herself that, for the many locals who chance losing life and limb for a piece of the same pie, the risks are rarely worth it, and explores where the…… Read More
Sex workers in Bangladesh, some as young as 12, are putting their health at risk by taking a drug to make themselves fatter so they are more attractive to clients. Their madams feed them steroids also used to make cows gain weight. Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute…… Read More
G4S prison in South Africa ‘torturing inmates’ Subscribe to the Guardian HERE: http://bitly.com/UvkFpD Footage from Mangaung Correctional Centre near Bloemfontein, South Africa, shows G4S prison workers apparently administering anti-psychotic drugs to a patient illegally. Another prisoner shows injuries he says were given by the prison’s emergency security team. Allegations of torutre, including electrocuting inmates, have…… Read More