The area in Beirut suffered extensive damage from the explosion at the seaportDamage at the site of Tuesday's blast in Beirut's port area, LebanonA large explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut. 0:59. Which marks the signing of the Korean War armisticeFederal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the Portland Courthouse Rescue forces in action after an ultralight aircraft crashed into a house in Wesel, Germany Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan (C) and invited guests attending Friday prayers at Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque during the official opening ceremony of Hagia Sophia in IstanbulFederal officers arrest a protester after she crossed a fence line set up around the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. It is best known as a snow sure ski resort.Together … "We have doctors on the ground as well if we find other people alive, but that is unlikely.”The avalanche was reportedly 400 metres (1,300ft) wide, and occurred around 2,100 metres.The nationalities of the victims are not yet known.It is the worst avalanche in France since the ski season began.Since the beginning of the season, there have been 13 avalanches in the Alps and the Pyrenees, which have killed at least three.Last season, there were 45 incidents, which killed 21 people.Enter your email to follow new comments on this article.Are you sure you want to mark this comment as inappropriate?Want to discuss real-world problems, be involved in the most engaging discussions and hear from the journalists? More than 250 firefighters, backed by water-dropping aircraft, were struggling Wednesday to contain a large wildfire fanned by strong winds that has forced the evacuation of five settlements in southern GreeceA Black Lives Matter protester carries an American flag as teargas fills the air outside the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse in Portland, OregonA trader decorates a camel with Henna at a cattle market set up for the upcoming Muslim festival Eid al-Adha also called "Festival of the Sacrifice", in RawalpindiThe Milky Way galaxy is seen in the sky above the International Car Forest of the Last Church in Goldfield, Nevada.
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State and city elected officials have called for the federal officers to leave Portland as clashes between protesters and federal police continue to escalate F our snowboarders were killed when a huge avalanche buried them in a wall of snow and ice 100 yards wide at the popular Tignes ski resort in the French Alps on Monday. Due to the sheer scale of this comment community, we are not able to give each post These are external links and will open in a new windowTwo teenage boys are among four French snowboarders killed in an avalanche at the ski resort of Tignes in France.The snowboarders, led by an instructor, died when the wall of snow swept through an off-piste area just after 10:30 local time (09:30 GMT) on Monday.It had been feared more people had been caught up in the disaster.But Albertville Deputy Prefect Nicolas Martrenchard later told Agence France-Presse that "the definitive death toll is four victims". These are external links and will open in a new window Fire burns near the village of Galataki as authorities evacuate the place near Corinth, Greece. The existing Open Comments threads will continue to exist for those who do not subscribe to The avalanche warning level at Tignes on Monday was three out of five, France's Dauphine Libere reported.
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