INTERNATIONAL

At least 324 people have been killed in flooding in the southern Indian state of Kerala, local officials say. The country’s monsoon season started in June, but the state’s death toll has soared in the last 24 hours, as the region is overwhelmed by flood waters. Rescuers are battling torrential rains to save residents, with more than 200,000 people left ...

US defence officials have postponed a planned Veterans Day weekend military parade through the streets of Washington DC until at least 2019. The parade was originally conceived to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War 1 and to honour veterans. But a Pentagon official said it has now been delayed at least one year. Provisional figures released earlier ...

Aretha Franklin, the “queen of soul” known for hits like Respect and Think, has died in Detroit at the age of 76. The legendary singer was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and announced last year she was retiring from music. Franklin had more than 20 US number ones over a career spanning seven decades. She gave her final performance last ...

More than 300 news outlets have launched a campaign to counter President Donald Trump’s attacks and promote a free press. The Boston Globe made the call last week for a nationwide denouncement of the president’s “dirty war” against the media, using the hashtag #EnemyOfNone. Mr Trump has derided media reports as “fake news” and attacked journalists as “enemies of the ...

Forty-eight people have been killed and 67 injured in a bomb explosion at an education centre in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, the country’s health ministry says. Police say a suicide bomber walked into the centre while teaching was under way and detonated his bomb belt. Many of those killed are believed to be teenagers who were getting extra tuition as they ...

Grief in Italy for the 39 victims of a collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa has been mixed with anger that such a vital structure could have simply given way. Rescuers have little hope of finding more survivors underneath the Morandi bridge, where almost 40 vehicles fell 45m (148ft) in Tuesday’s collapse. The cause is not yet known but there have ...

Grief in Italy for the 39 victims of a collapsed motorway bridge in Genoa has been mixed with anger that such a vital structure could have simply given way. Rescuers say there is little hope for more survivors underneath the Morandi bridge, where almost 40 vehicles fell 45m (148ft) in Tuesday’s collapse. The cause is not yet known but there ...

A motorway bridge has collapsed in the northwest Italian city of Genoa, killing at least 35 people as vehicles plummeted to the ground, emergency services say. Dramatic video footage captured the moment of the disaster when one of the huge supporting towers crashed down during torrential rain. Vehicles and debris fell 45m (148ft) on to rail tracks, buildings and a ...

A major motorway bridge has collapsed near the northern Italian city of Genoa, leading to vehicles falling some 100m (328ft). Italian Transport Minister Danilo Toninelli said it was likely to be “an immense tragedy”. Adnkronos news agency reports the head of the local ambulance service as saying there are “dozens of dead”. Video footage appears to show one of the ...

Thousands of Romanians are again taking part in an anti-government rally in the capital Bucharest, a day after clashes left more than 400 people injured. So far the protest near the government offices has been noisy but peaceful. Similar demonstrations are also reported in other cities including Cluj, Sibiu, Timisoara and Iasi. On Friday, more than 50,000 people took to ...