BBC reports from scene as Afghanistan earthquake rescue mission gets under way

Some 96 trucks were driven on China's Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in a test ahead of the scheduled opening next month.

Bird lovers dressed up and took to the stage to mimic rhythmic calls in a competition aimed at promoting conservation awareness.

The skies above southern Japan were illuminated late on Tuesday evening after dust or asteroid fragments burnt up in the atmosphere.

Participants walked between two peaks more than a kilometre apart on a slackline just 2cm wide.

Emergency teams searching for the missing are struggling through mud and debris, following flash flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Passengers had to walk high above the ground to get back to the Singapore station after a power fault.

Teams from 16 countries are competing in a range of sports including football, athletics and dance as part of the World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing, China.

In Japan,15 August is a mourning occasion known as "Memorial Day for the End of the War"

Dozens of people have died as a result of the floodwaters, while others are feared missing.

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At least 15 people have died and dozens more are missing after flash floods hit Gansu province, local authorities say.

Veer Singh and Kali Devi were away buying groceries when flash floods hit their village on Tuesday.

At the ceremony, Japan's PM urged all countries to work towards nuclear disarmament.

A state media report said no casualties were caused when the tornado touched down in the region.

The BBC's Stephen McDonell is in Miyun, one of the areas hardest-hit by the severe weather.

At least 30 people have been killed in floods that have inundated large parts of northeastern China.

Authorities and local hunters have practiced their response to potential bear attacks in a simulated drill.

BBC Pakistan correspondent Azadeh Moshiri joined wildlife officials on their raids.

The animal, named Cammie, was rehabilitated by an animal shelter in Karachi, Pakistan.

The opening of Tesla's first showroom in India is a milestone but not a breakthrough for the country's EV sector.