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Built in 1721, the 11-metre tall Siraji minaret was demolished after complaints of traffic around the mosque, according to the Basra government. #iraq #demolition #buildingcollapse #ancient #minaret #touristattraction #traveltiktok #iraqitiktok | A historic minaret has been destroyed in the Iraqi city of Basra in order to make way for a road expansion, causing outrage among many Iraqi citizens and local heritage authorities. | Built in 1721, the 11-metre tall Siraji minaret was demolished after complaints of traffic around the mosque, according to the Basra government. | 300-Year-Old Mosque Minaret Destroyed to Build a Road | Country: GB
Authorities in Honduras forced inmates to sit in tight rows while they searched for contraband in a sweep of prisons following a massacre at a women’s jail. #honduras #prison #incarceration #humanrights #elsalvador | Honduras Begins ‘Drastic Measures’ Against Gangs After Prison Massacre | Footage released by the government in Honduras shows dozens of incarcerated men stripped to their underwear with their hands behind their heads, as heavily armed soldiers stand guard. | Similar images that have emerged from neighbouring El Salvador since the country began its controversial crackdown on gangs sparked outrage from human rights groups and allegations of abuse and torture. | Honduran authorities are now copying El Salvador’s example in an attempt to project an image of control following a gruesome massacre in a women’s prison that left at least 46 prisoners dead.
“I was used as a political pawn” - Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has spoken out about her experience of being incarcerated in Iran after she was accused of spying by Iranian authorities, an accusation she denied. After spending six years in jail, Zaghari-Ratcliffe last year returned home to her family in Britain. Today, she gave a powerful talk at #glastonbury about the impacts of his imprisonment, her hopes for the future and for her friends who remain jailed in #Iran | This is the message she hopes people took from her talk at Glastonbury | Nazanin Zaghari Ratcliffe: This is how I survived six years jailed in Iran
Greek authorities claim a fishing trawler carrying migrants refused rescue before capsizing, killing hundreds in one of the worst disasters of its kind. A CNN investigation has gathered testimony that raises questions about that account. CNN’s Jomana Karadsheh reports.#cnn #news #greece #migrants #pakistan
Rear Admiral John Mauger, from the US Coast Guard, who is leading the search for the Titan submersible, has revealed they "don't know the source of that noise" but have reported the data with the US Navy. He said authorities will continue to find the source of the noise "as long as there's an opportunity for survival". #titanic #submarine #missingperson #titan #atlanticocean #deepsea #newfoundland #titanicsubmersible #titanicsubmarine #sounds #titanictiktok | OceanGate | ‘Banging’ Noises Have Been Heard in the Search for the Missing Titanic Submersible, What Happens Now?
Fights broke out at a protest outside a Glendale, California school board meeting where they were considering recognizing Pride Month. Police arrested three people, according to local authorities. #CNN #News #Pride #pridemonth #genderidentity
Ajike "AJ" Owens, a mother of four, was shot and killed in Florida following a longtime feud with a neighbor who had complained about the victim's children playing outside, authorities and a family attorney said. CNN's Carlos Suarez has more. #cnn #news #florida #marioncounty #neighbor #children #door #sheriff #ajikeowens | Mom of 4 killed after neighbor shot her through closed door
Ukraine has accused Russia of causing an explosion to the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. #ukrainewar #russia #kherson #dam #novakakhovka #kakhovka #water #hydroelectricity #hydroelectric #putin #zelensky | Tens of thousands of people are at risk of being flooded from their homes after the Nova Kakhovka dam was destroyed in Russian-occupied Kherson, southern Ukraine.  | Ukraine accused Russia of deliberately blowing up the dam on the Dnipro River, but Russia blamed Ukrainian commandos. | Ukrainian authorities fear the destruction of the dam could cause extensive damage to the city of Kherson and threaten water supply to a nearby nuclear facility. | Ukraine Has Accused ‘Terrorist’ Russia Of Blowing Up This Huge Dam
Ukraine has accused Russia of blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam near Kherson – containing about the same volume of water as Utah’s Great Salt Lake – with a number of significant repercussions for the local area and for Ukraine’s wider war effort. Water from the reservoir supplies the Crimean peninsula to the south, which was annexed by Russia in 2014, as well as the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and the Kakhovka hydroelectric plant. Destroying the dam would add to Ukraine’s ongoing energy problems, after Russia spent weeks earlier this year targeting vital infrastructure. Follow the latest by clicking the link in bio. #ukraine #ukrainerussiawar #russia #kherson #news #ukrainenews #NovaKakhovka | The Ukrainian government has called for people to evacuate in the face of catastrophic flooding | after a large part of the strategically important Nova Kakhovka dam near Kherson was destroyed. | The Ukrainian government has accused Russian troops of blowing up the dam, | while Russia has blamed Ukraine. | Authorities have estimated that 16,000 people could be affected by flooding | as a wall of water heads towards settlements below, including Kherson, which Ukrainian forces recaptured in late 2022.
Authorities in India rush to resume rail services after one of the deadliest train disasters in the country's history. More than 200 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured in what officials have described as a three-way crash involving two passenger trains and a stationary freight train. CNN's Ivan Watson reports. #cnn #news #india #train #traincrash #disaster #railroad #crash | How the deadly Indian train crash happened
Officials are investigating the crash of an unresponsive plane that flew near the US Capitol region, prompting military fighter jets to rush to intercept the aircraft before it ultimately careened into northern Virginia, leaving no survivors, authorities say. CNN's Brian Todd reports. #cnn #news #sonicboom #fighterjet #washingtondc #virginia #planecrash | Fighter jets pursuing unresponsive plane cause sonic boom
A mysterious patch of fluorescent green water that appeared in Venice’s famed Grand Canal Sunday was caused by a chemical commonly used in underwater construction to help identify leaks, environmental authorities say. #CNN #News #venice #venicegrandcanal #venicecanal #grandcanal #italy #veniceitaly
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