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  • Uganda birthday party boat capsizes on Lake Victoria, killing 29

    Symbol copyright Reuters Image caption Saturday’s coincidence occurred off Uganda’s Mukono district, near Kampala

    At Least 29 individuals are now known to have died after a cruise boat sporting party revellers capsized on Lake Victoria, Ugandan police say.

    The vessel used to be carrying close to ONE HUNDRED people whilst it sank on Saturday near Uganda’s capital, Kampala.

    Ugandan media named a bunch of well-identified other folks mentioned to be at the boat, including that the prince of a standard kingdom had survived.

    Lake Victoria sees regular accidents, regularly regarding overcrowded vessels.

    Scores of people died when a ferry sank on the lake off Tanzania in September.

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    Cries from the coastline

    The BBC’s Catherine Byaruhanga, at the scene

    The families and buddies of a few of the people involved accumulated through the shoreline. They sat below timber, looking through the twine fence and each time a body was once pulled out of the water, there were screams and cries as some folks acknowledged their liked ones.

    On the grass some non-public pieces had been laid out – footwear, sweaters, wallets, keys – anything else that could be used to identify the sufferers. Overhead the police deployed a helicopter to assist search for extra bodies that would have washed up by way of the shoreline – however they’ve given up hope that they are going to find any further survivors.

    Among those rescued was once Prince Daudi Kintu Wasajja, a brother of the king of Uganda’s biggest conventional kingdom, Buganda.

    Ugandan media stated musical artist Iryn Namubiru also survived.

    A choice of other fashionable artists and socialites have been believed to be on board.

    The boat was reportedly employed out for weekend parties.

    Many of these on board had no lifejackets.

    Local officers said small fishing boats that came to the rescue additionally was overloaded and sank.

    Five things about Lake Victoria

    Image copyright AFP With a floor house greater than Switzerland, Lake Victoria is the world’s second-largest lake and the most important in Africa Shared through Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, some 30 million people rely on its resources Challenges come with air pollution and falling water levels – biodiversity in Lake Victoria has dropped via 50% for the reason that nineteen eighties English colonialist John Hanning Speke named it after Britain’s Queen Victoria whilst he travelled there in 1858 Some have known as for the lake’s title to be changed – proposals include its Luganda-language identify Nalubaale, and Lake Jumuiya which means “togetherness” in Swahili

  • Pageant platform collapses in northern Spain

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  • Stolen plane: ‘I’m going to take a look at to do a barrel roll’

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  • Laos dam collapse: Race to rescue flooded villagers

    Lao villagers during an evacuation Symbol copyright Getty Pictures

    Rescuers are racing to find survivors after a dam in Laos collapsed overdue on Monday, flooding a few villages and killing a minimum of 20 folks.

    At least 100 individuals are still lacking, and heaps have misplaced their homes.

    The government in Attapeu province were using helicopters and boats to try to evacuate stranded villagers.

    The dam that collapsed is part of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric energy challenge, which comes to Laotian, Thai and South Korean firms.

    Local government have appealed to executive our bodies and other communities to offer emergency help similar to clothing, meals, drinking water and medication.

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    The dam that collapsed is an auxiliary dam referred to as “Saddle Dam D”. It is part of a community of 2 primary dams and five subsidiary dams in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric energy mission.

    The dam was once 90% complete and had been set to start out running commercially subsequent year.

    SK Engineering & Construction, a South Korean corporate with a stake within the venture, mentioned fractures have been first discovered at the dam on Sunday, ahead of it collapsed:

    Sunday 21:00 native time (14:00 GMT) – The dam is found to be partly broken. The authorities are alerted and villagers close to the dam start to be evacuated. A staff is shipped to fix the dam – however is hampered by way of heavy rain, which has also damaged many roads. Monday 03:00 – Water is discharged from one in every of the primary dams (Xe-Namnoy dam) to check out to decrease water ranges in the subsidiary dam. Monday 12:00 – The state executive orders villagers downstream to evacuate after finding out that there could be further damage to the dam. Monday 18:00 – Extra harm is confirmed on the dam. By Tuesday 01:30, a village near the subsidiary dam is flooded, and by way of 09:30 seven villages are flooded.

    Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Retaining, the main Thai stakeholder, mentioned in a press release that the dam “used to be fractured” after “continuous rainstorms” led to a “high quantity of water to circulate the venture’s reservoir”.

    As a consequence, water “leaked to the downstream area and all the way down to Xe-Pian River” about 5km (three miles) away, it brought.

    Why Laos is the ‘battery’ of SE Asia Laos us of a profile

    Laos has in latest years invested heavily in hydroelectric power – which makes up approximately 30% of its exports.

    the federal government plans to double current energy production through 2020 to develop into the “battery of South East Asia”.

    But groups warn of the challenge’s affect on the surroundings and the countries the river helps.

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  • Hundreds mourn excursion boat victims

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  • Thailand cave: Museum and picture within the works for Tham Luang

    Symbol copyright Getty Pictures Image caption The boys’ tale has gripped the sector

    it’s not clear if the museum would be operational all year round, as Thailand is vulnerable to heavy floods through the monsoon season, which lasts from June until October.

    It was the unexpected onset of that rainy season that trapped the boys deep underground whilst they have been exploring.

    A Hollywood film?

    Plans to turn the rescue operation right into a film also are within the works, with two production companies racing to turn the extraordinary tale into a film.

    Even ahead of all THIRTEEN folks were brought out, US studio Natural Flix – which makes inspirational Christian movies – had announced its producers have been on the ground interviewing rescue staff for a potential movie.

    Key questions on Thai cave rescue The heroes who stored the Wild Boars The doctor who selected to stick in the cave

    Studio co-founder, Michael Scott, lives in Thailand and mentioned his spouse grew up with Saman Gunan, the former Thai Military Seal member who misplaced his life through the mission.

    “to look all that heroic bravery within the cave, and to get all the divers out, it is just this kind of touching event and so non-public to me,” he mentioned in a video on Twitter, filmed at the rescue web site.

    Skip Twitter put up by @jonmchu

    I refuse to let Hollywood #whitewashout the Thai Cave rescue tale! No means. Not on our watch. That gained ’t happen or we ’ll supply them hell. There ’s a beautiful story abt human beings saving different humans. So any person thinking abt the tale higher way it proper & respectfully.

    — Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) July ELEVEN, 2018

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    Finish of Twitter post by way of @jonmchu

    But in step with L. A.-based totally Ivanhoe Pictures, they have been formally picked by the Thai govt and navy to strengthen the movie.

    US media quoted the corporate as pronouncing the film would be directed via Jon M Chu. He ultimate partnered with Ivanhoe in directing the impending romantic comedy Crazy Wealthy Asians.

    Concerns are already being raised on social media that the film might be “white-washed”, focusing extra at the international characters whilst downplaying the position of Thais.

    Skip Twitter publish via @svvuan03

    so they’re gonna turn the Thailand cave rescue tale into film, however watch them white wash the entire Thai children- IF NO LONGER, the Thai Navy seal that died saving them.

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