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At least one person has died and 30 have been injured after a train partially derailed in the early hours of Tuesday, 3 April, Dutch officials have said. Footage shows carriages laid across the tracks in Voorschoten, near The Hague, as emergency services attend the scene. The incident happened around 3:25am (1:25am GMT), emergency services said.

Houses destroyed by a tornado in Little Rock, North Little Rock, and Sherwood in Arkansas, have been captured on police drone footage as officers assessed damage in the area on Saturday, 1 April. At least least one person was killed and more than 50 were hurt, some critically, after the tornado hit the city. City officials said more than 2,600 buildings were in the tornado's path.

Vladimir Putin's former protection officer has branded the Russian president a “war criminal” after defecting from the country. Gleb Karakulov and his family fled to Turkey after accompanying Putin on a visit to Kazakhstan in October 2022. Speaking to the Dossier Center, an investigative outlet founded by exiled Putin critic Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the 35-year-old Federal Guard Service (FGS) captain addressed his former colleagues.

Sir Tony Blair and Bertie Ahern have praised the spirit of Anglo-Irish teamwork that helped land the Good Friday Agreement 25 years ago. The peace deal was signed on 10 April 1998 to establish a powersharing settlement that largely ended the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The former UK prime minister and the former Irish prime minister (taoiseach) have reflected on the negotiation process that took place.

King Charles III met Ukrainian refugees at the Tegel Refugee Centre in Berlin as part of his state visit to Germany on Thursday, 30 March. The country has welcomed more than one million Ukrainian refugees since Russia invaded their homeland. His Majesty told Ukrainian people he was “praying” for them after condemning President Vladimir Putin's actions.

Hundreds of ducks stalled cars on a road in Thailand as they waddled across the concrete. Footage shows the flock nonchalantly making its way in single file across the road next to a rice field in Phetchaburi province on 18 March. The group of birds were briefly interrupted in their journey when a motorcycle rider drove through and broke the crowd up before they continued crossing.

Colourful dotted pumpkins have been installed at a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, as part of a collaboration between Louis Vuitton and Yayoi Kusama. Each of the 101 painted vegetable replicas of varying sizes - with one standing at 18ft tall - have been created exclusively for the French luxury fashion house to celebrate its collection with the Japanese artist. The artwork will be on display until 2 April, when it be relocated elsewhere in Thailand.

The moment a group of alleged thieves stole $30,000 worth of jewellery at a Florida department store while their accomplices distracted a staff member has been caught on surveillance footage. Fort Lauderdale Police have released this clip of a group of four people they are looking to identify in connection with the theft at a Macy's store on 18 February. Two suspects distracted an employee while the other two stole the goods.

A “hero” bus driver saved a young boy from being hit by a car as he went to step off the vehicle in Ohio. Footage shared by Tecumseh Local Schools shows April Wise stopping the vehicle and opening the doors before shouting at a student about to go down the steps to stop. The driver grabs the pupil's backpack and pulls him toward her as a car drives past on the right hand side.

Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Munich Security Conference on Friday, 17 February, to call for quicker military support for Ukraine. The Ukrainian president told Western allies that speeding their military support for Ukraine was essential as delays would play into Russia’s hand. “There is no alternative to speed, because it’s speed that life depends on,” Mr Zelensky said via video link to the conference in Germany.