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Chelsea fans in west London and Porto celebrated into the night after their team won the Champions League title.

Femi Nylander on African Apocalypse: my journey into today’s beating heart of darkness Femi Nylander At the end of the 19th century, European powers came together to carve up the great African cake. One of the pieces of land allotted to the French was an area branching into the Sahara Desert in what was to become Niger. My BBC Two film African Apocalypse follows the road created by the French invasion of 1898-99 in which a French colonial officer, Captain Paul Voulet, established the Southern border of the country. The film brings the past up to date. It’s a personal jo...

12 workers trapped in Chinese gold mine blast still alive - state media Abbianca Makoni Twelve of the 22 workers trapped for a week by an explosion in a gold mine are alive, Chinese state media said, as hundreds of rescuers seek to bring them to safety. The Xinhua News Agency said on Monday that a note had been passed through a rescue shaft on Sunday night. The handwritten note said four of the workers were injured and that the condition of others was deteriorating because of a lack of fresh air and an influx of water. The fate of the other 10 workers remains unknown.