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Unexploded World War Two bomb causes travel chaos in Paris | BBC News

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All trains to and from Paris Gare du Nord station have been halted on Friday after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found on tacks leading to the terminal.

The bomb was found on the tracks in the area of Saint-Denis during overnight works, says Eurostar in a statement.

All local trains to and from the station have been cancelled, and all Eurostar journeys to the station have been cancelled for all of Friday too.

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Serial sex offender Simon Levy sentenced for murders of two women and rape of third | BBC News

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Serial sex offender Simon Levy – who killed two women and raped a third while on bail for other offences – has been sentenced to a whole life jail term.

Levy was found guilty last week of murdering Carmenza Valencia-Trujillo and Sheryl Wilkins in 2025, as well as the violent rape of a third woman.

Levy is a registered sex offender and was being monitored by police at the time of the attacks.

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This was the last total solar eclipse of the millennium in 1999. #Eclipse #bbcnews

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Desperate search for survivors as 240 confirmed dead in Colombia earthquake | BBC News

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Rescue workers in Colombia are working against the clock to free survivors trapped in buildings and under rubble following Monday’s powerful earthquake.

More than 240 people have been confirmed dead – most in the cities of Cali and Pereira.

The magnitude 7.4 quake struck at 07:34 local time and was felt across an enormous area, stretching for hundreds of miles across western Colombia – with fresh aftershocks still being felt the following day.

A state of emergency has been declared by President Abelardo de la Espriella. Giving an update from Pereira, one of the worst hit cities, President Espriella said as well as those killed, thousands had been injured, and hundreds remain missing.

Clive Myrie present BBC News at Ten reporting by Jose Carlos Cueto.

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