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Rescue efforts are continuing in Venezuela for a third day after two back-to-back earthquakes, killing at least 920 and injuring more than 3,360 people.

The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit less than a minute apart on Wednesday.

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0:00 – Deadly earthquakes hit
0:43 – Search efforts
01:38 – BBC reporter’s home hit
02:56 – International aid
03:40 – Lasting impacts on Venezuela
04:23 – US-Venezuela tensions
05:22 – How bad is the damage?
06:04 – Why is Venezuela vulnerable?
07:02 – What next for Venezuela?

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Residents and families are desperately searching the rubble for their loved ones and belongings. They are listening carefully for any sound that might indicate someone is alive trapped under the concrete and metal wire debris.

So far, officials have confirmed at least 1,430 deaths from the magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes – the latter being one of the strongest quakes recorded in the country in the last century.

Hundreds of buildings collapsed and beneath the rubble, thousands of Venezuelans remain. The number of dead and injured rises by the hour. The UN estimates around 50,000 people are missing.

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Russian forces have launched a major drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least 13 people, officials said.

Several neighbourhoods were evacuated as strikes rocked buildings throughout the city, hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia was preparing for a “massive” attack.

Children were among the “significant number” of casualties, Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, said. “The enemy is once again deliberately targeting residential areas and killing civilians,” he said early on Thursday.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence claimed it targeted energy facilities in response to recent Ukrainian strikes.

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The desperate search for survivors of Venezuela’s earthquake is still saving lives. A mother and baby have been lifted from the rubble, five days after the disaster struck.

But 46,000 people are unaccounted for and hope is fading of finding many more alive under the rubble.

Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Orla Guerin.

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UK PM Keir Starmer has apologised on behalf of the British state for its role in historical forced adoptions in England and Wales.

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