claims.
Police in Mexico say they’ve found at least 19 bodies in an abandoned mine shaft in Hidalgo, near Mexico City. The security forces said they found the
decompos
ing remains after a tip-off from two alleged members of a drug cartel that they’d arrested on Friday.
The Egyptian authorities have arrested the deputy culture minister and four security guards in connection with the theft of a painting by Vincent van Gogh from a Cairo museum. The deputy minister was arrested
on suspicion of
negligence, but was not formally charged. Prosecutors said he failed to replace broken surveillance cameras despite having the budget to do so.
And that’s the latest BBC News.
一辆旅游巴士在菲律宾首都马尼拉遭遇劫持,车上8名香港游客遇难,其他7人正在医院接受治疗。劫持者是一名携带突击步枪的被辞退的武装警察,在长达9小时的电视直播的围攻中被警方击毙。香港特别行政区长官曾荫权(Donald Tsang)发表了讲话。
“这是一场重大的灾难,香港居民原本是为了到马尼拉进行快乐的旅行,却以伤亡收场,这让人非常失望。这是非常不幸的。这件事情的处理方式,尤其是事件结果让人非常失望。”
智利救援人员表示,被困在地下长达18天的33名矿工健康状况良好,但是仍然被告知,这些矿工要等待几个月的时间才能成功获救。目前,智利北部这座铜金矿已经部署了新的钻孔机,挖掘出新的隧道使这些矿工安全获救。然而,预期这项工作需要至少两个月的时间。