There are reports of a violent clash in southwestern China between residents and security forces after a Tibetan man
set himself on fire
. Tibetan rights groups said a crowd had tried to take the man away from police after the flames were
put out
. It's not known whether he survived. It would be the 16th self-immolation by Tibetans in less than a year in a series of protests against Chinese rule.
BBC News
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The Italian port authorities say about 40 people remain unaccounted for after a cruise ship ran aground on the west coast of Italy with more than 4,000 passengers and crew on board. A major rescue operation has continued all day. Three people are known to have died. The president of the cruise line said preliminary evidence suggested the ship had struck a rock. The BBC's Alan Johnston is on the island of Giglio.
一艘游轮在意大利西海岸触礁,当时船上有4000名游客,意大利港务局称仍有40人下落不明。搜救工作已进行了一整天,目前确认3人死亡。游轮船长称,初步证据表明,这艘船撞上了一块大石头。BBC记者Alan Johnston在吉利奥报道。
I can see four or five coast guard vessels in an arc around the ship with search lights playing on the waters, and over on the left I can see what looks like quite a large team of men, no doubt, more search rescue teams going out to the ship. And through the day, we know that divers have been going down into the decks that are submerged now and looking through the cabins and staterooms there, and this operation continues, and it must do with so many people still unaccounted for.