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A passenger train derailment in southwestern Germany has left at least three people dead and several others seriously injured. The incident occurred near Riedlingen on Sunday, amid reports of a storm in the area.
At least three people have died and multiple others were seriously injured after a passenger train derailed in southwestern Germany, according to authorities.
The crash took place around 18:10 local time near the town of Riedlingen, close to Stuttgart, as the train travelled a 90-kilometre (55 miles) route between Sigmaringen and Ulm. Approximately 100 people were on board when at least two carriages left the tracks in a forested area.
The cause of the derailment remains unknown, but local media report a storm swept through the region shortly before the crash.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed condolences via a post on X, saying he mourned the victims and was in close contact with Germany’s interior and transport ministers to ensure full support for rescue efforts.
Ulm police confirmed that “three people were killed and other passengers were seriously injured,” while Deutsche Bahn, the national rail operator, acknowledged the incident but said the “exact situation is still unclear.”
The derailment site is now under investigation, with authorities working to determine what caused the deadly accident.
A powerful eruption at Japan’s Shinmoedake volcano sent an ash plume more than 3,000 metres high on Sunday morning, prompting safety warnings from authorities.
According to the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ), a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck the Oaxaca region of Mexico on Saturday.
A resumption of Iraq’s Kurdish oil exports is not expected in the near term, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, despite an announcement by Iraq’s federal government a day earlier stating that shipments would resume immediately.
A magnitude 5.2 earthquake struck 56 kilometres east of Gorgan in northern Iran early Sunday morning, according to preliminary seismic data.
A deadly heatwave has claimed 1,180 lives in Spain since May, with elderly people most at risk, prompting calls for urgent social support.
Top European leaders will travel to Washington on Monday to join U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy in critical talks aimed at ending the war with Russia.
France, Germany and Britain will meet on Sunday to help shape Ukraine’s position before President Zelenskyy holds high-stakes talks with Donald Trump in Washington.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held phone conversations on Saturday with his Turkish and Hungarian counterparts, just hours after the U.S.–Russia summit in Alaska ended without a breakthrough on Ukraine.
At least eight people have been killed and four remain missing after a flash flood in northern China, state media reported on Sunday, as the East Asian monsoon continues to trigger severe weather across the country.
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