Plus: Hand-stitched Indian ship arrives in Oman ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏ ͏
 |
| Hello. A French military contingent has arrived in Greenland ahead of Danish-led joint exercises. Europe digital editor Paul Kirby has the details. Also, BBC Thai's Panisa Aemocha reports from the scene of Wednesday's deadly crane collapse. And finally, watch a hand-stitched vessel complete a 17-day voyage. | |
|
|
|
|
TOP OF THE AGENDA | White House says Nato troops deployment has no 'impact' |
|
|  | French President Emmanuel Macron said the initial contingent would be reinforced soon. Credit: Reuters | Several European states and members of the Nato alliance, including France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Netherlands and the UK, are taking part in a limited military deployment to Greenland. The deployment consists of only a few dozen personnel as part of Danish-led joint exercises called Operation Arctic Endurance. While heavy in symbolism, Paul Kirby notes, it was not immediately clear how long they would stay. The mission come as US President Donald Trump continues to press his claim to the Arctic island, a semi-autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said she did not think the deployment would "impact [Trump's] goal of the acquisition of Greenland at all." |
|
| | |
|
|
|
| Trump threatens to invoke Insurrection Act | Protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Minneapolis have intensified in their second week. | What to know > |
|
| Iran denies plan to execute detained protester | Iran's judiciary has denied it scheduled the execution of a man arrested in connection with the country's recent protests. | More details > |
|
| Swiss bar worker unaware of dangers, family says | Cyane Panine died in the New Year's Eve fire and was widely identified in a video holding a bottle with a sparkler attached. | Read more > |
|
| Boeing knew of structural flaw, US report says | Investigators said a UPS plane involved in a crash in November had a structural flaw Boeing had already identified 15 years ago. | What happened > |
|
| |
|
|
NEWS FROM THE UK | - Robert Jenrick: The MP has joined Reform UK after being sacked from the Conservatives for allegedly plotting a defection.
| | | |
|
|
|
| Witnesses describe crash carnage |  | The crane involved in the accident was being used to build an overhead railway as part of a China-backed project. | A construction crane collapsed onto a moving train on Wednesday, killing at least 32 people and injuring 66 others. Most of them were on their way to school or work. Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has called for an investigation. |
|
| | | Rescuers were still pulling bodies out of the mangled train when I arrived at the scene. Parts of [the carriage] were completely crushed. "There was an elderly woman hanging upside down [from a carriage]... Another woman, whose right arm appeared to be broken, was holding onto her," said Pitchaya, 32, who is trained in basic first aid and was able to attend to some of those wounded.
Emergency responders used cranes and hydraulic cutting tools to free passengers trapped in the wreckage. "People were screaming 'Help! Help!' and smoke was starting to rise," said restaurant owner Penporn Pumjantuek, who works about 100m (328ft) from the scene. "Oil from the train was spilling everywhere." |
|
| | - Bangkok building: The firm being sued over the incident is linked to the skyscraper that collapsed during an earthquake in March.
| - Second crash: A construction crane collapsed onto a highway in a suburb of the capital Bangkok on Thursday, killing two people.
|
|
|
|
|
|
