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A British motor racing driver says he owes his life to a rival who dragged him from the burning wreckage of his car after he crashed during a race in China.

The funeral of former Bosnian Serb General Ratko Mladic has taken place in the Serbian capital Belgrade, as thousands of people gathered in front of the church to pay their respects.

The EU is to invest €200m (£171m) in Greenland to improve relations with the Arctic island amid tensions caused by Donald Trump's demands that the territory be handed over to the US.

Alternative for Germany's resounding victory in a regional election has sparked alarm, including from Holocaust survivors.

Convicted rapist Zhenhao Zou, who drugged and raped 10 women in London and China, has been linked to other alleged offences, police have said.

Anyone applying to be an Irish citizen will have to prove their language abilities and have lived in the country for eight years, if new regulations are introduced.

Israeli strikes on a southern Lebanese village killed at least 12 people, including women and children, Lebanon's health ministry said.

FIFA has confirmed Gianni Infantino is standing for re-election next year after the president declined Sky News questions on his future in the job, now insisting "nothing has changed".

China has confirmed that 43 people are dead and 519 still missing after flash floods hit Nepal and Tibet over a week ago.

At least 25 people - mostly schoolchildren and teenagers - have died after a bus plunged into a ravine on one of Cape Verde's islands.