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BBC news with David Austin.
Rival bands of soldiers have clashed in the center in the capital of Burundi, where an attempt has been made to overthrow the president Pierre Nkurunziza.
The upsurging violence followed talks between the army chief of staff, who're the supporters of the president and the defense minister who backs the coup. Mort Julian reports from Bujunbura.
"There's been heavy exchange gunfire in the city during most of the night. Clashes have been taking place over the control of the national television. Early this morning the army chief of staff announced the coup attempted by General N, former head of intelligence in Burundi, had failed. We understand that this followed the night of negotiations between the chief of staff and defense minister who supports the coup. So now what many have been fearing is confirmed, the army is divided in fighting in the streets of the capital Bujunbura."
Eleven people have been killed in an attack on a guesthouse in the Afghan capital Kabul, four Indian nationals and an American were among the victims, many of whom have been gathering for a party and a concert at the Park Palace Hotel. From Kabul, David L reports.
"The attack began in the early evening and the gunfire could still be heard from the central Kabul guesthouse five hours later. Police retook the building room by room. When the dust settled, 11 lay died, including two attackers. One report said they'd gone room to room in the guesthouse, seeking foreigners. But a planned suicide bomb attack did not succeed. More than 50 people who have been to the party and the gardener of the guesthouse were rescued by Afghan special forces."
A boat carrying about 350 migrants, which has been stranded for the past week in the Andaman Sea, is now in Thai waters, waiting assistance from the navy. People on the boat say it was abandoned by its crew and had its engine disabled. Our correspondent Jonathan Head has just sent reports from the scene.
"For the past week we heard about the boat that had been stranded by their smugglers now, where a couple alongside of them off the southern coast of Thailand and is in absolutely desperate site. People are calling out to us, begging us for food and water. There are a lot of women and children on board. They xx blanket for some kind of shelter. This is a very old-looking fishing boat that completely packed with people. You can say there are actually people drinking their own urine from bottles. We've been throwing the bottles of water, everything we've got on board."
Nepal's home minister says the number of people who died in Tuesday's earthquake has now risen to 96. More than 2,500 others were injured. Many of the victims were in Dolakha , close to the quake's epicenter. Hundreds of Indian troops and four US helicopters are searching for a US marine helicopter that went missing during a relief operation for victims of last month's earthquake.
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The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in China for a three-day visit, seeking to boost the economic cooperation between the two Asian superpowers. He will hold talks with President Xi Jinping, which are also expected to touch on tensions over a long-running border dispute. India is also understood to be concerned about a huge Chinese investment programme in neighbouring Pakistan.
An advisor to the British government has recommended to setting up global fund to subsidise the development of antibiotics, which offer poor returns to pharmaceuticals companies. A report by Jim O’Neal , a former chief economist of Goldman Sachs Bank, says if no action was taken to prevent the spread of superbugs, millions of lives and trillions of dollars would be lost. Mr O said he hoped his plan could lead to 15 new antibiotics in a decade. "We are specifically purposing 15 new antibiotics drugs and I think it is the first time that anybody is attempted to be particularly specific about the nature of those 15 drugs. Very technical terminology, but we want to make sure it's not just more drugs, but it's more the ones that we really need to help people."
The authorities in the Philippines have confirmed that more than 70 people were killed in Wednesday's fire at a footwear factory in Manila. Many of the corpses were reduced to skulls and bones. Police said the fire started when sparks from a wielding torch ignited chemicals near the main entrance. They say prosecutions were definitely take place over the blaze.
The Greek culture minister has rejected to the suggestion by an advisor, Amal Alamuddin Clooney, that Athens could go to court to reclaim the celebrated Elgin Marbles. Nikos Xydakis said the outcome of the court action purposed by the actor George Clooney's wife would be uncertain. He said Greece would continue its diplomatic and political approach for the return of the sculptures which were stripped from the Pathenon in the 19th century.
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