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    One driver dead, 89 injured as two EMR trains collide south of Bedford

    Emergency services declared a major incident after two East Midlands Railway passenger trains collided on a southbound line near Bedford on Friday evening, leaving one driver dead and 89 people injured, 11 of them very seriously.

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Bedford, Beirut and bruised Meloni

Europe absorbs shocks as Bedford crash and Lebanon truce collapse test distracted leaders

A fragile ceasefire in Lebanon failed almost as soon as it began, pulling the US-Iran peace track back into uncertainty. In Europe, a fatal rail crash, a Labour revolt, a heatwave and Donald Trump’s quarrel with Giorgia Meloni gave governments little room for quiet Friday management.

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  • Munich freight train collision

    Two wagons fall from a bridge onto the street below after two freight trains collide, leaving one person dead and the road closed.

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Demography and migration

The European Commission has begun formally scrutinizing national draft laws for transposing the Migration and Asylum Pact, flagging concerns about fundamental rights.

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