Local media report the property included a holiday rental, with US tourists and a UK national among the missing.
Sky News – World A powerful explosion in Athens’ historic Plaka district brought down a two-storey building near the Acropolis on Friday 25 September 2026, injuring at least two people. The cause remains under investigation, although a gas leak is suspected.
A powerful explosion in Athens’ historic Plaka district brought down a two-storey building near the Acropolis on Friday 25 September 2026, injuring at least two people. The cause remains under investigation, although a gas leak is suspected.
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NYTimes – World Four people, some of them believed to be tourists, were still missing. Local officials said the cause might have been a gas leak.
Sky News – World At least three people have been injured after a building collapsed following a powerful explosion near the Acropolis in central Athens, officials have said.
BBC News – World On Friday, Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villages across the occupied West Bank during the annual olive harvest, setting fire to cars and trees, throwing stones, and beating residents. Washington Post freelance photographer Heidi Levine, a U.S. photojournalist, was among those injured. Reporters Without Borders condemned the assault as "brazen violence."
Sky News – World Ousted Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores pleaded not guilty to new US charges accusing them of leading a state-sponsored torture campaign during his 2013–2026 presidency. Maduro and Flores denied the allegations as "false accusations" during a court appearance in New York City. The couple has been held in a New York jail since their capture by the US military in early January.
NYTimes – World Families are demanding justice after a school roof collapse in Peshawar, Pakistan, killed at least 34 children and a teacher and injured more than 40 people. A senior Peshawar official told AFP that initial reports suggested weak infrastructure was the cause. Pakistan's prime minister urged rescuers to speed up the search for survivors, and safety inspections of schools across northwest Pakistan have been launched.
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