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BBC news 2010-10-10

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Celebrations erupted in Chile after a drill broke through to the underground chamber where 33 miners have been trapped for more than two months. Rescue workers, government representatives and family members hugged each other as the news of the breakthrough was announced. Andrew Harding reports in the mine in San Jose.

On a barren hillside, the long-awaited sound of success and the delirious reaction here early this morning. "Chile," they shout, celebrating the news that the rescue tunnel has finally broken through to the trapped miners. The next step is to test the strength of the shaft. Rescue engineer Eugenio Eguiguren says it shouldn't need much reinforcing.

"The rock is absolutely firm. There would not be any problem then."

"So the first miners could be out within..."

"Forty-eight hours. I think so."

For the families, the question now is who comes out first. They may not have too much longer to wait.

The man expected to be North Korea's next leader, Kim Jong-un, has appeared in front of the world media for the first time. He sat next to his father, President Kim Jong-il, at a games and dance festival in the North Korean capital Pyongyang. Michael Bristow was there.

The Arirang Games take place each year in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. This year the focus of attention was on just one man, Kim Jong-un. He was there with North Korea's current leader and his father, Kim Jong-il, who's believed to be in poor health. The crowd rose to their feet and applauded when the lights suddenly shot on the two men, who were watching from a podium. The younger Mr Kim was recently made a four-star general and given senior roles in the government and the Korean Workers' Party. Many analysts see this is evidence that he is being groomed as the country's next leader.

Hundreds of thousands of people in Bangladesh have been made homeless by three days of storms and heavy rain. At least 15 people were killed. From Dhaka, Anbarasan Ethirajan reports.

In many low-lying areas, the storms surged with waves of about two metres flooded many homes. Thousands of people had to leave for higher ground. Some took refuge at cyclone shelters while many simply set up camp beside the roads. Storms and tidal surges are nothing new to this country where many are killed nearly every year. But the events of the last few days have shown how a large number of people can be affected in a very short space of time.

A kidnapped British aid worker, Linda Norgrove, has been killed during an attempted rescue operation in eastern Afghanistan. According to one report, her captors threw a grenade into the room where she was kept when American special forces attacked. Nato say eight of the hostage takers were killed. Local officials say the abductors had links to al-Qaeda.

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A delegation from the United Nations Security Council has ended a visit to Sudan by expressing its concern at the situation there. A referendum on independence for the south is expected in January. From Khartoum, James Copnall reports.

The Security Council acknowledged that the timetable for the referendum on possible southern independence was extremely tight  following a number of delays. But Mark Lyall Grant, UK's ambassador to the Security Council, said holding the referendum on time on 9 January was still doable. On Darfur, the Security Council called for the rebel movements not participating in negotiations to come back to peace talks without conditions. It also called on all sides to end hostilities. On Thursday, when the diplomats were in Darfur, the Sudanese armed forces attacked rebel positions.

The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban says there's a danger of another big spillage of toxic waste from a chemical reservoir. At least seven people died earlier this week when thousands of tons of dangerous material swept through local villages after a dam wall failed at the aluminium plant in western Hungary. After visiting the scene, Mr Orban said there were new cracks in another wall, and it would probably collapse soon.

A Chinese space probe has successfully entered orbit around the Moon eight days after it was launched. The control centre said the robotic probe would begin its scientific activities soon. The Chang'e-2, named after a Chinese goddess, forms part of a space programme which China hopes will lead to its first unmanned landing on the Moon in 2013.

Fans of the former Beatle John Lennon, who was murdered 30 years ago, have been marking what would have been his 70th birthday. A monument was unveiled in John Lennon's hometown of Liverpool. The 18-foot sculpture depicts a globe topped with a keyboard, two outstretched hands and a group of doves in honour of his talent for music and his campaign for peace.

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