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A new bridge in the Italian coastal city of Genoa opens to traffic two years after the old one collapsed, killing 43 people. Just after 20:00 GMT the first vehicles cross the San Giorgio bridge that replaces the one that gave way during heavy rains on August 14, 2018. IMAGES
Search and rescue workers probe the site of a pedestrian bridge collapse in the Indian state of Gujarat on Tuesday. At least 137 people died after the bridge collapsed on Sunday evening, sending hundreds tumbling into the river. Nine people were arrested on Monday in connection with the disaster.
The last, mostly Haitian migrants who camped illegally under a Texas bridge, sparking a major border crisis for President Joe Biden's administration, have left or been removed, US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas tells reporters at the White House. SOUNDBITE
With about forty minutes to go before the Crew Dragon capsule lifts off to the ISS, the access bridge is removed and the Falcon 9 rocket's first stage engines are fired. IMAGES
Images show a first-person perspective from the first private vehicle driven by Pietro Salini, CEO of Webuild, crossing the new Genoa Bridge after the collapse that killed 43 people in August 2018. Webuild (formerly Salini-Impregilo) is the construction group in charge, together with Fincantieri and Italferr, of building the new bridge designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano. IMAGES