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Hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks

Hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks

Update: 2025-11-27
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Emergency teams in Hong Kong are still working to extinguish fires at a giant housing complex a day after the blaze broke out. Sixty- five people have now been confirmed dead. Over two hundred are still missing.



Also in the programme: Hamas has urged mediators to pressure Israel to grant safe passage for dozens of its fighters holed up in tunnels in southern Gaza; the Australian fifteen year-olds taking their government to court over its social media ban for kids; and John Lennon's son on why his father's political activism still hits home today.



(Photo: One 51-year-old resident - with the surname Wan - tells Reuters she bought her apartment in Wang Fuk Court over 20 years ago. Credit: Reuters)
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Hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks

Hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks

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