A fire at an orphanage in Haiti has killed 15 children, according to health care workers.

Staff at the Orphanage of the Church of Bible Understanding say the home - in the Kenscoff area, outside the capital, Port-au-Prince - had been using candles due to problems with its generator.

Orphanage fire kills 15 children in Haiti
Image:There were emotional scenes outside the orphanage

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Manchester City have been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons for "serious breaches" of UEFA's financial fair play regulations.

The Premier League champions will be barred from competing in UEFA club competitions and fined €30m (£24.9m), European football's governing body announced.

UEFA said Manchester City had overstated

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The World Health Organisation will lead a mission to China this weekend to start investigating the COVID-19 outbreak.

The group of 12 Chinese and 12 international members will focus on how the new coronavirus is spreading and its severity.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said: "The goal of the joint mission is to rapidly inform the next steps

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One of the world's most active volcanoes has erupted in Indonesia, sending ash 2,000 metres into the sky, with the dramatic moment captured on video.

Mount Merapi in the country's Central Java province erupted early on Thursday, with local residents warned to stay outside a no-go zone 3km (1.8 miles) from the crater.

Footage of the incident just

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French President Emmanuel Macron's favoured candidate to become Paris mayor has withdrawn from the contest following the publication of a sex video.

Benjamin Griveaux, viewed as one of Mr Macron's closest political allies, criticised "vile attacks" from a website and on social media concerning his private life.

He said: "My family does not deserve

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The entire board of the Cesar Awards, France's Oscars equivalent, has resigned en masse after weeks of controversy over Roman Polanski's new film which received the most nominations.

The resignations come just two weeks before the awards, which will feature 12 nominations for An Officer And A Spy, Polanski's film about a Jewish French officer

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