Nineteen people have been taken to hospital after a train hit a truck at an unguarded railway crossing in south-western Poland.

A baby born two months after his mother was put on life support is home and doing well, hospital authorities in south-western Poland said.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

At least six people are reported to have died and seven are missing due to floods in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic following days of heavy rainfall.

Officials across central Europe issued disaster warnings and scrambled to reinforce flood defences as rivers swelled by days of heavy rain threatened to burst their banks.

A BRAVE little girl who was given little chance of survival shortly after birth has stunned the medical world with her miraculous progress.

An express train driven by a drunk driver has derailed in south-western Poland, injuring two passengers, police said today.

Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller escaped unhurt when a helicopter flying him to Warsaw crash-landed today.