A beagle pup that spent two nights at the bottom of a disused mineshaft has been hoisted to safety in a dramatic rescue.

Nicaraguan rescuers have saved 22 of at least 26 workers trapped in a mine collapse and are working to free the rest.

Rescuers are working to reach at least 25 miners trapped in a gold mine landslide in northern Nicaragua.

Efforts are resuming this morning to recover the body of a man who was killed in a mining accident in Co Tipperary.

Torrential rains triggered floods and landslides in southern Japan, leaving at least six people dead and 10 others missing, including elderly residents at a nursing home, officials said today.