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Multiple people are feared to have been killed after an Amtrak train carrying 243 people derailed close to Kansas City in Missouri. It's still unclear what caused the smash - but one imaged shared by a survivor showed what appeared to be a broken truck axle lying to one side of the tracks.

Ford is issuing a safety recall for approximately 34,939 Ford F-350 Super Duty vehicles with 6.7L engine and single rear wheel axle for a rear axle housing spring seat interface weld issue. Affected vehicles may experience rear driveline disconnection. Customers may experience vibration and/or shaking while driving at highway speeds, and/or shuddering upon acceleration. In the event of a disconnected driveshaft, customers may experience loss of motive power while driving or loss of transmission park function if the parking brake is not applied, increasing the risk of a crash. This action affects 34,855 vehicles in North America, with the remaining...

Delhi's monkey business takes sinister twist A monkey roams the streets of Delhi A rogue monkey has been blamed for terrorising a slum area of eastern New Delhi, biting children and even grabbing a two-month-old baby from the arms of its mother. Women and children queued up to show off their wounds after being treated in hospital after the monkey attacked in the Shashtri Park area of the Indian capital, breaking into houses through roofs and along balconies. "I thought it was a man at first," one resident told The Times of India. "It got hold of my son's leg...