Police said a major operation was under way in the area of Welfen-Gymnasium secondary school in Schongau, Bavaria.

Rescuers pull bodies from the mud after heavy monsoon rains batter the south-eastern coast.

The German palliative care doctor has been sentenced to life imprisonment for killing 15 of his patients.

Adeniyi Adeyemi allegedly forged a letter of appointment and secured funding for an agency the presidency knew nothing about.

Servers at data centres in Sydney and Melbourne were to blame but the exact cause remains unknown.

The remains of Iran's late supreme leader are transported to Najaf and Karbala, as funeral ceremonies continue for a fifth day.