Why Jakarta is one of the world's fastest-sinking megacities

Indonesia's capital Jakarta has sunk by up to 4m in places since 1970. But what is causing it?

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12 August 2018

BBC South East Asia correspondent Jonathan Head stands in a polling station in Mandalay, Myanmar.

BBC visits Myanmar polling station as civil war rages on

Voters in Myanmar's election say the poll is taking place in a "climate of fear", the BBC's South East Asia Correspondent Jonathan Head reports.

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Meteor can be seen soaring through the sky

Watch: Meteor lights up sky over Japan's Mount Fuji

The meteor could be seen blazing through the night sky over Japan's Mount Fuji

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Split screen of Jimmy Lai and BBC correspondent Pheobe Kong

What does the Jimmy Lai verdict mean for Hong Kong?

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty of foreign collusion following a landmark national security trail. Here's everything you need to know about the case.

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Fans pulling down tents in Salt Lake stadium

Watch: Furious fans invade pitch at Messi event in India

Thousands of adoring supporters had paid up to 12,000 rupees (£100; $133) to catch a glimpse of the football star.

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Vikas Pandey films himself outside the club

Watch: BBC reports from scene of deadly Goa nightclub fire

India Editor Vikas Pandey visits the Indian nightclub where 25 people were killed in a blaze.

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A huge volume of brown water rushes through a dam

Scores killed as floods sweep several Asian nations

At least 80 people have died in Indonesia with another 56 dead in Sri Lanka in a week of extreme weather.

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Fire in Wang Cheong House surrounded by green building covers

Video shows speed fire spreads in Hong Kong tower block

Footage geolocated by BBC Verify show the blaze taking hold in Wang Cheong House.

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A man in an orange vest stands in front of a red fire engine, with three tower blocks seen smoking in the distance.

BBC on the scene of the Hong Kong apartment block blaze

At least 44 people have been killed in the fire, which took local authorities 18 hours to bring under control.

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Apartment blocks seen smoking with streams of water directed at the collection on buildings.

Watch: Dawn aerial footage reveals scale of Hong Kong apartment blaze

More than 800 firefighters were still tackling the blaze at Wang Fuk Court this morning.

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At night flames and bright red smoke engulf black tower blocks

Deadly fire engulfs Hong Kong apartment blocks

Video footage shows large plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky, as firefighters on cranes try and put out the blaze.

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A speckled flower with an orange centre can be seen amid dark foliage.

Watch: Moment researcher finds rare flower after 13-year search

Researcher Septian Andriki collapsed in tears upon discovering the rare Rafflesia hasseltii plant in Indonesia.

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Indian film actor Dharmendra at his residence

'Felt embarrassed to be called good looking': Bollywood legend Dharmendra

The veteran Indian actor, often called a 'Greek God', has died. Watch this excerpt from his 2018 interview.

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Watch: Indonesia's Semeru volcano spews giant ash clouds as it erupts

Java Island’s tallest mountain, a volcano called Mount Semeru, has spewed tall plumes of ash clouds that engulfed bridges and the surrounding countryside.

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Japan's largest urban fire in decades rips through 170 buildings

Local media say one person was killed in the fire in the city of Oita, on the Japanese island of Kyushu.

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BBC in Dhaka: 'The trial may be over... anger very much remains'

The former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

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People in court, including lawyers and prosecutors, as verdict announced

Moment Ex-Bangladesh leader Sheikh Hasina's sentence is announced

Hasina has called the court's decision "biased and politically motivated" in a statement released after the verdict.

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Watch: Bear runs onto airport tarmac, halting flights

An airport in Japan temporarily suspended flights on Wednesday after a bear wandered onto its grounds.

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Bubbling mud and flames are seen in front of a Taiwanese temple, with a group of people gathered to watch the phenomenom.

Watch: Mud volcano erupts in southern Taiwan

The Wandan mud volcano is a particularly unusual example of the geological phenomenon, an expert told the BBC.

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Bridge collapses leaving clouds of white smoke and dust, part of the remaining bridge is on the right of the image while the collapsed part of the bridge is on the left of frame.

Moment newly opened bridge partially collapses in China

Local authorities in the southwestern province of Sichuan say there are no reports of casualties following the collapse.

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Pakistan: Suicide attack outside Islamabad court kills 12

At least 12 people have been killed after a suicide attack outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday

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