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Four people died and two were seriously injured in school bus crash, minister said
Belgian Mobility Minister Jean-Luc Crucke He told Belgian broadcaster RTL It was stated that four people died in the accident, two children, the driver and the other an adult.
“It’s tragic,” he reportedly said.
“My first thoughts are with the victims, but also those injured and their families.”
He added that two people were seriously injured.
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we take First images from the scene The accident occurred at the level crossing in Buggehnout at around 08:00 in the morning local time.
It was stated that the crossing was closed at the time of the incident. HLN reported.
Reuters states that Belgium, where a dense railway network runs through towns and villages, has a history of accidents at level crossings. Rail infrastructure operator Infrabel says on its website that five people died in such accidents in 2025, the lowest number recorded since 2020.
There were no injuries on the train.
Many people were injured when a school bus crashed into a train in Belgium
It was reported that many people were affected by the collision between a train and a school bus in the Belgian town of Buggenhout on Tuesday morning.
According to Reuters and local media reports, many people died in the accident, but this has not been officially confirmed by the authorities so far.
local media Het Laatste Nieuws It was stated that it was estimated that there were 7 children and 2 adults on the bus at the time of the accident.
Belgian interior minister Bernard Quintin said there were many “victims”, without providing further details.
“I learned with great horror about the tragic accident in Buggenhout. Where the train crashed into the school bus. My thoughts go out to the victims and their loved ones. “I wish the injured strength to endure,” he said.
According to a spokesman for the federal police Le SoirIt did not disclose further information about the condition of the people affected by the incident.
Seven deaths reported in heatwave-related incidents in France
The French government said on Tuesday that seven people had been reported dead in connection with the latest heatwave affecting much of Western Europe. AFP reported that five of them were drownings.
“What I can say today is that there have been seven deaths directly or indirectly linked to the heat,” a government spokesman said. Maud Bregeon he told television broadcaster TF1.
Bregeon added that the figures and specific causes of death “must be clarified once the period we are currently experiencing is over.”
‘An unprecedented event with a 1/1000 chance of occurring’ as record-breaking heatwave hits Europe
Jon Henley in paris and Sam Jones in madrid
More than 350 French towns recorded their highest ever temperatures in May as France and the UK broke national temperature records in the midst of an extreme early summer heat event that could see the mercury soaring to 40°C in parts of Spain by the end of the week.
The UK Met Office said that the country’s all-time record for May was broken when the temperature of 34.8 degrees was recorded in Kew Gardens in London.
Météo France said late Monday: New monthly highest values for May were recorded at 352 meteorological stations mostly in western France, the highest temperature – 37.1C – was recorded near Hossegor in the southwestern region of Landes.
“This an unprecedented event with a 1 in 1000 chance of occurring at this time of year “It is almost impossible in the climate-driven and pre-industrial era of 1979 to 2025.” Christophe Cassoua climate scientist, he told Le Monde.
More New peaks are likely to be set in France, Spain and the United Kingdom, Temperatures exceeded norms by 12 or 13 degrees, forecasters said, in what Météo France described as an “early, noticeable and long” period of heat that was expected to last for several more days.
Morning opening: This terrible war
Yakup Krupa
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the war in Ukraine “must end” after meeting with his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov.
Responding to repeated warnings about the attacks on Kiev over the weekend and other attacks planned in the coming days, Rubio said:
“Look, whenever you see these major attacks from one side or the other, This is a reminder of why this war lasted longer than the second world war, and this needs to end.”
Rubio stated that Lavrov wanted to reiterate his warning to the United States to withdraw its diplomats from the Ukrainian capital, but he downplayed it and said:
“They sent out a notice to all the embassies, and I think he was just calling me personally to say – they told all the embassies – Kiev is going to be a very dangerous place – Kyiv has become a very dangerous place for several years.”
Despite the warning, many European diplomats insisted that they remain in the capital. to contain ambassador of the EU Katarina Mathernova.
However, Rubio warned against the threat of further escalation:
“Look, the danger of all these wars continuing and continuing is that there is always the threat of escalation, of spreading into something new.”
Interestingly, Rubio said Lavrov also wanted to “deliver” a message from Russia. Vladimir Putin to the president of the USA DonaldTrump, without offering further details.
I will look elsewhere European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s visit to Lithuania It is following closely because it wants to show its solidarity with the region in the face of increasing Russian threats. Péter Magyar from Hungary speaking about planned reforms in the Hungarian parliamentand let me bring you The latest situation of the record-breaking heat wave across Europe.
His Tuesday, 26 May 2026his Yakup Krupa here and this Europe Live.
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