Dozens killed in Iraqi shopping centre fire

伊拉克购物中心火灾造成数十人死亡

Global News Podcast

2025-07-17

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Dozens die in a fire at a shopping centre in the Iraqi city of Kut, opened only five days ago. Also, Syrian government forces pull out of Sweida province, and a Malian photographer whose work is displayed on local buses.
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  • Syrian government forces pull out of the province of Sweda after days of sectarian violence and Israeli airstrikes.

  • And Ukraine's President Vlodimir Zelensky appoints a new prime minister.

  • Also in the podcast, the Malian photographer displaying his work on local buses.

  • People don't really know what is Mali.

  • And I think Mali is one of the biggest cultures in West Africa, so I really want to show the world.

  • And a woman who avoided death by playing cello for the Nazis in Auschwitz turns 100.

  • Their shopping centre, which burnt down in the Iraqi city of Quto,

  • is reported to have only opened five days ago.

  • At least 67 people were killed as the blaze swept through the five-storey building.

  • The fire appears to have begun on the first floor, above the main shop, before quickly spreading.

  • Aerial footage from the scene showed the entire front of the building in flames lighting up the night sky,

  • while a group of people huddled on the roof hoping to be rescued.

  • Today, mourners visited the charred structure.

  • Emergency services have been working to recover bodies from the rubble.

  • I got this update from our Arabic correspondent, Salih Nabil.

  • Search operations are still ongoing.

  • Some of the bodies are too charred to be identified.

  • Local authorities have been asking people to provide DNA tests so that they can help identify some of the bodies.