Hundreds missing after fire engulfs Hong Kong tower blocks

火灾吞噬香港高层住宅,数百人失踪

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2025-11-27

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Emergency teams in Hong Kong are still working to extinguish fires at a giant housing complex a day after the blaze broke out. Sixty- five people have now been confirmed dead. Over two hundred are still missing. Also in the programme: Hamas has urged mediators to pressure Israel to grant safe passage for dozens of its fighters holed up in tunnels in southern Gaza; the Australian fifteen year-olds taking their government to court over its social media ban for kids; and John Lennon's son on why his father's political activism still hits home today. (Photo: One 51-year-old resident - with the surname Wan - tells Reuters she bought her apartment in Wang Fuk Court over 20 years ago. Credit: Reuters)
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  • Hello and welcome to News Hour.

  • It's coming to you live from the BBC World Service Studios in central London.

  • I'm Tim Franks.

  • In a moment we'll hear the latest from Hong Kong where the fire that engulfed multiple high-rise blocks has killed,

  • we now know, more than 60 people.

  • It's our top story today.

  • Also on the programme, our correspondent in southern Lebanon,

  • as the shaky ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah marks its first anniversary.

  • And we have an exclusive interview with Sean Ono Lennon, the youngest son of John Lennon,

  • on the power of his parents' activism, more than 40 years after his father was assassinated.

  • Part of the miracle of my dad and mom's...

  • careers as activists is the positivity.