A team of UK and Indonesian scientists have found a rare Rafflesia hasseltii in a rainforest in West Sumatra. Indonesian botanist Septian Andriki and University of Oxford Botanic Garden deputy director Chris Thorogood trekked through dense rainforest in Indonesia for almost a day in search of the rare flora, which has not been seen in the wild for more than a decade. Mr Andriki broke down in tears upon their discovery, telling the BBC that it had been “13 years of waiting”.
At least 12 people have been killed after a suicide attack outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday A weakened Typhoon Fung-wong is now passing over the South China Sea, after leaving two people dead in the Philippines. Footage from 9 November shows swells from Typhoon Fung-wong surging over houses and palm trees. At least three people have died, officials say.
Residents sought shelter from high water on rooftops. Trump impersonated Modi while recalling his conversations from the May India-Pakistan conflict US President Donald Trump in Malaysia: Dancing and a ‘peace deal’ A record 2.6 million earthen lamps were lit on Sunday in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
