The president took a ceremonial lap of the track before the race, which is the culmination of a summer of events to mark the country's 250th birthday.

A mound of rubbish at a major waste site buried several homes in the capital, the government says.

Two boys aged 12 and 17 were also injured in the attack, while an 18-year-old suspect has been detained.

Erik Slavin believes he was fired for saying in an interview that "in a hypothetical situation, censorship would be a red line".

A table tennis tournament and a throat lozenge could help Erin Patterson's lawyers overturn her convictions.

Drivers are waiting hours in fuel queues, as Moscow prepares to celebrate Russian Flag Day.

The incident took place in the country's northwest ​Sokoto state, with many of the victims feared to be children.