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Meteor lights up sky over Japan's Mount Fuji

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Meteor lights up sky over Japan's Mount FujiMeteor lights up sky over Japan's Mount Fuji

The meteor could be seen blazing through the night sky over Japan's Mount Fuji

CCTV footage from Japan's Hiratsuka City Museum captured the moment a meteor soared through the night sky over Japan's Mount Fuji on Friday.

While most meteors appear white, some can glow green, yellow, red, or blue, depending on the elements in the material as it burns up in Earth's atmosphere.

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India Editor Vikas Pandey visits the Indian nightclub where 25 people were killed in a blaze.

At least 80 people have died in Indonesia with another 56 dead in Sri Lanka in a week of extreme weather.

Footage geolocated by BBC Verify show the blaze taking hold in Wang Cheong House.

At least 44 people have been killed in the fire, which took local authorities 18 hours to bring under control.

More than 800 firefighters were still tackling the blaze at Wang Fuk Court this morning.

Video footage shows large plumes of smoke billowing up into the sky, as firefighters on cranes try and put out the blaze.

Researcher Septian Andriki collapsed in tears upon discovering the rare Rafflesia hasseltii plant in Indonesia.

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Java Island’s tallest mountain, a volcano called Mount Semeru, has spewed tall plumes of ash clouds that engulfed bridges and the surrounding countryside.

The former prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity.

Hasina has called the court's decision "biased and politically motivated" in a statement released after the verdict.

The Wandan mud volcano is a particularly unusual example of the geological phenomenon, an expert told the BBC.

Local authorities in the southwestern province of Sichuan say there are no reports of casualties following the collapse.

At least 12 people have been killed after a suicide attack outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday

Police say eight people have been killed after a car explodes near Delhi's Red Fort landmark in India.

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.

Typhoon Fung-wong has made landfall in the Philippines, where more than 900,000 people have been evacuated.