days of mourning have been declared for the 39 victims of a road accident in senegal�*s central kaffrine country's main roads. the crash has caused one of the heaviest losses of life from a single incident in recent years. the bbc�*s daniel dadzie reports. a national tragedy, one of the deadliest road accidents in senegal�*s recent memory. the crash between two passenger buses happened on one of the main east—west arterial roads near the town of kaffrine, around 220 kilometres south—east of the capital dakar. preliminary investigations suggested that one of the buses suffered a burst tyre and collided head—on with an oncoming bus. president macky sall has declared three days of national mourning. he also assured that further measures will be taken to ensure road safety. translation: senegal has been hit by a tragedy following a traffic accident which left at least 39 people there. some bodies have yet to be identified and that is an ongoing process. the state will provide all the support and solidarity to the bereaved families and to the injured and theirfamilies to help families and to

the serious accident took place near the town of kaffrine, leaving 87 people injured from the collisionst death tolls from a single incident in recent years. ukrainian officials say two people have been killed as russian bombing of cities continued overnight. minutes after the supposed ceasefire ended, the north—east region of kharkiv came under attack. in a further development, russian media has claimed two thermal power plants were attacked by ukrainian forces in the russian—controlled donetsk region. 0ur ukraine correspondent, hugo bachego, has more in kyiv. president zelensky said that the fact that russian forces continued to attack ukrainian positions during this alleged ceasefire was proof that moscow's words are false. and he also said the peace would only be restored when russian forces were expelled from his country. this morning, russian—appointed officials in the east of the country have said that two power stations in donetsk were hit by ukrainian rocket attacks. the ukrainian authorities have not reacted to this claim. they rarely issue statements about possible attacks on

the serious accident took place near the town of kaffrine, leaving 87 people injured from the collisionls from a single incident in recent years. ukrainian officials say at least one person was killed as russian bombing of cities continued overnight. minutes after the supposed ceasefire ended, the north—east region of kharkiv came under attack. in a further development, russian media has claimed two thermal power plants were attacked by ukrainian forces in the russian—controlled donetsk region. with the latest, here's our ukraine correspondent hugo bachego in kyiv. ukrainian officials say russia continued to attack cities over after the end of that ceasefire that was announced by russia to coincide with 0rthodox christmas. kharkiv, a region in the north—east of the country, came under attack apparently minutes after the end of that truce. the governor said one man was killed and he accused russia of terrorising the civilian population. people were still celebrating 0rthodox christmas last night. now, officials have also reported explosions in the southern cities of zaporizhzhia and meli

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