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• Inside Mandalay: BBC finds huge devastation and little help for Myanmar quake survivors

  Yogita Limaye is the first foreign journalist to enter Myanmar since a huge earthquake hit the war-torn country.

• BBC visits makeshift hospital treating earthquake victims in Myanmar

  The ruling military junta say the number of people dead now stands at almost 2,900, but the actual death toll is feared to be much higher.

• How aid becomes a weapon in Myanmar's war zone

  Rescue and relief workers seeking access to some of the worst quake-hit areas are being blocked by the military.

• China carries out live-fire exercises in drill encircling Taiwan - military

  Such drills have become increasingly routine amid souring cross-strait ties.

• UK couple's death in New Zealand probed as murder-suicide

  The bodies were found after officers forced entry to a house in Roseneath, near Wellington, on Monday.

• 'Water break saved me from blast that killed my brother in India'

  Twenty-one people were killed in an explosion in a firecracker warehouse in Gujarat state.

• 'I didn't feel able to come forward' - Chinese victims tell BBC about serial rapist

  Police in London say PhD student Zhenhao Zou's "offending group is far greater" than they had realised.

• Myanmar quake: Imam's grief for 170 killed as they prayed in Sagaing

  Scores of Muslims in the town died when their mosques collapsed during Friday prayers at the end of Ramadan.

• India's Met office warns of intense heatwave this summer

  India is one of the countries which is most vulnerable to heat, with hundreds dying each year.

• Top Australian universities close Chinese Confucius Institutes

  Australia has ramped up scrutiny on the centres over fears China is using them to spread propaganda.

• Mandalay was the 'city of gold' - now it reeks of death

  Residents in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, speak of despair and sleepless nights since last week's earthquake.

• 'My mum in India was willing to lose everything to support my trans identity'

  A transgender woman who became the first to legally marry in India's Tamil Nadu state speaks of her mother's unwavering support.

• 'We still have hope': Searching for quake survivors in Mandalay

  The BBC speaks to people in Mandalay close to where Myanmar's deadly 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck.

• Korean star Kim Soo-Hyun denies accusations by late actress' family

  The South Korean star says he did not date his fellow actor when she was a minor.

• 'Nothing is left' - Myanmar's capital reels from earthquake

  The BBC is in Myanmar's capital Nay Pyi Taw to see the destruction caused by the devastating earthquake.