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School children in Palu, the Indonesian city devastated 11 days ago by a massive earthquake and tsunami, are returning to classes today. Many will be helping to clear rubble and debris from school buildings damaged or destroyed in the 7.5 magnitude tremor, which struck the Island of Sulawesi.

In Spain, a Madrid court is due to issue its verdict later today in a case of Eduardo Vela, a former doctor accused of stealing newborn babies from their mothers, and supplying them to infertile couples during and after the dictatorship of General Franco. The 85-year old retired gynecologist is accused of having taken innocent Madrid girl who's now 49, and given her to another woman who was 35 falsely as her real mother

And that’s the latest BBC news.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry says there has been a series of explosions at an ammunition depot near the city of Chernihiv. The ministry says some 10,000 people have been evacuated. There was no word yet on the cause of the blasts.

A doctor who graduated from one of Russia's elite military medical academies has been named as one of the men Britain says were responsible for poisoning a former Russian spy in Salisbury in March. The investigative website Bellingcat says the man formally identified as Alexander Petrov is actually Dr. Alexader Mishkin, who worked for GRU military intelligence.

Opposition leaders in Venezuela have accused the government of killing a politician who died after falling from the 10th floor of the secret police has quote in Caracas. Fernando Alba, a local councillor, has been accused of taking part in a failed plot to kill President Nicolas Mardura 2 months ago.

The United States has called for a thorough investigation into the disappearance of the prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi last week. The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he'd urged the Saudi authorities to be transparent about the matter.

Forecasts in the United States say Hurricane Michael is gaining strength and is expected to become a category 3 storm before it makes landfall in the US. Thousands of residents in the gulf have been evacuated.

That’s the latest BBC news.