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Dozens of people are presumed dead and about 100 others are injured after a fire tore through a bar at a Swiss Alps ski resort, police say. Authorities are working to determine the cause, but do not believe it...

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What caused the fire? The cause of the fire is unknown but Ms Pilloud said it is currently being treated as a fire and "at no time is there a question of any attack". Police initially said there had...

Crans-Montana is a luxury ski resort, famous in the 1980s for hosting the World Cup skiing.Le Constellation, which has been around for decades, has an upstairs with TV screens where people go and watch football matches, and a large...

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Christal HayesLos AngelesBBCLiv and Alina Valdez, dressed up as fan favourite buds Steve Harrington and Dustin Henderson, and said they couldn't have been more pleased with how it all ended."It's been basically 10 years," Liv told BBC News, wearing...

BBC New's Silvia Costeloe reports from the Swiss ski resort of Crans-Montana, where it is believed dozens of people have died in a fire in a bar which broke out shortly after midnight.Authorities also say more than 100 people...