Peru

Passenger describes 'chaos' after head-on Machu Picchu train collision

Tourist Niels Honkoop says shattered glass littered the carriage floor and injured people were lying in the aisles.

A train driver died and at least 40 people were injured in the crash on the single-track line to Machu Picchu.

Rescue efforts in Peru's central Ucayali region are being hindered by strong currents on the river, one official said.

Pedro Castillo and Martín Vizcarra are the latest in a series of Peruvian presidents to be sent to prison.

Protests have taken place over the coaches that take visitors up to the world heritage site in Peru.

The bus was carrying 60 passengers when it collided with a truck and careered off the road in the Arequipa region.

Glasgow university researchers say more humans and livestock are being bitten by the bats because of the impacts of climate change.

The declaration comes days after Peru severed diplomatic ties with Mexico - after it granted asylum to a former Peruvian prime minister.

Lima denounced the decision to grant Betssy Chávez, an alleged co-author of an attempted coup, as an "unfriendly act".

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