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Yangtze ship disaster: Chinese salvagers right Eastern Star Chinese salvagers have fully righted the ship which capsized on the Yangtze River, on which more than 400 people are thought to have died. The Eastern Star overturned late on Monday after being caught in a storm. Just 14 of the 456 passengers and crew are known to have survived what looks set to be China's worst shipping disaster in decades. The beginning of the operation to right the stricken ship seemed to signal the end of hopes of finding more survivors. Rescue workers on the upturned hull, which was just barely visible over the brown waters of the Yangtze, were towered over by two cranes. The ship's name was visible above the water on Friday morning Hooks were welded onto the ship and a net stretched around the entire structure in preparation for lifting it.By first light on Friday, the ship could be seen lying on it...

Millions of US government workers hit by data breach Chinese hackers are suspected of carrying out a "massive breach" affecting the data of millions of US government workers, officials said. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) confirmed on Thursday that almost four million current and past employees have been affected. The breach could potentially affect every federal agency, officials said. Susan Collins, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said the attack was thought to originate in China. The Chinese embassy in Washington warned against "jumping to conclusions". Embassy spokesman Zhu Haiquan told Reuters news agency that the accusations were "not responsible, and counterproductive". Analysis by Tom Bateman, BBC News, Washington It is the scale of what the OPM calls a "cyber intrusion" in April this year that is breathtaking - the records of four million former and current government employees may have been brea...

Former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner has said in a TV address that he will reveal all he knows about corruption at world football's governing body. Mr Warner, who said he feared for his life, also said he could link Fifa officials to general elections in his native Trinidad and Tobago in 2010. He is one of the 14 people charged by the US over alleged corruption at Fifa. Another top Fifa official and key witness, American Chuck Blazer, has admitted accepting bribes. The admissions came in a newly released transcript of Mr Blazer's guilty plea from 2013, as part of a wide-ranging US criminal case that has engulfed Fifa and led president Sepp Blatter to resign. The US justice department alleges the 14 people charged worldwide accepted bribes and kickbacks estimated at more than $150m (£97m) over a 24-year period. Four others have already been charged, including Mr Blazer. Jack Warner: The US charge sheet Accused of racketeering, wire fraud, money laundering, ...