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At least four people have died in an avalanche at the ski resort of Tignes in south-eastern France, rescuers say. The group was buried after the wall of snow swept through an off-piste area, police say. Some reports say there were nine in the group, including a guide, and that the other five remain missing, trapped in the snow. However, local police have told the BBC that the other five may have failed to show up for the session. The 400-metre (1,300ft) wide avalanche occurred at an altitude of 2,100 metres, and struck at a particularly busy time during half-term holidays. The resort is popular with British holidaymakers, but local police said the four dead skiers were all French nationals. The avalanche appeared to have been set off by a group of skiers higher up, the ski station said in a statement. Rescue services deployed two helicopters as well as sniffer dogs to help search for the missing skiers. There are about 40 people involved in the rescue operation. The in...

Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, a witness has testified. Alex Cifuentes, who says he was a close associate of Guzmán for years, told a New York City courtroom that he had told authorities of the bribe in 2016. Guzmán is accused of being behind the Sinaloa drug cartel, which prosecutors say was the largest US drug supplier. Mr Peña Nieto served as the president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. Guzmán, 61, has been on trial in Brooklyn since November after he was extradited from Mexico to face charges of trafficking cocaine, heroin and other drugs as leader of what the US has called the world's largest drug cartel. According to reporters in the Brooklyn courthouse, Mr Peña Nieto had requested $250m before settling on $100m. "El Chapo" (right) is the highest-ranking alleged drug lord to face trial in the US so far Cif...