The apparently miraculous survival of 12 of the 13 miners trapped underground by an explosion at the Sago mine in West Virginia proved too good to be true this morning after it emerged that just one of the men had been rescued alive. Angry families - who only hours ago were celebrating the apparent rescue of their relatives - are asking why they were allowed to believe the miners had been saved for nearly three hours before it became clear that only one was alive. We've been regularly updating our story for the last few hours and will follow developments as they happen.
Meanwhile landslides triggered by monsoon rains this week have killed or left missing more than 170 people on Java in Indonesia, and a 13th body has just been recovered from wreckage of the ice rink that collapsed on Monday in southern Germany: we'll have an update on both of these stories shortly.
In business news, Russia has agreed to resume gas shipments to Ukraine following a night of talks between officials from the two countries, and the high street fashion chain Next has promised better-than-expected profits after new stores helped it battle through a tough Christmas season.
And finally, we'll have an audio report from the Guardian's West Country correspondent, Steven Morris, who is joining the hunt to round up for 60 wild boar let loose by animal rights activists in Devon.
