Watch: Giant 100-metre Mexican sandwich sets Guinness record

Mexico City officials set the Guinness World Record for the world's largest serving of sandwiches arranged in a continuous line, unveiling a giant torta stretching 100 metres (328 feet) and weighing more than 1.5 metric tonnes.

The record-breaking row of sandwiches was assembled during Torta Fair, an annual food festival celebrating one of Mexico's most popular street foods.

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Orla Guerin speaks to a man wearing a black baseball cap and red scarf covering his face.

Confronting gang members at the heart of Ecuador's drug battle

Orla Guerin speaks to a gang leader about violence, drugs and infiltrating the police.

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Split screen image showing an aerial view of a flattened apartment building and a woman in yellow looking distraught.

Families still search for bodies a month after Venezuela earthquakes

Officials say the death toll has surpassed 5,300, though estimates of the number still missing could be as high as 50,000.

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Aerial view of a flooded amusement park including a large ferris wheel.

Watch: Flooded towns and evacuations as Chile hit by heavy rain

A "state of catastrophe" has been declared in Coquimbo and Huasco following the downpour.

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Argentina fans celebrate World Cup win over England

Argentina fans at home and in the US celebrate their progression to the World Cup final.

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Girl trapped in Venezuela quake 'survived on ketchup and cheese'

BBC international correspondent Yogita Limayee meets 12-year-old Fabiana, who was trapped in Venezuela's devastating earthquakes.

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Watch: Man rescued from rubble eight days after Venezuela earthquake

Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, was rescued on Thursday after being trapped for eight days in the rubble of a building that collapsed after twin earthquakes in Venezuela.

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Man in blue shirt walking among rubble after earthquake

Families search for earthquake survivors in one of Venezuela's hardest hit areas

BBC correspondent Will Grant reports from Caraballeda, La Guaira, where locals are still desperately searching for family members in the rubble.

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The BBC's Will Grant reports from the site of a collapsed building in La Guaira, Venezuela

Rescuers keep up search for survivors at collapsed La Guaira building

At least 1,700 people are known to have been killed in the disaster but hope remains that others can continue to be found alive.

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BBC at Venezuela baseball stadium sheltering earthquake survivors

The survivors are hopeful the authorities will find them some form of temporary accommodation while the country rebuilds - for now they are dependant on donated food and clothing.

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Composite image of BBC's Orla Guerin and workers combing through rubble.

Anger directed at Venezuela's official response to earthquake recovery

Residents in quake-affected areas have expressed anger over the state's efforts to locate survivors and help victims, the BBC's Orla Guerin reports.

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Watch: Inside the Venezuela country club now a makeshift hospital

Survivors of Venezuela's devastating earthquakes are being cared for at a makeshift hospital formed on the site of a country club in Caraballeda.

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Eleven-year-old boy rescued after days trapped beneath rubble

Two earthquakes struck Venezuela in quick succession on Wednesday and officials have confirmed at least 1,430 deaths.

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Aerial footage shows scale of quake damage in Venezuela's La Guaira State

Aerial footage reveals scale of destruction in La Guaira

Officials have confirmed at least 1,430 deaths in Venezuela from the magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes.

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Panic attacks and fractures - Venezuela hospital treats earthquake victims

The BBC travelled to a Caracas hospital that is treating people from the worst affected areas.

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Watch: A race against the clock for Venezuela earthquake rescuers

There is a sense that the next few hours will be critical for saving anyone who is still trapped, says the BBC's Dan Johnson reporting from the border of Venezuela and Columbia.

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Vanessa Silva reporting from Venezuela showing destroyed buildings behind her

Watch: BBC reports from La Guaira, one of Venezuela's worst-hit areas

Vanessa Silva visited the coastal state, where rescuers are still working to find survivors under the rubble after twin earthquakes rocked the country.

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Moment woman pulled from rubble alive after Venezuela earthquake

First responders and volunteers pulled a survivor from under the rubble of a collapsed building in La Guaira.

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Aerial footage reveals destruction in coastal Venezuela

Multi-storey buildings have collapsed in La Guaira following two major earthquakes on Wednesday.

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BBC reporter Vanessa Silva in a split screen with a crushed car.

Rescues and prayers a day after Venezuelan earthquakes

The BBC's Vanessa Silva reports from Caracas as the city faces the aftermath of back-to-back tremors.

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Rescuers search through rubble for earthquake survivors at a collapsed building site in Caracas, Venezuela.

Rescuers search through rubble for Venezuela earthquake survivors

Rescuers were on the site of a collapsed building in Caracas searching for survivors after back-to-back earthquakes shook the capital.

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