Breaking News: Collision near Düsseldorf injures six

Six people have been injured in a train crash near the German city of Düsseldorf, emergency services say.

A passenger train collided with a freight train in the town of Meerbusch, according to reports.

In a tweet, the Meerbusch fire department said rescuing people from the train was the main priority.

There were 155 people on the train at the time, the fire department said. Meerbusch is in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany's most populous state.

Meerbusch fire department said that its staff were "in contact with the people on the train" and that full access to the passengers "should be possible".

The fire department added that access had been hindered by a broken electrical cable "which poses a risk of electric shock to persons outside the train".

The accident occurred at about 19:30 local time (18:30 GMT), according to a statement from Germany's state-owned railway group Deutsche Bahn.

Three people were "severely injured" while a further three suffered injuries described as "moderately severe", the fire department said in a statement.

Dozens more were reported to be "slightly injured". None of the injuries are said to be life-threatening.

The cause of the collision is not yet clear.

Rescue teams from Meerbusch, Kaarst and other nearby cities have arrived at the site. 

Crdt: BBC

Asian country beats Germany as the most powerful passport in the world.

Collecting passports has become a status symbol for the super-rich — or those who simply love to travel.

However, some are much more sought-after than others.

And Singapore has been named as the country with the most powerful passport in the world in a new report.

The 2017 Global Passport Power Rank, produced by advisory firm Arton Capital, put Singapore at the top of its list.

It ranked all of the passports of the world by their "total visa-free score," where a point is given for each country that their holders can visit without a visa, with a visa on arrival, or using electronic travel authorisation.

It gave Singapore a score of 159, meaning holders of a Singaporean passport can now easily visit 159 countries, either visa-free or by gaining a visa on arrival.

According to CNN, the top ranking for Singapore is thanks to a recent decision by Paraguay to remove visa requirements for passport holders of the Asian city-state.

Until this decision, Singapore was tied with Germany at 158. Germany now holds the spot for the second most powerful passport at 158, closely followed by Sweden and South Korea at 157.

The United Kingdom got a score of 156, while the United States got 154.

This is the first time an Asian country has had the most powerful passport in the world, according to Arton Capital.

Meanwhile, the least mobile passport in the world is Afghanistan, with a score of 22, followed by Pakistan and Iraq at 26.

Crdt: WorldEconomicForum

Asian country beats Germany as the most powerful passport in the world.

Collecting passports has become a status symbol for the super-rich — or those who simply love to travel.

However, some are much more sought-after than others.

And Singapore has been named as the country with the most powerful passport in the world in a new report.

The 2017 Global Passport Power Rank, produced by advisory firm Arton Capital, put Singapore at the top of its list.

It ranked all of the passports of the world by their "total visa-free score," where a point is given for each country that their holders can visit without a visa, with a visa on arrival, or using electronic travel authorisation.

It gave Singapore a score of 159, meaning holders of a Singaporean passport can now easily visit 159 countries, either visa-free or by gaining a visa on arrival.

According to CNN, the top ranking for Singapore is thanks to a recent decision by Paraguay to remove visa requirements for passport holders of the Asian city-state.

Until this decision, Singapore was tied with Germany at 158. Germany now holds the spot for the second most powerful passport at 158, closely followed by Sweden and South Korea at 157.

The United Kingdom got a score of 156, while the United States got 154.

This is the first time an Asian country has had the most powerful passport in the world, according to Arton Capital.

Meanwhile, the least mobile passport in the world is Afghanistan, with a score of 22, followed by Pakistan and Iraq at 26.

Crdt: WorldEconomicForum