Desperate rescue efforts failed to pull the men to safety after the earlier rescue of eight subcontractors.

Boy, 11, jumped from 4th floor window engulfed by inferno; girl, 12, phoned aunt to say ‘Please tell Mum I love her'.

The Russian president tells the Security Council this is a key priority for 'clear and principled decisions'.

The Russian president tells the Security Council this is a key priority for 'clear and principled decisions'.

'All forest wildfires extinguished' in Siberian Federal District, say officials, but peat flames still raging.

Emergency services in major operation with higher toll feared.

Huge damage wrought by forest fires is sparked by failure to apply safety laws, complained Yuri Chaika.

'Scary' scenes as fumes from burning forests cover Lake Baikal, with people - and bears - fleeing 'Apocalypse'.

Thousands of hectares of land ablaze with no signs of a let-up.