London, Feb 4, 2026 (AFP) - Brazil mine disaster victims in London to 'demand what is owed'

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Victims of a 2015 dam collapse in Brazil, for which Australian mining giant BHP has been found liable, attended a London hearing on Wednesday ahead of a trial to determine damages. In one of Brazil's worst environmental disasters, an iron-ore mine run by a firm co-owned by BHP unleashed a deluge of toxic mud into villages, fields, rainforest, rivers and the ocean, killing 19 people. In November, the High Court in London found BHP "strictly liable......

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