Three Britons killed in South Africa bus crash

Three Britons were died and others were injured when their bus overturned near a small town in north-eastern South Africa today.

Two female students thought to be aged about 19, were said by the British high commission in Pretoria to be in a party of 18 students and the two lecturers from a further education college in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire. A third person died later in the hospital. Casualties were taken to hospitals in the nearby town of Barberton, and 28 miles away in the city of Nelspruit, which is one of the host cities for the World Cup.

The students were on a field trip accompanied by a South African guide and their Zimbabwean driver. Their bus crashed about half a mile outside Barberton, in a mountainous region famed for its scenery and goldmining past. They had earlier crossed the border from Swaziland.

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U.S. team arrives in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG -- The U.S. World Cup team arrived in Johannesburg on Monday following a 17-hour flight and was greeted by the same visible security presence that was on hand for the arrival for other countries.

Armed special task-force members, dressed in dark blue uniforms, surrounded the South African Airways plane at the O.R. Tambo airport as the players emerged on a cool, overcast afternoon. After leading his team off the plane, coach Bob Bradley immediately picked out the opening game against England on June 12 as a chance to make an impression on the tournament

There has been a lot of attention on our first game with England," Bradley said. "It's a great opportunity for us.But we certainly know that Slovenia and Algeria are excellent teams. It will be a tough group and we are looking forward to it," he said.Plainclothes security officials, wearing earpieces and sunglasses, also patrolled the arrivals facility -- set aside for World Cup teams -- where the Americans cleared immigration. The U.S. should be familiar with its surroundings after it made an impressive showing in the Confederations Cup in South Africa last year. Bradley's team reached the final and played in Rustenburg, Pretoria and Johannesburg at the same venues it visits in the group stages.

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