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Hurricane tracker follows active severe thunderstorm warnings in South Dakota, Nebraska and flash flooding in Georgia alongside Britain's record drought, heat-related deaths and destructive wildfires.
Nepal flooding death toll exceeds 600 and missing persons list surpasses 2400 including hydropower workers after devastating flash floods hit the Himalayan region.
Six months into the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran that began with strikes killing Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the conflict has stalled diplomatically with new U.S. sanctions and the Strait of Hormuz closure leaving 400 ships and 6,000 seafarers trapped, according to UN and other reports.
Pablo 'Bebote' Álvarez, historic leader of Independiente's barra brava, was arrested in Buenos Aires along with another gang member as part of a probe into an international ecstasy trafficking ring originating from Spain.
Wildfire map today: Algeria battles dozens of active fires after 12 deaths prompt national mourning; Indonesia distributes millions of masks and oxygen to 5.4 million people affected by forest fires.
Breaking global crime update: Vienna museum loses 600-diamond necklace to armed thieves; Nigerian policeman kills driver in Port Harcourt; two Nigerians charged in London murder; South Africa sees fewer murders but more political killings.
Flash floods and landslides from a Langtang Lirung collapse have killed at least 584 and left 2,482 missing in Nepal and Tibet, with hydropower workers and foreign nationals among those unaccounted for and an unstable lake posing fresh flood risk.
Situation report on Ukraine conflict: Zelenskyy appoints Biletskyi and Prokopenko to lead Donbas defense; 250 daily clashes with heavy fighting on Pokrovsk and Kostiantynivka fronts; Russian strikes on Kyiv and civilian sites; Delta software aids Ukrainian drone effectiveness.
Current wars in the world update: Lebanon displacement, UNIFIL projectile counts, South Sudan peacekeeper deaths, Khartoum curfew lifted with risks remaining, and Ukraine's new Donbas defense leadership.
Earthquakes today include a M4.9 event on the Southwest Indian Ridge, multiple tremors up to magnitude 4.7 across Peru, a M4.4 quake in the Philippines, and recovery updates from Kumamoto, Japan.
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