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WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The U.S. has prepared for what could be significant attacks by Iran or its proxies in the Middle East as soon as this week, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said yesterday.

MADRID, (Reuters) – More than 47,000 people died in Europe due to scorching temperatures in 2023, with countries in the region’s south hit the hardest, according to a report by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) published on Monday.

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – Republican presidential candidate  Donald Trump’s interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk finally got underway on Musk’s social media platform X last evening, following a lengthy delay caused by technical problems that kept many users from accessing the live stream.

MOSCOW, (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said today that the army would eject Ukrainian troops from Russian sovereign territory after Kyiv’s biggest incursion across the border since the start of the war in 2022.

DAR ES SALAAM, (Reuters) – Police arrested senior leaders of Tanzania’s main opposition party CHADEMA and hundreds of its supporters ahead of a meeting in the southwest of the country, a party spokesperson said today.

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – A helicopter on an unauthorised flight crashed into the roof of a Hilton hotel in Australia’s northern tourist town of Cairns today, killing the pilot and forcing hundreds of guests to evacuate after a blaze, authorities said.

KYIV (Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine had launched an incursion into Russian territory to “restore justice” and pressure Moscow’s forces, in his first acknowledgement of Kyiv’s surprise offensive into the western Kursk region.

CAIRO (Reuters) – Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them.

KAMPALA (Reuters) – The death toll from a landslide at a vast garbage dump in Uganda’s capital Kampala has risen to 21, police said on Sunday, as rescue workers continued to dig for survivors.

SOUTHPORT, England (Reuters) – The parents of one of three girls murdered at a Taylor Swift-themed event in northern England last month called for an end to the nationwide rioting that followed their deaths at an emotional funeral for their young daughter.

BANGKOK (Reuters) – A drone attack on Rohingya fleeing Myanmar killed many dozens of people, including families with children, several witnesses said, describing survivors wandering between piles of bodies to identify dead and injured relatives.

VARNAVA/ATHENS, (Reuters) – Residents fled their homes in the village of Varnava near Athens today as fire crews struggled to contain a fast-moving wildfire fuelled by hot, windy weather that sent smoke clouds over the Greek capital.

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – The White House said it was “deeply concerned” about an Israeli airstrike on a Gaza City school compound yesterday that local civil defence officials say killed around 100 people, adding to condemnation of the attack from several Arab states, Turkey, Britain and the European Union’s foreign policy chief.

LAS VEGAS,  (Reuters) – A recent surge in GPS “spoofing”, a form of digital attack which can send commercial airliners off course, has entered an intriguing new dimension, according to cybersecurity researchers: The ability to hack time.

CAIRO, (Reuters) – Jordan’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi said yesterday that the kingdom would not be a battlefield for Iran or Israel, as the region braces for a possible new wave of attacks by Tehran and its allies following last week’s killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

BELGRADE, (Reuters) – Tens of thousands of people gathered in central Belgrade yesterday demanding a halt to Rio Tinto’s RIO.AX,

DHAKA, (Reuters) – Bangladesh’s chief justice and central bank governor have resigned, officials said yesterday, as student protests that forced Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to flee have widened to target more officials appointed during her time in office.

(Reuters) – Dozens of Russian military personnel are being trained in Iran to use the Fath-360 close-range ballistic missile system, two European intelligence sources told Reuters, adding that they expected the imminent delivery of hundreds of the satellite-guided weapons to Russia for its war in Ukraine.

(Reuters) – President Volodymyr Zelenskiy acknowledged for the first time on Saturday that Ukrainian forces were fighting in Russia’s Kursk region and said the operation was part of Kyiv’s drive to restore justice after Russia’s 2022 invasion.

CAIRO,  (Reuters) – An Israeli airstrike on a Gaza school compound housing displaced families killed around 100 people, the Hamas-run Gaza government said today, while the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants there and cast doubt on the death toll.