German cameraman wounded by Russian cluster bomb attack in eastern Ukraine, broadcaster says
From CNN’s Mariya Knight and Yulia Kesaieva
A cameraman for the German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) was wounded by shrapnel from a Russian cluster munitions attack in Ukraine Saturday, DW said in a statement. The bombing killed a Ukrainian soldier and left others hurt, according to the international media outlet.
The broadcaster identified the cameraman as Yevhen Shylko, and said he was injured 23 kilometers (about 14 miles) from the front lines in the city of Druzhkivka, located in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. He was taken to the hospital and his condition is currently stable.
DW's crew came under Russian fire Saturday afternoon while filming Ukrainian military training on the ground, according to the statement. DW said the attack killed a Ukrainian soldier and seriously wounded several others.
"We were filming the Ukrainian army during their training, and suddenly we heard several explosions. We laid down on the ground, several more explosions were heard, and we saw that there were wounded. Later, the Ukrainian army confirmed that we were attacked by cluster munitions," DW correspondent Mathias Bölinger said.
Heatwave set to be Greece’s longest as extreme weather continues in Europe
Country braces for hottest July weekend in 50 years as firefighters battle 79 forest blazes
The heatwave engulfing Greece is expected to be the longest in the country’s history, with temperatures forecast to reach a 50-year high for July this weekend.
Kostas Lagouvardos, the director of research at the Athens National Observatory, told ERT television: “According to the data, we will probably go through 16-17 days of a heatwave, which has never happened before in our country.” Greece defines a heatwave as a period when temperatures reach or exceed 39C (102F).
The past week has seen extreme heat hit southern Europe, the US and north Africa. Italy experienced its third heatwave of the summer and temperatures are forecast to spike in Spain on Sunday when national elections are being held.
India landslide: Rescuers push on as death toll rises
Rescue teams were battling heavy rain while looking for survivors of a deadly landslide in India's state of Maharashtra. Bad weather is expected to continue.
At least 26 people have died and dozens are suspected to still be trapped under the debris after a massive landslide hit a village in the western Indian state of Maharashtra.
The landslide occurred late Wednesday night in the state's Raigad district following several hours of incessant rainfall.
Scores of rescuers and trekkers have been deployed to the hilly area for the third day to aid the search.
Many fear trapped under rubble
However, rescue efforts are being hindered by continuous rainfall, poor visibility, and difficult terrain. These factors make it impossible for rescue teams to move heavy machinery to the site, according to officials.
"We are working on our technical equipment, our rescue techniques. We cannot judge as of now how many people are still stuck," SB Singh, an official with the National Disaster Response Force, told the Reuters news agency.
North Korea fires 'several' missiles into sea, stays silent on US soldier
North Korea fired several cruise missiles toward its western sea Saturday, South Korea’s military said, marking the second launch event this week, apparently in protest of the docking of a nuclear-armed US submarine in South Korea.
While adding to its barrage of missile launches in recent months, North Korea remained publicly silent for a fifth day on the fate of an American soldier who bolted into the North across the heavily armed Korean border this week.
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the launches were detected beginning around 4 am but did not immediately report how many missiles were fired or how far they flew. It said the United States and South Korean militaries were closely analysing the launches.
North Korea in recent years has been testing newly developed cruise missiles it describes as “strategic,” implying an intent to arm them with nuclear weapons. Experts say the main mission of those weapons would include striking naval assets and ports. Designed to fly like small airplanes and travel along landscape that would make them harder to detect by radar, cruise missiles are among a growing collection of North Korean weapons aimed at overwhelming missile defenses in the South.
Japan to see price hikes on 35,000 food, drink items by end of 2023
Japanese consumers will have seen price hikes on 30,009 food and beverage products by October as retailers pass on higher costs to protect their profits, according to a credit research company.
The total, including the hikes in coming months, already eclipses the 2022 total of 25,768 items, Teikoku Databank Ltd said in its report in mid-July.
The company also maintained its forecast for the full year at around 35,000 items, saying October is expected to see the most price hikes.
The added burden on households has reduced purchasing power, making it increasingly unlikely companies will continue increasing prices at such a rapid pace as it will further dampen demand, it said.
The company cited rises in electricity and labor costs, along with a weaker yen pushing up import prices, as factors that will lead to further price increases.
Climate records tumble, leaving Earth in uncharted territory - scientists
A series of climate records on temperature, ocean heat, and Antarctic sea ice have alarmed some scientists who say their speed and timing is unprecedented.
Dangerous heatwaves in Europe could break further records, the UN says.
It is hard to immediately link these events to climate change because weather - and oceans - are so complex.
Studies are under way, but scientists already fear some worst-case scenarios are unfolding.
"I'm not aware of a similar period when all parts of the climate system were in record-breaking or abnormal territory," Thomas Smith, an environmental geographer at London School of Economics, says.
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