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Images show flooded streets as heavy rain continues in the central Vietnamese city of Hue. Two people died after being swept away by floodwaters in the region, state media reported on Saturday, as areas from the Ha Tinh to Quang Nam provinces were hit with torrential downpours. Around 5,000 people have been evacuated from homes in Da Nang. IMAGES
At least 16 students have been killed and other trapped in the rubble of the Saint Academy school in Jos North district of Plateau State. Mechanical diggers are on site to help rescue the victims while parents desperately look for their children. IMAGES
Brussels adds the Chinese shopping app Temu to its list of digital firms big enough to face curbs, meaning the company will have to comply with stringent new safety rules. Temu joins AliExpress, Amazon, Shein and others known as "very large" platforms which face greater oversight under the EU Digital Services Act, including monitoring "risks related to the listing and sale of counterfeit goods", the official at the European Commission told AFP. SOUNDBITE
People queue for food at a makeshift relief camp after an earthquake killed at least 113 people in China's northwestern Gansu province, and 18 more in neighbouring Qinghai. The shallow tremor on Monday night also damaged thousands of buildings. IMAGES
Record rainfall in Hong Kong causes widespread flooding Friday, cars are submerged and locals wade through gushing streets. The Hong Kong Observatory, the city's weather agency, reported hourly rainfall of 158.1 millimetres at its headquarters in the hour leading up to midnight, the highest since records began in 1884. IMAGES
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