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According to state media reports, four people have died and eight others have been missing in northern Hebei province in northern China as a result of flood warnings issued by Beijing’s capital and at least 11 provinces.

According to state broadcaster CCTV, the landslide in a village close to Chengde city occurred “due to heavy rainfall.”

As the suburb of Miyun in Beijing remained strewn for the duration of the rain, causing flash floods and landslides that affected many villages, authorities moved more than 4,400 people, according to CCTV.

Images from China’s WeChat app showed residential buildings and areas of Miyun where cars and trucks were float on a flooded road. More than 10,000 residents of the area were also affected by electricity shortages, according to CCTV.

In recent years, Northern China has experienced record rainfall, which puts flood risk in densely populated cities, including Beijing. Some scientists believe that global warming is responsible for China’s typically dry north’s increased rainfall.

Over the next three days, heavy rainfall will continue to afflict northern China, according to the Central Meteorological Observatory. 11 provinces and regions have been issued with specific flood warnings by the water resources ministry.

According to the Xinhua news agency, Beijing issued its highest-level flood alert on Monday. The “severe” flooding in Hebei, which surrounds Beijing, was reportedly inspected by the national emergency management department.

Videos from state media in Shanxi Province showed crops and trees strewn over rivers and submerged in vegetation. Xian, the province’s historic city, also issued flash flood disaster risk warnings on Monday.

The East Asian monsoon, which has affected China’s second-largest economy, has a wider pattern of extreme weather that covers the region.

According to Xinhua, China’s National Development and Reform Commission announced on Monday that it was urgently arranging 50 million yuan ($7 million) to support Hebei. The funds would be used to repair the disaster-prone roads, bridges, embankments for water conservancy, as well as for hospitals and schools.

In China, extreme weather conditions are common, especially in the summer, when some areas experience heavy rain and others are sweltering with heatwaves.

As fighting between Thailand and Cambodia broke out just hours before scheduled ceasefire talks, clashes continue in various locations along the country’s disputed border.

In a bid to put an end to fighting that has resulted in at least 35 deaths and displaced more than 270, 000 from both sides of the border, leaders of the two conflicting Southeast Asian nations are scheduled to hold ceasefire talks in Malaysia on Monday at 7:00 GMT.

In Kuala Lumpur for a meeting, Thailand’s acting prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai and Cambodia’s prime minister Hun Manet are scheduled to meet for discussions. China is also expected to accompany the United States in the discussions being pushed by Malaysia.

Hun stated in a post on X on Monday that the talks are intended to end Thailand’s conflict right away.

Before departing Bangkok on Monday, Phumtham said to reporters: “We do not believe Cambodia is acting in good faith, based on their actions in addressing the issue. We will assess their sincerity during the meeting by observing their intentions.

Gunfire could be heard in Samrong in Cambodia’s Oddar Meanchey province at dawn, according to Thai army spokesman Colonel Richa Suksuwanon, who told reporters on Monday.

Thailand reported on Sunday that Cambodian rocket fire in Sisaket province resulted in one fatality and one other injury.

Cambodian snipers were camping in one of the disputed temples, according to Thailand’s military, and the country’s military accused Phnom Penh of firing rockets at Thai troops along the border.

On Monday, a spokesperson for Cambodia’s Ministry of National Defense, Maly Socheata, claimed that Thailand had “a lot of troops” and fired “heavy weapons” into Cambodian territory.

Socheata claimed that the Thai military had attacked areas close to Cambodia’s ancient Ta Muen Thom and Ta Kwai temples, which Cambodia claims are its territories but are being disputed by Thailand, before dawn on Monday.

She claimed that Cambodian soldiers were able to “successfully repel the attacks” by the Thai military for firing smoke bombs from aircraft over Cambodian territory and heavy weapons at its soldiers.

The mediators have been “very reluctant” to acknowledge the halting of the talks in the Malaysian capital, according to Al Jazeera’s Tony Cheng, who is reporting from Surin, Thailand.

“The foreign ministry in Malaysia was very agitated. They claimed last week that Anwar Ibrahim had brokered a peace deal, but the Thai Foreign Ministry immediately rejected it, according to Cheng.

Cheng claimed that the leaders could have the “motivation” to end the crisis peacefully given the rising death toll and the number of internally displaced people.

In the fourth Test against England, India, led by captain Shubman Gill, batted brilliantly to maintain the series’ momentum heading into the final game.

India batted for over five sessions to take two more wickets to put an end to the match 425-4 at Old Trafford in Manchester on Sunday after losing two wickets before the team had scored a run in their second innings.

The home crowd had little to cheer on a difficult day five for England thanks to a brave 100 from Gill, his fourth of the series, and his unwavering unbeaten centuries from Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar.

The hosts must win the series opener at The Oval in London on Thursday to avoid being defeated, which will be a close one with England still in play.

Given that we were running about 300 runs short of the lead, this is no less than a win for us. Our batsman put on a fantastic performance, Gill told the BBC.

“With a little bit of luck going our way as some balls can get dragged on, brilliant batting and brave batting,” England’s batters did a little bit, but it was doing a little bit, and it was fantastic.

England’s Ben Stokes, who took five wickets for India in their opening innings but was unable to bowl much on Saturday, started the attack on Sunday morning, leading India to 174-2.

At this point, the hosts were undisputed favorites to win, and Stokes’ reintroduction paid off. KL Rahul’s excellent third-wicket partnership with Gill came to an end with 188 and the 34-year-old was trapped by lbw for 90.

Even after receiving a nasty hand, Gill remained unfazed, though. The 25-year-old became the third captain to score four hundred runs in a single Test series in his first capstone role.

Gill Falls

A tired-looking Gill looked on as a Jofra Archer delivery fell just before lunchtime for 103. Joe Root had a difficult first-class chance when Jadeja was dropped on the next ball.

India saw the draw in relative comfort, but England still had plenty of time to win.

After lunch, Washington settled in a conservative manner, but he hit numerous boundaries, including a massive six, to complete his fifth Test half-century. Jadeja became the third Indian player to do so this series after going through 1, 000 Test runs against England.

After tea, England offered India the chance to call a late stop to the game, but Gill kept his team there as their chance of winning was gone.

Before Washington’s maiden Test hundred, Jadeja swept to his fifth century under no pressure as England switched their bowlers.

Then, in 2022, England’s first non-rain-affected draw since coach Brendon McCullum and Stokes were paired together, India agreed to a draw.

Stokes addressed the media with “another hard-fought Test.” “A new five-dayer,” We did a fantastic job of setting up the game by pressing on the Indian bowlers and batting once.

We had a good chance of beating them. Stokes continued, “We played the game as we wanted to, and it didn’t just turn out as we wanted.”

I feel better physically, and I feel better mentally. This series has had a lot of work going.

In response to Seoul’s outreach efforts under its new left-leaning president, Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister has rejected the possibility of a dialogue with South Korea.

Kim Yo Jong criticized South Korean President Lee Jae-myung’s efforts to bolster ties with Pyongyang, including the suspension of loudspeaker propaganda along the tense inter-Korean border, in a statement released by state-run media on Monday.

Kim, the head of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s ruling party, described Lee’s decision to halt the broadcasts as a “reversible turning backward of what they should not have done in the first place.”

Nothing could be a “more serious miscalculation” than South Korea “expected that it could reverse all the outcomes it had produced,” Kim claimed in remarks made by the official Korean Central News Agency.

Kim also criticized the Lee administration for “spinning a daydream” after its unification minister, Chung Dong-young, earlier this month endorsed Kim Jong Un’s invitation to the South Korean summit on economic cooperation in October.

According to Kim, the Lee administration’s “blind trust” in South Korea’s security partnership with the United States and “attempt to stand in confrontation” with Pyongyang are not at all different from Yoon Suk-yeol’s previous, conservative administration’s policies.

Kim, speaking in the name of South Korea’s Republic of Korea, “We clarify once more the official position that no matter what policy is put forth and what proposal is made in Seoul, we have no interest in it,” Kim said.

After Yoon was removed over a brief-lived declaration of martial law, Lee, who took office last month, has vowed to boost ties between the two Koreas, which have technically been at war since the Korean War of 1950-1953.

In contrast to Yoon’s conservative People Power Party and its ally, Lee’s left-leaning Democratic Party and its predecessors have traditionally favored closer ties with North Korea.

According to officials, a passenger train carrying 100 people slammed in Germany, causing the death of at least three people and injuring dozens more.

In western Baden-Wurttemberg state, which is roughly 158 kilometers (98 miles) west of Munich, the crash occurred on Sunday evening in a forested area close to the town of Riedlingen.

The train driver and an employee of Germany’s state-owned rail company, Deutsche Bahn, were among the three victims, according to district fire chief Charlotte Ziller.

She claimed that 25 of the 50 people involved in the collision suffered serious injuries.

Two train carriages “deadly confirmed” and sustained numerous injuries, according to Deutsche Bahn, who confirmed the deaths and injuries.

The operator claimed that traffic had been suspended along a 40km (25-mile) stretch of the route because authorities were currently looking into the circumstances surrounding the accident.

According to Thomas Strobl, the state’s interior minister in Baden-Wurttemberg, severe storms had already swept the area and that investigation is being conducted into whether the rains had caused the accident.

He claimed that because there have been heavy rains here, it is possible that a landslide accident and the heavy rain have caused the incident. However, this is currently the subject of ongoing inquiries.

When it derailed, the train was going from Sigmaringen to Ulm.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz expressed his condolences to the victims’ families in a social media post.

He continued, adding that he had been in contact with both the ministers of transportation and the interior, asking them to “ask them for support wherever they may be.”

As firefighters and emergency services attempted to reach the passengers, footage from the accident scene showed yellow and grey train carriages lying on their sides.

Shortly after the accident, emergency doctors from nearby hospitals were called, according to the local television station SWR.

Deutsche Bahn’s CEO, Richard Lutz, announced a Monday visit to the accident scene.

He thanked all the emergency services and volunteers on the scene and expressed how deeply shocked and outraged the driver was by the accident.

“My condolences and my sincere sympathies extend to the deceased’s family.” He continued, “I wish the injured a quick and painless recovery.”

According to the official DPA news agency, the rail operator has established a free special hotline for those affected and their families. Travelers and employees who are affected by the situation can also get emergency chaplains and psychologists, the statement continued.

Travelers frequently experience delays in trains and other technical issues while traveling in Germany due to its outdated infrastructure.

Over the next few years, the government has pledged to invest several billion euros, particularly in infrastructure modernization.

Four people were killed and dozens injured when a train derailed in southern Germany near a Bavarian Alpine resort in June 2022.

In Eschede, Lower Saxony, a high-speed train operated by the state-owned Deutsche Bahn derailed in 1998, killing 101 people. It was Germany’s deadliest rail accident.

On Monday, July 28th, 2018, this is how things are going.

Fighting

• According to Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration, Russian forces attacked Kiev, the capital of Ukraine, early on Monday, inflicting five injuries and causing damage to a residential building.
• Three people were killed and 19 others were hurt when a Russian drone hit a Ukrainian bus carrying 39 evacuees on Sunday in the eastern Sumy region, close to the Ukrainian border with Russia, according to the regional governor.
• According to officials, two more were killed in Russian attacks on the front-line Donetsk region on Saturday, adding at least six more deaths from attacks across Ukraine on that day.
• Ukraine’s forces also launched drone attacks on Russia on Sunday, with the Leningrad region governor reporting that at least 10 unmanned Ukrainian aircraft were shot down over St. Petersburg’s airports. A woman was hurt by falling debris, according to Governor Alexander Drozdenko.
• According to a statement, 57 flights were delayed at Pulkovo airport in St. Petersburg, and 22 were diverted to other airports as a result.
• The Kremlin confirmed, however, that the opulent, security-related televised Navy Day parade in St. Petersburg had been postponed. Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, was still in St. Petersburg’s naval headquarters to watch naval drills involving 150 vessels and 15, 000 military personnel in the Pacific, Arctic, and Baltic and Caspian Seas.
• A total of 291 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones were downed on Sunday, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, which is less than the previous 524 drones that were downed in attacks on May 7 ahead of Russia’s Victory Day parade on May 9.

diplomacy and politics

• In response to the country’s parliament’s decision to revoke the autonomy of two anticorruption agencies, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen requested that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy uphold independent anticorruption bodies.
• After speaking with Zelenskyy, von der Leyen stated in a post on X that “Ukraine has already accomplished a lot on its European path.” It must expand upon these solid foundations and maintain independent anti-corruption organizations, which are the foundation of Ukraine’s legal system.
• Zelenskyy thanked the EU and stated that it was crucial that the bill be “adopted without delay” after submitting draft legislation to restore the two agencies’ independence.
• The first flight between the cities in decades, reportedly at 16:25 GMT on Sunday, was made possible by Russia’s regular air service between Moscow and Pyongyang, according to the website of the Sheremetyevo airport. According to the Russian Ministry of Transport, the route will be served once per month.
• After decades of being neutral, Austrian Foreign Affairs Minister Beate Meinl-Reisinger declared readiness to start a “national debate” about joining NATO.