Israel's defense minister says the military has killed two top Iranian commanders in a targeted strike. Iran did not immediately confirm the killings. Meanwhile, some of the U.S.' European allies have refused to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital oil passage blocked by Iran amid the conflict.
Flooding across southern Africa has severed critical transport routes, displaced hundreds of thousands of people and left governments and aid agencies struggling to respond. Southern Mozambique has suffered the heaviest toll so far. Authorities say more than 645,000 people have been affected nationwide, with at least 112 deaths recorded so far. Over 91,000 people are sheltering in 68 temporary accommodation centers, while 99 others have been injured. Thousands of homes, classrooms and health facilities have been damaged or destroyed,
Nyandong Chang lives five minutes from the water kiosk and is here up to six times a day. It's still hard work, she says, but at least nowadays water is available and clean. Until last year, women and children in Bor, the capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state, faced a much tougher chore going all the way to the filthy stretch of the White Nile that runs near the town to draw the family's drinking, washing and cooking water and carry it back. It was dirty and could make people sick at home, but we had no other option, says Chang.