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Tornados tore through the central United States in a series of storms that continued into the weekend, leaving eight people dead and at least a dozen others injured, authorities said.Four people were reported killed in Oklahoma, where the twisters gained strength, and four others died further north in the Midwestern state of Michigan.The Branch County Sheriff's Office said a tornado touched down near Union City in southern Michigan on Friday, killing three people and injuring 12.About 50 miles (80km) west, officials in Cass County said one person was killed and "several injuries" were reported after a tornado hit the area."Our thoughts are with those who have lost family, friends, and property during this incident," the Branch County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.Authorities in Cass County said a number of trees had fallen onto roads and buildings, and more than 500 people were reported to be without power."Emergency Management personnel will be conducting damage assessments in the affected area as required by the State of Michigan," the local sheriff's office said.Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer said on Friday evening that she was activating a state emergency operations centre "to co-ordinate an all-hands-on-deck response to severe weather in southwestern Michigan".In Oklahoma, the extreme weather led to fourth deaths late on Thursday and Friday, and people were waking up Saturday to scenes of destruction and loss in several towns across the state."Severe weather struck Major County last night and tragically claimed the lives of a mother and daughter," Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt posted on X.Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice said in a statement that two people died in a tornado that hit the town of Beggs on Friday night. 

At least five people were injured Wednesday in ‌two Russian attacks targeting railway infrastructure ​in southern ‌Ukraine, Ukrainian officials said.A railway ‌worker ⁠was hurt ‌in a drone ‌strike, which hit an empty passenger train ⁠in the morning in the Mykolaiv region, Deputy Prime Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said on the Telegram messaging app.Another worker and two children were hurt later when a Russian missile hit an administrative ​building at a railway station in the neighbouring Odesa region, he said.An official later updated ‌the number of ⁠injured ​in the missile attack to four, without ​saying who the fourth person was.Kuleba said there was also an attempted Russian drone attack late on Tuesday on a train operating between the eastern-central city of Dnipro and Kovel in northwestern Ukraine. It was stopped by railway workers and the drone ‌hit a few ‌metres away from ⁠the locomotive, he said.Ukrzaliznytsia, Ukrainian national railways, ⁠said ⁠Russia had intensified drone attacks on railway infrastructure, and that rolling stock was among the main targets.It reported that 18 strikes had been recorded since the start of ​March, damaging 41 facilities.Locomotives, freight cars and specialised equipment used to repair infrastructure have also been targeted, as well as railway depots and bridges, the operator said.On Monday, a Russian drone attack on a commuter train in Dnipropetrovsk region killed ‌one person ​and wounded seven others. 

Eleven students were injured after Israeli occupation forces entered the campus of Birzeit University in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian officials said.The Palestinian Red Crescent said five students were wounded by live fire, four suffered tear gas inhalation and two were injured in falls. All were taken to hospital.University officials said troops broke through the main gate and fired live rounds, tear gas and stun grenades while thousands of students were on campus. They added that buildings were entered, and student equipment seized, and that the university's vice-president for academic affairs was briefly detained.The Palestinian Ministry of Education condemned the raid, calling it a violation of international conventions protecting educational institutions. The incident comes amid heightened Israeli military activity across the West Bank.

A head-on collision between two trains on the line that services Peru's Machu Picchu killed one person and injured at least 40 others, authorities said, updating an earlier toll.The deceased was the conductor of one of the two trains, according to the prosecutor's office in Cusco, the city closest to the famous Inca citadel.Officials said they were working to identify the injured train passengers, many of them foreign visitors and most of them seriously hurt.Videos sent by passengers to the RPP television channel showed injured victims lying next to the tracks with two damaged locomotives standing idle nearby.A dozen ambulances and medical personnel were rushed to the site in a remote Andean area without direct road access.Police wearing hardhats and neon-colored jackets carried injured passengers on stretchers from the trains to receive treatment.A Unesco World Heritage Site since 1983, the ancient fortified complex of Machu Picchu receives some 4,500 visitors on average each day, many of them foreigners, according to the tourism ministry.Most tourists take a train and a bus to reach the historic site high in the Andes mountains.Rail agency Ferrocarril Transandino said a train operated by PeruRail collided with another belonging to Inca Rail around lunchtime on the single track that links the town of Ollantaytambo with Machu Picchu.The cause of the accident was not yet known.In September, about 1,400 tourists were evacuated from the Aguas Calientes train station that serves Machu Picchu and 900 others were left stranded after protesters blocked the railway tracks with logs and rocks.Locals were demanding a new bus company be chosen in a fair bidding process to ferry visitors to the foot of Machu Picchu, and have repeatedly protested to press their demands.The Inca empire's ancient capital Machu Picchu was built in the 15th century at an altitude of about 8,200 feet on orders from the Inca ruler Pachacutec.It is considered a marvel of architecture and engineering. 

A young Palestinian man was injured after being severely beaten by Israeli occupation soldiers in the town of Tammun, south of Tubas in the West Bank.The Palestinian news agency (WAFA), citing medical sources, reported that Palestinian Red Crescent teams responded to the incident and transferred the injured man to hospital for treatment.Israeli occupation forces have been carrying out a large-scale raid in the Tubas Governorate since midnight, involving a significant deployment of troops in the area.

A tornado killed at least six people and injured around 750 as it destroyed most of a town in southern Brazil, authorities said.The twister flipped cars like toys and wrecked buildings in Rio Bonito do Iguacu, a town of 14,000 people in Parana state, officials said.The storm lasted only minutes but hit with ferocious winds swirling at up to 250km per hour. Aerial photos showed the town largely obliterated, with wrecked buildings and debris everywhere.Traumatised residents sifted through the rubble of their homes as they tried to salvage some belongingsNereu Sabadini was working outside of town when the tornado hit."I arrived home and found myself without a roof over my head," the 51-year-old said. "I'm homeless and rebuilding will take some time."Authorities said 90% of the town suffered damage."It destroyed everything. It destroyed the town, houses, schools. What will become of us?" Roselei Dalcandon said as she stood by a pile of rubble that used to be her shop.The tornado killed at least six people, the Parana state government said. Firefighters and medical personnel treated 750 injured people, including nine who were seriously hurt.One person was missing but the number could rise as rescue efforts continue.Rescue teams searched through piles of rubble looking for survivors or bodies. A shelter was set up in a nearby town."It is a war scene," Fernando Schunig, head of the Parana Civil Defence agency, told the news outlet G1.He said the likelihood of more fatalities is high because the twister hit the centre of the town."When these events hit an urban area, the damage is major. It is very lethal," Schunig said.President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said a team of ministers and disaster relief experts were in town, as he expressed "solidarity" with those affected.Other cities in Parana and neighbouring states were also hit by strong winds, storms and hail from a violent weather pattern sweeping through the region.Last year southern Brazil suffered severe flooding that left more than 200 people dead and two million displaced in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.It was one of the worst natural disasters in the recent history of Brazil and experts say global warming played a role in the floods.

One person was killed and six others were injured in the past 24 hours as a result of a Russian attack on Ukraine’s Donetsk region.The Ukrainian News Agency (Ukrinform) reported that a girl was injured in the town of Kramatorsk when a Russian drone crashed into a residential building.Since the start of the war on February 24, 2022, Russia and Ukraine have continued to exchange claims of repelling each other’s attacks, though these reports have not been independently verified due to the ongoing conflict.

At least 24 people were killed, and 18 others injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck in the southern Indian state of Telangana. Indian police said the accident occurred as the bus, carrying about 70 passengers, was traveling to Hyderabad, the state capital.Reports indicate that the truck, which was transporting gravel, collided with the bus at high force, trapping several passengers inside. Initial investigations suggest that excessive speed and loss of control by the truck driver were the likely causes of the accident.Police said the dead included the drivers of the bus and the truck, as well as a 10-month-old baby and its mother. Authorities have launched an investigation into the accident.Traffic accidents are common in India as a result of overloading, poor infrastructure and reckless driving.

A Palestinian man was injured early this morning during an Israeli raid on several neighborhoods in the city of Nablus, in the northern West Bank. Palestinian news agency (WAFA), citing security sources, reported that Israeli forces stormed the western and eastern parts of the city. Clashes erupted in the western area near An-Najah National University, during which a young man was shot in the foot with live ammunition. Israeli forces raided a house in the Khallat al-Amoud area in the east, searched it, ransacked its contents, and arrested another person, the sources added. Cities, towns, and refugee camps in the occupied West Bank and Jerusalem witness daily raids and incursions by Israeli forces. These raids are accompanied by clashes, arrests, and the firing of live ammunition, rubber-coated bullets, and tear gas at Palestinian. The frequency of these raids has increased in conjunction with the unprecedented and ongoing Israeli aggression against the Gaza Strip, which began on October 7, 2023.

One person was killed, and six others injured on Sunday when a turbine exploded at an oil depot in the Al-Zubair district of Basra Governorate, southern Iraq. An Iraqi security source said the explosion occurred in a tank in Al-Barjisia, causing a temporary drop in crude oil exports. He explained that Basra Civil Defense teams are working to extinguish the fire with support from oil firefighting teams. He noted that the head of the Zubair 2 Warehouses Division was killed, and six oil workers were injured in the incident. In a similar incident, an explosion occurred in June at an oil field in Salah Al-Din Governorate, central Iraq, injuring five workers.

At least seven people were injured in a shooting at Lincoln University in Pennsylvania. US authorities said the incident occurred last night and that investigations are currently underway.No further details were available about the shooting and the condition of the victims.Earlier in October, four people were killed, and 20 others injured in a shooting on St. Helena Island, South Carolina.The US experiences frequent shooting incidents, with varying motives, and the issue of gun proliferation among the population remains one of the most controversial issues.

The Egyptian Ministry of Health and Population announced that two people were killed, and 41 others injured in a multi-vehicle collision on Saturday evening on the Cairo-Suez highway. The ministry said in a statement that 28 ambulances were dispatched to the scene. The injured were then transported to several nearby hospitals.Initial investigations revealed that the accident was caused by a heavy truck traveling at high speed, resulting in a collision with several cars, damaging the vehicles and resulting in casualties. The truck driver was arrested and referred for investigation.