Recent floods in Spain turn into worst natural disaster as North Korea aids Russia
Southern Spain faces devastating floods with over 200 casualties while government faces criticism for slow response. North Korea steps-up its support for Russiaʼs military campaign sending thousands of troops
Heavy rain-storms hit southern Spain last week causing unprecedented flooding - the nations worst natural disaster. The regions of Valencia Andalusia and the Balearic Islands got hit hard with Valencia getting a years worth of rain in just 8 hours
The government deployed 500 extra soldiers to help with rescue operations (joining 1‚200 security personnel already there) but locals dont think its enough. Pedro Sánchez the Prime Minister visited weather agency office while Carlos Mazón the Valencia President made things worse by posting wrong info about storm subsiding
There are people living with corpses at home; its very sad. We are organizing ourselves but we are running out of everything
In other news North Koreas Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met with Russian counterpart to promise full support in Ukraine war. About 8‚000 NK troops are now in Russias Kursk region; US officials say more soldiers will enter Ukraine in coming days
Big political change happened in Botswana where opposition won for first time in almost 60 years. Duma Boko led coalition got 32 parliament seats while ruling party only got 4 - mainly due to diamond industry problems and high unemployment
Moldova prepares for important run-off election this weekend between pro-Western Maia Sandu and pro-Russia candidate. First voting round showed support for EU membership despite claims of voter paying-off by Russian-backed groups
Lastly in Dublin Halloween parade turned into ghost-show when hundreds showed up for non-existing event (seems someone made fake website for ad money)