Spain's deadly floods and North Korea's bold move shake up global news
Southern Spain faces its worst-ever natural disaster as floods take hundreds of lives. Meanwhile North Korea makes a game-changing promise to support Russiaʼs military efforts in Ukraine
In southern Spain devastating floods hit hard last week bringing record-breaking rainfall (a whole years worth in just 8 hours) The death-toll reached over 200 with many still missing. Pedro Sánchez visited weather agency office while Carlos Mazón made a mis-step by posting wrong info about storms subsiding
There are people living with corpses at home; its very sad we are organizing ourselves but we are running out of everything
The government sent 500 more troops to help with rescue work but locals blame them for slow response: weather warnings came at 7:30am yet public alerts werenʼt sent until 8pm that day
In global news North Koreas top diplomat Choe Son Hui met with Sergey Lavrov promising full support for Russias war efforts. About 8000 NK soldiers are now in Russias Kursk region - a move that breaks international rules (as Antony Blinken pointed out)
Botswanas political landscape changed big-time when the ruling party lost power after almost 60 years. Mokgweetsi Masisi accepted defeat as his party got just 4 seats while opposition led by Duma Boko won 32. Hereʼs why it happened:
- Low diamond demand hit exports
- Economic growth dropped to 1%
- Youth unemployment reached 28%
- Overall financial problems grew worse
Moldova heads into a important run-off vote this weekend between pro-West Maia Sandu and pro-Russia Alexandr Stoianoglo - though the first round had issues with voter buying claims
