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At least 288 people were killed and more than 700 injured in what officials described as a “three-way accident” involving two passenger trains and a freight train in the Indian state of Odisha.

With cross-border strikes, residents of the Russian region of Belgorod are starting to understand the horrors of war being waged at their doorstep.

A grisly discovery in western Mexico this week has become a stark reminder of the fate of the country’s tens of thousands of disappeared people.

They were among three people killed in a Russian missile attack, officials said. Ukraine opened an investigation, as Russians described shelling and evacuations in border regions.

Russia has recently increased the pace and intensity of its strikes on the Ukrainian capital.

Air defenses intercepted the missiles just six minutes after alarms sounded, leaving people little time to react. The authorities were investigating after a mother and child were killed by debris while trying to get into a shelter.

Kremlin officials said Ukraine’s allies should have condemned the strike, and argued again that its real war was with the West.

It’s swarming season in Britain, with honeybee colonies splitting in half in search of new homes. This year, beekeepers say they are getting an unusually high number of swarm sightings.

Boris Johnson’s misadventures still make headlines, but Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s bigger problem is high inflation and soaring bond yields reminiscent of those that toppled Liz Truss.