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Across the Amazon region, communities are facing isolation due to lower river navigability. Residents cannot travel to buy food, crops are being harmed and fish are killed when streams dry up, hurting riverside communities that live from fishing. Fiona Jones reports.

At least 12 migrants died on Tuesday (September 3) after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that rescue operations were underway to find people still missing.

The World Health Organization said that it was ahead of schedule in its polio vaccination campaign in the enclave on Tuesday (September 3), day three of a mass drive, and had inoculated about a quarter of children under 10. Rik Peeperkorn, WHO representative for the Occupied Palestinian Territory told reporters area-specific humanitarian pauses are working.

At least 129 people have been killed as they attempted to escape from prison in Democratic Republic of Congo's capital Kinshasa, the government said on Tuesday. David Doyle has more.

The medics sat in the middle of the road, clapping, singing and hitting empty water bottles on the ground overnight on Monday (September 2), demanding to see the police commissioner and get justice for a trainee 31-year-old doctor who was brutally raped and murdered in the city.

Venezuela's attorney general's office said on Monday a court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes amid a dispute over whether he or President Nicolas Maduro won a July election. Gabe Singer reports.

South Korea's famous kimchi is falling victim to climate change, with scientists, farmers and manufacturers saying the quality and quantity of the napa cabbage that is pickled to make the ubiquitous dish is suffering due to rising temperatures. Syakir Jasnee reports.

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said on Monday (September 2) U.S. Steel should remain in domestic hands as she made her pitch to working-class voters in Pennsylvania during a rally with President Joe Biden. Harris' position on U.S. Steel Corp mirrors that of Biden, who said in March that the company, which has agreed to be bought by Japan's Nippon Steel for $14.9 billion, must remain a domestically owned American firm.

Venezuela's attorney general's office said on Monday (September 2) a court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, accusing him of conspiracy and other crimes amid a dispute over whether he or President Nicolas Maduro won a July election.

President Joe Biden said on Monday (September 2) that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing enough to secure a deal for the release of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas and the U.S. was close to presenting a final proposal to negotiators working on a hostage and ceasefire agreement. Angela Johnston reports.

As children across Ukraine return for the start of the academic year, in the country's second-largest city of Kharkiv, they can only do so at an underground school amid Russian bombardment. And in Kyiv, nervous parents accompanied their children to school after loud explosions rocked the capital. Rachel Judah reports.

Mourners lined the streets for the funeral of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of six Israeli hostages found dead in Gaza at the weekend. The discovery of their bodies has triggered nationwide strikes to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into securing a deal to release the rest of the hostages from Gaza. Fiona Jones reports.

At least seven people are dead after heavy flooding and landslides in the Philippines on Monday as tropical storm Yagi, locally known as Enteng, dumped heavy rain on the capital Manila and nearby provinces, a disaster agency official said.

Indonesia is gearing up to welcome Pope Francis, who is scheduled to arrive in its capital Jakarta on Tuesday (September 3) on the first leg of the longest trip of his papacy. Elisabeth Damanik, a Catholic living in Indonesia, said she hoped the visit would foster religious tolerance in the country.

Dozens of mpox patients are crammed into large plastic isolation tents as the east Democratic Republic of Congo struggles at the epicentre of the outbreak. Medicine shortages and overstretched hospital workers are stunting progress towards controlling what is now a global public health emergency. Sean Hogan has more.

Displaced Palestinian mother of two Wafaa Abdelhadi was relieved to vaccinate her daughters against polio as the United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began vaccinating children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday (September 1).

Israel’s first nationwide general strike began on Monday (September 2), following the discovery of the bodies of six Israeli hostages. Flights and hospital services were severely disrupted and banks were closed as Israel's biggest labor union launched industrial acrtion pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into agreeing to a mediated deal to secure the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza.

A white beluga whale alleged to be a spy for Russia was found dead on Saturday (August 31), said Marine Mind, a Norwegian non-profit organization that was tracking its movements. Ryan Brooks has more.

Loud explosions rocked Ukraine's capital Kyiv early on Monday as Russia launched a barrage of missiles, sparking fires and damaging homes and infrastructure, officials said. A student from a university struck in the attack told Reuters they heard ten explosions before rushing out of the building.

Gauri Seth, a postgraduate trainee doctor at Calcutta Medical College, says that after a young Indian female trainee doctor was sexually assaulted and killed earlier this month, she would not go on duty again without carrying a pepper spray or scalpel to defend herself. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

Massive protests swept Israel on Sunday following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted over the failure of the country's leadership to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives. Laila Shahrokhshahi reports.

Protests gripped Israel on Sunday (September 01) following the deaths of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted with the country's leadership for failing to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives.

Dozens of people, including children, were injured on Sunday (September 1) after Russian missiles struck a shopping mall and events complex in Ukraine's northeastern city of Kharkiv, officials said. Earlier in the day, Russia said Kyiv had launched one of the biggest drone attacks against it since the full-scale war began. This edit contains graphic images. Sheryl Peña reports.

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) was on track to become the first far-right party to win a regional election in Germany since World War Two, projections showed, giving it unprecedented power even as other parties aim to exclude it from office. Angela Johnston reports.

Protesters set off flares on a road they blocked in Tel Aviv on Sunday (September 1), calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to do more to bring home the remaining hostages in Gaza. The protests were triggered after Israel recovered the bodies of six hostages from a tunnel in Gaza where it said they were killed shortly before its troops reached them.