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Eleven people have been killed and "several more deaths" are expected as rescuers search the rubble after a roof collapsed at a train station in Serbia.The country's interior minister Ivica Dacic initially said two people were taken to hospital with serious injuries following the disaster in Novi Sad but later revised it to four. Meanwhile, emergency services were seen using two large diggers to help free two more people who were alive but trapped under the rubble.One of the people still trapped was a 14-year-old girl, Mr Dacic said."Probably there will be several more people (dead)," the interior minister added. "Personally I saw a body that we could not reach. There will be more, this number will not be the final one." Ambulances and other emergency teams were at the scene as rescue work...

More than 200 people have died in Spain after nearly a year's worth of rain fell in a matter of hours.On Friday, there were at least 205 confirmed deaths in Valencia, two in Castilla La Mancha, and one in Andalusia. Local authorities issued warnings late on Tuesday, but many say this gave them next-to-no time to prepare for the conditions that had killed dozens by Wednesday.Follow Spain flooding latestHere we look at what caused the flooding - and why they could happen again. How quickly did the floods hit?Heavy rain had already begun in parts of southern Spain on Monday.In contrast to areas like Malaga, where residents told Sky News it had been "chucking it down for two days", the rain did not start in the worst-hit region of Valencia until around 7pm on Tuesday.At 8pm, people in Valencia...

At least 57 people have been killed in Israeli strikes in central Gaza, the Palestinian news agency WAFA has reported.The attacks took place in three different locations in the central Gaza Strip, the agency reported, with 47 people said to have been killed. Medics also told the news agency Reuters that at least 10 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli strike targeting the entrance of a school sheltering displaced people.The Israeli military said its troops had identified and eliminated "several armed terrorists" in central Gaza and had eliminated "dozens of terrorists" in raids in northern Gaza's Jabalia area - home to one of the enclave's refugee camps.Palestinian officials said among those killed in the series of strikes were five children and seven women. The Israel Defence Forces (ID...

The owners of an island volcano in New Zealand convicted over an eruption that killed 22 people are awaiting a ruling on whether they suffered a miscarriage of justice.A judge is considering an appeal from Whakaari Management, which is run by three brothers who own the active volcano Whakaari, also known as White Island. The company was convicted of failing to keep visitors safe following an eruption that killed 22 tourists and local guides in 2019.In March, it was ordered to pay millions of dollars in fines and reparations to the victims of the eruption, who were mostly US and Australian cruise ship passengers on a walking tour.Whakaari Management's case, laid out in a three-day appeal at the High Court in Auckland which ended on Thursday, was that responsibility for the safety of visitor...

North Korea says it will support Russia in its war with Ukraine "until the day of victory" - after the US warned thousands of Pyongyang's troops are set to enter combat in the coming days.North Korea's foreign minister Choe Son Hui hailed Vladimir Putin's "wise leadership" ahead of talks in Moscow on Friday, and insisted that Russia will "achieve a great victory". "We also assure that until the day of victory we will firmly stand alongside our Russian comrades," she added.US secretary of state Antony Blinken has said thousands of North Korean troops are stationed near Ukraine's border and are set to enter combat in the coming days.Mr Blinken said 10,000 soldiers have been deployed to Russia, with up to 8,000 in the Kursk border region, and indicated they would be used on the frontline. He ...