Aheatwave inIndia has claimed 300 lives in April with daytime cooking banned in some parts of the country to prevent fires which have claimed an additional 80 lives.(AP)
2016 Kenya floods
Search and rescue efforts continue inNairobi after the collapse of a building yesterday.Kenyan police have confirmed seven deaths so far.(AP viaDaily Mail)
The death toll from theKenya floods including the Nairobi building collapse rises to fourteen.(Capital FM)
A three-storey building collapses in theIndian city ofMumbai, resulting in six deaths and trapping many others.(Times of India)
At least five people are killed by floods in the U.S. state ofTexas.(FOX News)
A mosque under refurbishment inMogadishu,Somalia, collapses, killing at least 15 people and injuring around 40. Hundreds more are thought to be buried under the rubble.(BBC)
According to survivors, at least 70 migrants are missing after their dinghy sank off the coast ofLibya. 26 people were rescued by theItalian coast guard.(BBC)
Five people are killed in a military plane crash inSudan.(Reuters)
Russia says it intercepted aU.S. Air Force plane approaching its border over theBaltic Sea on Friday because the aircraft had turned off itstransponder which is needed for identification. The Pentagon says theU.S. RC-135 was flying a routine route ininternational airspace when the RussianSU-27 fighter intercepted it in an "unsafe and unprofessional" way.(Reuters)
Law and crime
Police inStuttgart,Germany, arrest at least 400 left-wing demonstrators after they attempted to stop a conference by theAlternative for Germany from being held. The protest grew violent when they began to throw stones and use fireworks against the police.(The Guardian)
Egypt tries 237 activists, who face jail terms of up to three years, arrested for protesting without permits againstPresidentAbdel Fattah el-Sisi. Thousands demonstrated this month following the Sisi government's decision to hand over two uninhabited islands in theStraits of Tiran toSaudi Arabia.Human Rights Watch says at least 382 had been arrested.(Reuters)
Roughly 2,000 people protest inBelgrade against alleged fraud in the country's recent election. The protesters accusePrime MinisterAleksandar Vučić of manipulating the results in order to prevent the far-rightDveri party from reaching the 5-percent threshold and gaining seats in theNational Assembly. A repeat vote is expected on May 4 in locations where voting irregularities have been found.(Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
