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France24 says ITALY DECLARED a state of emergency in five northern regions and announced emergency funds on Monday over a worsening drought that has plagued the Po Valley in recent weeks.

Euronews says A ROMANIAN AND AN AUSTRIAN have been killed in shark attacks within three days off the Red Sea coast of Egypt. It is still unclear whether the attacks were caused by the same shark.

Arab News says AL JAZEERA journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was likely killed by unintentional gunfire from Israeli positions, but independent investigators could not reach a definitive conclusion.

Aljazeera says Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister says, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country’s economic crisis deepens.

VOA says EIGHTEEN people were killed and 243 wounded during unrest in Uzbekistan’s autonomous province of Karakalpakstan last week, Uzbek authorities said on Monday — the worst bout of violence in the Central Asian nation in 17 years.

RT World says AT LEAST six people have been killed and at least 30 others wounded in a shooting at a July Fourth parade in Illinois state’s Highland Park city.

Six dead in a shooting in Chicago during the Fourth of July parade which was making its way around the area. Local police suggest they are lucky more people weren’t killed. Six people are dead and 19 were taken to hospitals after a shooting at a Fourth of July parade in a Chicago suburb, police said. The shooting in Highland Park disrupted the annual parade just after it began at 10 am. Highland Park police said in a statement that five people were killed and 19 people were taken to hospitals. It was unclear if the five dead were among the…

Christian Eriksen has reportedly agreed in principle to sign for Manchester United on a free transfer.

Three people have been shot dead, and four others hospitalised with injuries during a shooting on Sunday at a shopping mall in Copenhagen.

BBC News says THE SCOTTISH GREENS have said there will be no alternative to a single issue general election on independence if formal consent for indyref2 is not granted.