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Heavy Rain and Flooding in China Kill at Least 30

More than 21 inches of rain fell on the mountainous district where most of the deaths occurred, China’s state broadcaster said on Tuesday.

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A flood-damaged road in the Miyun district of northeastern Beijing on Monday. Chinese state media said on Tuesday that 28 people had died in Miyun.
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New York gunman dies from self-inflicted wound after killing four people

NYPD officer and three others fatally shot on Park Avenue in Manhattan by 27-year-old from Las Vegas, say officials

New York City police responded on Monday evening to reports of an armed suspect on Park Avenue in Manhattan who shot and killed four people. The gunman later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

CNN has reported that four people, including an NYPD officer, were killed in the shooting.

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© Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

© Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

© Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

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China floods: more than 30 killed in Beijing and tens of thousands evacuated

Authorities relocated 80,000 residents from China’s capital after registering rainfall of up to 543 mm in some districts

More than 30 people have been killed by heavy rain and flooding in Beijing and a neighbouring region, state media have reported, as tens of thousands more were evacuated from China’s capital.

State broadcaster CCTV said that as of midnight on Monday, 28 people had died in Beijing’s hard-hit Miyun district and two others in Yanqing district as of midnight. Both are outlying parts of the sprawling city, far from the downtown.

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© Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images

© Photograph: Jade Gao/AFP/Getty Images

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Thailand-Cambodia ceasefire comes into effect as opposing military chiefs to meet

Commanders from both countries to meet Tuesday morning under peace deal with cross-border committee set for next week

A truce agreement between Thailand and Cambodia came into effect in the early hours of Tuesday, testing whether it will halt the worst fighting between the neighbouring countries in more than a decade.

Both sides agreed an “unconditional” ceasefire would start at midnight on Monday to end battling over a smattering of ancient temples in disputed zones along their 800km (500-mile) border.

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© Photograph: Chantha Lach/Reuters

© Photograph: Chantha Lach/Reuters

© Photograph: Chantha Lach/Reuters

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